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Simon van der Borgh
Workshop: Screenwriting
About Simon
Simon is one of the UK's leading screenwriting teachers, working for film agencies and development organisations such as Arista, Screen Yorkshire, North West Vision, The Northern Film School, Lighthouse and Screen Australia. He consults on feature scripts in Europe, USA and Australia; produced projects include Noel Clarke's KIDULTHOOD (2006), Justin Kerrigan's screenplay I KNOW YOU KNOW (2008) and TEAH (2007).
His script of IN TRANZIT for Thema Production S.A. was filmed in St. Petersburg starring John Malkovich, Thomas Kretschmann, Vera Farmiga, Daniel Bruhl and Natalie Press and directed by Tom Roberts. It was released in North America in May 2009. Simon recently completed RIDING THE FIRE, inspired by the story of Yuri Gagarin, for Thema and feature commissions for Warp Films, APT Films & director Curtis Radclyffe.
Simon studied screenwriting at the National Film & Television School and was the first UK writer to be selected on the script development programme at the Binger Film Institute in Amsterdam in 1996.
What previous participants have said about Simon and his teaching:
"Simon is one of the most generous and articulate writers and teachers I have had the pleasure of meeting and his deep knowledge of the screenwriters' craft has made every encounter I have had with him exciting, challenging, immensely productive and thoroughly enjoyable..."
STEPHEN SEWELL, playwright & screenwriter"I have learnt more from the teachings of Simon van der Borgh than I have learnt from any book I have ever read on screenwriting. He crystallizes script language in an easily understandable way and I highly recommend the teachings of Simon to any screenwriter at any level. His enthusiasm, patience and natural comedic timing make screenwriting fun again..."
JUSTIN KERRIGAN, writer & director, HUMAN TRAFFIC and I KNOW YOU KNOW"Simon has been instrumental in my journey. He was a major factor in my story KIDULTHOOD going in the right direction, and his methods and intelligent and helpful way of working got that to the big screen, and boosted my career..."
NOEL CLARKE, actor, writer & director ADULTHOOD, Orange Rising Star award, BAFTA 2009Find out more about the workshop
