About​

Laurie Waplington is an up-and-coming screenwriter and filmmaker.
He is on a life-long journey to realise his dreams and change the world for the better.
He is open all opportunities to learn from the talented, work with the insatiable, and contribute to something meaningful.

He writes comedy and drama that aims to spark thought, challenge views and inspire change.
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我住在中国两年， 一年在甘肃，张掖，一年在浙江，宁波。我会说流利的中文。还有现在为合作找会中文的做设。

Showreel

Filmography

Employment
London Film School - production manager (October 2022 - present)
bigSMALL TV - producer, editor (April 2021 - October 2022)
Freelance - videographer (June 2019 - present)

Documentaries
- Presenter, editor and producer for ‘Meet the Hong Kongers Coming to Britain’ for Guano Documentaries 2021.
- Presenter, editor and producer for ‘Leicester Square Protest’ for Guano Documentaries 2021.
- Presenter and producer for ‘Trafalgar Square Protest’ for Guano Documentaries 2021.
- Presenter and producer for ‘Interview with MP Tom Tugendhat’ for Guano Documentaries 2021.

Short Films
- Producer, director and writer for 'Paper Straws' funded by The Roundhouse 2021.
- Co-writer, producer and director for ‘Window Shopping’ 2020.
- Co-producer and director for ‘The Queue’ 2020.
- Creator, producer and director for 'Reclaimer' 2019.
- Producer, director and writer for '(F)unfair' 2019.
- Producer, director and writer for 'Hide and Seek' 2019.
- Producer, director and writer for 'Home Office' 2019.
- Producer, director and writer for 'Autoplay' 2019.

Commercials and Corporate Video
- Producer: 'Tottenham Stadium Client Play' UK, 2022. Barclaycard
- Producer: 'Re:MKT Launch Video' UK, 2022. Hemingway Design
- Producer; 'De Vere Care Corporate Video' UK, 2022. De Vere Care
- Producer: 'Various Corporate Videos' UK, 2022. M&G
- Producer: 'Various Corporate Videos' UK, 2022. Barclays
- Editor: 'Buckover Launch' UK, 2022. St Modwen's Housing Development
- Editor: 'Smart Pay Touch Customer Launch Video' UK, 2022. Barclaycard
- Editor: 'Lucy Bronze Interview' UK, 2022. Women's Soccer League
- Editor: 'Various Corporate Videos' UK, 2022. Barclays
- Editor: 'Various Corporate Videos' UK, 2021 - 2022. M&G
- Editor: 'Ian Wright Podcast' UK, 2021 - 2022. Wrighty's House
- Editor: 'Various Promotional Videos' UK, 2021 - 2022. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Editor: 'Michael Essien Campaign Videos' UK, 2021. ABSA
- Editor: 'Dion Dublin and John Motson TikTok Videos' UK, 2021. Euros Football
- Videographer at Rathbone Boxing Club, 2020 - 2021.
- Videographer for 'Lymington Boat Advert' UK, 2020.
- Videographer for 'PPE Fundraiser' UK, 2020.
- Producer, director and writer for 'Diabetic Travelers Network' 1 & 2 UK, 2019.

Other films worked on
- 1st Asisistant Director: 'Talking Head' UK, 2022. Director Paul Blake
- 1st Assistant cameraman on feature film 'Ulysses Coyote' UK, 2019. Director Steven Savage
- 1st Assistant Director + Script Supervisor for 'Exit' UK, 2019. Director Devansh Sahijwani
- 1st Assistant Director: 'Shady Oaks', UK, 2019. Director Salaal Irtiza
- Production Designer: 'Archie’s Last Drive' UK, 2019. Director Eben Skilleter
- Production Designer: 'The Sacrifice' UK, 2019. Director Shona Charlton

Narrative Fiction

Short Films

Paper Straws

​Funded by The Roundhouse following a winning pitch made to The Last Word Film Fund.

​Paper Straws is a socio-political drama about corporate greenwashing and the impossible dilemma of choosing between career success and one’s moral code.

Production was originally set for March 2020, but Covid-19 restrictions delayed the shoot all the way until March 2021.

Laurie has since remained connected to The Roundhouse through The Roundhouse Trust.

