Name:
Rupi K.Dhami
email:
houdha@aol.com
Tel:
07952445594 My screenwriting partner, Annalisa Hounsome and I have been freelance screenwriters for the past ten years, based in th UK, and had our first screenplay optioned by Norma Heyman (producer of Dangerous liasons), written commissions for Asian Pictures International and I-Dream Productions and were commissioned by Ragdoll Productions in the early development of In the Night Garden. We have also had our comedy and dramatic work commissioned by BBC radio 4. Screenwriting graduates of the National Film School and UCLA Professional Programme.
As creative writing tutors at the Midland Art Centre we took a group of students from script to screen, whereby they developed their ideas into a short script which we then shot and edited into a short film. A great experience for all involved and a chance for their stories to be told.
We are also developing a feature length screenplay set on Jersey, which was workshopped with Simon Beaufoy (Writer The Full Monty) and was selected as part of the Dinard Film Festival Regards Croises Programme.
Education / Qualifications:
Ph. D Education. (Language Literacy & Culture)
University of California Santa Cruz (yet to complete)
Professional Screenwriting Programme: U.C.L.A.
P.G.C.E. English & Media: University of Leicester.
MA Linguistics: Lancaster University.
BA (Hons.) English Literature: Lancaster University.
Work Experience:
1997 – Present: Freelance Writer and film-maker. Writing for screen and radio, including commissions for film, BBC Radio and TV.
Jan 2004-July 2009 Supply Teacher of English and Media Studies (Reed Education) Working in several inner city Secondary and Primary schools in Birmingham, an ethnically diverse city.
Sep 2004 - July 2005 Teacher of Media Studies at Sixth Form College, Solihull, UK. Students were 16+. Some vocational training and film-making as well as teaching students (OCR Syllabus).
Sept 2003 - Dec 2003 Teacher of English at Sidney Stringer School, Coventry, UK. (Approx. 1200 pupils. Inner city school. The majority of pupils from diverse Ethnic backgrounds, including Bosnia)
May 2003 - Oct 2003 Creative writing tutor at Midlands Arts Centre. Project for Young Asylum Seekers.
SPECIALIST SKILLS:
2004 – Present AQA Examiner; G.C.S.E. English Literature Higher.
2004 – Present Edexcel Examiner; Key stage3 English, GCE English Literature.
2005 – Aug 2008 National Assessment Agency Examiner (Key Stage 3)
2005- Present OCR Media Studies AS Level
WRITING EXPERIENCE:
SWEETHEART BINGO is our first feature length screenplay. The screenplay was selected as a Nicholl quarterfinalist, and optioned by Norma Heyman.
Our subsequent commissions include, the development of a feature length drama, CAMBRIDGE CURRY, by Asian Pictures International; a series of comedy sketches for BBC radio (after winning the Writing for Radio competition at the Leicester Comedy Festival); an original drama, TIAAN, for BBC radio 4, which was broadcast in February 2007.
We have also written two animation scripts for children, entitled BALTI TOWERS and UNA THE TUNA, resulting in commissions to develop a new television show from Ragdoll Productions (Teletubbies, In the Midnight Garden).
In addition to our longer projects, we have written three short films; 29, CHERRYADE DAYS and DEPARTED. 29, which we also produced was short-listed for the BBC Drama Award, at the Birmingham Television and Film festival, and DEPARTED was sold to Emmy Award winning filmmaker, Anne Marie McHugh.
REFERENCES
Louann Baker Teacher Supervisor - Dept of Education UCSC
Email: louannb@ucsc.edu Phone: (831) 459-1526
Helen Harris Director of Studies, Alexandra Park School - London
Email: helenjg@hotmail.com
