Paul Williams

Writer


FILM & TELEVISION

Paul has a keen interest in exploring stories about identity and sexuality and using genre to do this in unexpected ways. His latest project, political thriller LANDSLIDE, is in development with Firebird Pictures with a script commission from the BBC. Other projects currently in development are crime drama PSYCHOS (Firebird), relationship comedy drama THE BEARD (Cosmopolitan Pictures) and action thriller RIDE (Me+You). He is a guest writer on Paris Lees’ adaptation of her book WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL (Hera/BBC).

His feature film A CURE is in development with Conker Films.

He is a graduate of 4Screenwriting and the script that he wrote on the course was optioned by Bandit Television. Previous to this he was the winner of the BBC Writersroom opportunity ‘Heartlands’ for writers from the Midlands and he has an MA in TV Scriptwriting with distinction from DeMontfort University Leicester.

He is currently writing on DOCTORS and has written multiple episodes.