Profession:
Playwright/Scriptwriter, Lyricist, Producer, Artistic Director, Creative Producer
Based Location:
Kuching
Jon Smith is a best-selling author of twenty books for adults, teens and children, and his work has been published in seven languages. The librettist and lyricist of four musicals, Monte Cristo, Scary Musical, Naughty Pour Homme and Like Me, his work has been performed in London’s Park Theatre and Waterloo East Theatre, The Birmingham Hippodrome and The Waterfront Theatre in Belfast. He has a Masters degree in Scriptwriting from Bournemouth University. His first film Beyond the Bridge premiered at the Tokyo Film Festival in 2016. He was Associate Producer on Ikonic Film's feature Kidnap Me (2017) and Producer on Savannah Moon’s The Quarry (2018). He has served on the Executive Council of Writers’ Guild Great Britain. He won Best Screenplay at PAGE International Screenplay Awards for his Cambodia-set feature film script Hidden, and in 2023 he won Best TV Pilot at Shore Scripts for the television drama Monkey Wrench. His scripts have also been finalists for Rocliffe, MIA, C21 & London Pitchbox.
www.jonsmith.net
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