The Queue

The Queue is a sci-fi dystopian drama about survival in a low-trust society and class segregation.

Winner of the Austin International Art Festival 2021 – Best International Short
Winner of the Paris Film Festival 2021 – Best Thriller
Winner of the Indie Short Festival 2021 – Best original Screenplay | Best Director | Best Acting Duo | Best in Season
Winner of the LA Independent Women Film Awards 2021
Winner of the Hollywood Just4Shorts Film & Screenplay Competition 2021 – Best Sci-fi Short | Best Action Short
Semi-finalist of the London Indie short Festival 2021 – Best Narrative Short
Official Selection of Toronto Independent Film Festival 2021

Reclaimer

"The world has ended. You'll have to take my word for it"

Reclaimer is a character-driven sci-fi drama about two young women fleeing an isolated cultist society and the hands of its megalomaniacal leader.

Written in the wake of the Brexit referendum, it explores the question of what happens to a society when it cuts itself off from the world. 

Reclaimer screened at:
London Independent Film Festival
Filmstrip International Film Festival
Screen Power Film Festival

Unproduced Scripts

Discoverable on Coverfly

Autoplay

Feature Script – Socio-political Drama
“Black Mirror, but it’s all true…”
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A reclusive right-wing netizen streams videos through an integrated AR device implanted in his eye. The video platform pulls him down a rabbit hole, transforming his right-wing inclinations into violent xenophobia.

Panzerchocolate

​Feature Treatment – Surreal Horror
“Nazis on Drugs”
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Johann, a bright-eyed new recruit, joins a Nazi panzer corps as it heads the invasion of Russia, only to retreat back through a blizzard. Exhausted and coming down off rations of methamphetamine, the corps sees something following them in snow.

Rot

Feature Script – Surreal Political Drama
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Jack strives to be the model citizen, but nightmares of violence and dissent haunt his perfect visage. He begins to realise, he wasn't always so compliant. This surreal drama explores the contemporary circumstances of Gen Z in China, of whom everything is demanded and so little is given.

Uprising

Feature Treatment – Sci-fi Thriller
“Pity for Hitler”
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John Foley, the architect of a robot uprising, conquered the world in order to save it. Now he’s ready to build the world in his image, he discovers it is much easier to start a revolution than end on.

No Bass in Space

TV Script and Bible - Animated Sci-fi Action Adventure
“Cowboy Bebop Meets Corporate America”
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When Zann, a jammy chaotic engineer, is caught embezzling funds from her government-employer, she has to flee all the way off the face of the Earth. Joining a band of space bandits, it'll take all her wit and guile to retain her newfound freedom.

Human Interest

6-Part Web Series Script – Punchy Political Satire
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After a baptism of fire first day, Evie, a green and idealistic graduate journalist, resolves to stop at nothing to make it at the cutthroat right-wing newspaper, The Carrier. In an age where clickbait and misinformation reign supreme, how much of Evie's soul must she sell before she gains recognition?

Judgement

Short Script – Sci-fi Horror
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When a malicious alien attacks a green energy space station, Nadine, who has lost everything to climate change already, finds she is all that stands between humanity and annihilation.

The Soylent Programme

Short Script – Dark Comedy
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Amir comes to the UK for free end-of-life care, only to find that the service isn't entirely free...
The Soylent Programme asks the question of what price is worth paying to save the planet, and who will pick up the bill.

The Gull

Short Script – Comedy Horror?
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Ed is tired and wants to go to bed, but Mat isn't going anywhere whilst he still has a chance to smash - as if. As Ed tries to get everyone out of his flat, a crash at his window signals that something else is trying to get in...

​(F)unfair - bonus film

Commercials

bigSMALL TV Showreel 2022

Barclaycard Festival Wrap Up 2022

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

WSL Lucy Bronze Interview

St Modwen's Promotional Video

ABSA Michael Essien Campaign

Euros TikTok Videos

Ian Wright Podcast

M&G Investments

Barclays Fintech

Commonwealth Games Pitch Reel

The Inside Lane - Linford Christie

Diabetic Travellers' Network

Rathbone Boxing Club

Contact

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