Scripted
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 - Best Sci-Fi
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
Screenwriting
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Human Interest
6-Part Web Series Script – Punchy Political Satire
Top 1% of web series on Coverfly
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?
Autoplay
Feature Script – Socio-political Drama
“Black Mirror, but it’s all true…”
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
Rot
Feature Script – Surreal Political Drama
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.
Judgement
Short Script – Sci-fi Horror
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.
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I Saved the World
Short Film Script – Unsettling drama
Top 1% of all scripts on Coverfly
Aram, a kind-hearted immigrant with terminal cancer, comes to the UK for free end-of-life care, only to find that there is a price for his care after all...
I Saved the World asks what price is worth paying to save the planet, and who will pick up the bill.
No Bass in Space
TV Script and Bible - Animated Sci-fi Action Adventure
“Cowboy Bebop Meets Corporate America”
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.
Uprising
Feature Treatment – Sci-fi Thriller
“Pity for Hitler”
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
Panzerchocolate
Feature Treatment – Surreal Horror
“Nazis on Drugs”
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.
(F)unfair
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