Philip Shelley

Philip runs his own script consultancy www.script-consultant.co.uk working with screenwriters and production companies. He writes a fortnightly newsletter on screenwriting via the website.

He is now in the 16th year of running the CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE, a course that has worked with much of the best new talent in UK screenwriting (eg Charlie Covell, The End Of The F***ing World; Vinay Patel, Doctor Who, Murdered By My Father; Theresa Ikoko, Rocks; Anna Symon, Mrs Wilson, Chandni Lakhani, Dublin Murders; Nathaniel Price, Noughts & Crosses, Tin Star).

Philip is in his 3rd year of running the GREENLIGHT SCREENWRITING LAB - a new initiative for Irish screenwriters with Irish production company Danumedia.

Previously - 

 As producer: Margery & Gladys (ITV); Making Waves (ITV); First Sign of Madness (Carlton/ITV), which won awards at the New York TV Festival, Worldfest Houston, and the Columbus Ohio TV festival. 

As Head of Development for Drama at Carlton TV: script edited Anybody’s Nightmare, 2 Inspector Morse films, The Wench is Dead and The Remorseful Day; Kavanagh QC, Plain Jane, Cider with Rosie, Noah’s Ark and The Waiting Time.

As script editor: 2 series Waking The Dead (BBC), A Good Murder (Sally Head Productions / ITV), Medics, Staying Alive and The Knock (ITV). 

As trainer: run screenwriting \ script-editing courses \ sessions at the Arvon Foundation, De Montfort University Leicester, Bath Spa University, UAL \ Central St Martins, Northern Ireland Screen, Indie Training Fund, Baby Cow Productions, Arab Film Studios, Abu Dhabi, Singapore Media Academy, Screen Training Ireland, BBC Writers, ITV Studios and many others.

His book, SCREENWRITING, THE CRAFT AND THE CAREER was published by Nick Hern Books in January 2025 https://www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/screenwriting