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Tom Stuart

Tom’s directorial debut GOOD BOY starring Ben Whishaw, was shortlisted for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short in 2024. Now available on Disney + and Amazon, the film was directed, written and produced by Tom and selected into several major film festivals. It was Executive Produced by Emma Thompson and Gia Coppola.

Tom’s first feature film as a writer MAINSTREAM premiered at the Venice Film Festival, 2020.  Directed and co-written by Gia Coppola, it stars Andrew Garfield and Maya Hawke. It secured distribution with IFC and Universal and was released in 2021.

His first comedy pilot GET LUCKY was optioned by Tiger Aspect and received a table read for BBC Two starring Dawn French.

His first play I AM NOT MYSELF THESE DAYS was an adaptation of Josh Kilmer-Purcell’s New York Times bestselling memoir. His second play AFTER EDWARD was commissioned by Shakespeare’s Globe and received a full production in their Sam Wannamaker Theatre in 2019. His third play BURN BABY BURN was shortlisted for the George Devine Award in 2021.

Tom is the co-founder, with Ben Whishaw, of OTTO FILMS. His first feature film as writer and director NIGHT SWIMMING will shoot in the Autumn of 2026.

He has several television projects in development and is currently on a writer’s attachment with the Royal National Theatre. 

Tom has worked extensively as an actor for the past 20 years.

Alan Mckenna

lan has been acting in the TV and Film industry for over 20 years and has appeared in numerous productions, ranging from Hollywood movies to BAFTA winning UK television dramas. In 2011 Alan produced THE SOMNAMBULISTS with director Richard Jobson. The film premiered at The London Film Festival where its unique style and bold execution was highly acclaimed.

In early 2013 Alan wrote and starred in the award-winning short film HERE WITH ME, directed by Pete Riski. And later that same year Alan’s feature film script PRESSURE was shot at Pinewood Studios, starring Danny Huston, Matthew Goode and Joe Cole.

In 2014 Alan’s adaptation of Alan Guthrie’s acclaimed novel, SLAMMER, appeared on the Brit List. 

In 2021 Alan’s revenge noir thriller series ANIMALS was optioned by Citizen Jane productions in Finland. And ON THE LINE an original script centred around the world of football academies was  optioned by Sixteen Films. 

In 2024 Alan wrote and directed his first short film. WAKE explores the toxic relationship between an alcoholic father and his teenage son and is currently on the festival circuit. 

Alan has also recently sold a TV comedy series in the US and has several TV and Film projects at various stages of development.

Alexis Rose

Alexis is a screenwriter with a passion for ensemble pieces and book-to-screen adaptation. She has been in development on projects with Amazon MGM and Apple, and in 2026 is lead writer on a YA drama adaptation.

She has placed on several notable schemes, such as New Writing North’s Script Development Programme with Channel 4, ITV Original Voices on Emmerdale, Screen Yorkshire’s FLEX and the BBC Writer’s Access Group Digital Programme. She was longlisted for the 2023 Alfred Bradley Bursary.

Alexis is a 2025 recipient of the Arts Council’s Developing Your Creative Practice grant for narrative fiction. She has published the first two novels in a YA urban fantasy series, The Wellbegood Witches, with two more due later in 2026/27.