R É S U M É
MARK
TORRENDER - CV
Contact: 5
Coombe House, Croxley View, Watford, Herts, WD18 6PF, UK.
Tel: 01923 238824.
Mobile: 07877 261788. Email: torr@cwcom.net. Website:
www.torrender.co.uk
QUALIFICATIONS
. Level equivalent passes (USA
& Rep Of Ireland schools)
. Foundation Art and Fine Art courses, Galway College of
Art (2 years)
. B-Tec
Diploma in Graphic Design - Watford College of Art (2 years)
SKILLS
. Excellent experience with
working on all aspects of Windows / PC
. Excellent understanding
and usage of internet and internet research
. Speed typing
. Intermediate Spanish speaker
. Good at pencil/colour
portraiture & cartooning, as well as sketch work
. Very good researching skills in
general
INTERESTS
. Ancient Civilizations
. Paranormal
. Film
. Travel
LITERAY AGENT
Isabel
Atherton, Creative Authors Ltd, 11A Woodlawn Street, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 1HQ.
Tel: 01227770947. Mobile: 07885722081.
EMPLOYMENT
Hannibal
Graphics, Rickmansworth, Herts. Graphic artist.
1986
Royal Mail Watford,
Herts: Indoor letter sorting / Data entry / security work.
1988 - 2007
WRITING
HISTORY
BOSTON,
U.S.A.
1979
Comic strip,
The Empress, published weekly in local newspaper (six week
run).
GALWAY,
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
1982
Won short
story competition (a story about extraterrestrial life).
Won cartooning
competition about dental health.
Watford,
Hertfordshire, U.K.
1986
Worked on
scripting and filming a short stop-motion animation film with Chris Mendham
(now of FilmFair animation, London).
1988
Submitted
two finished screenplays (episodes) to Paramount studios in Hollywood for the
television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
1991
Helped
research the book The Completed Guide to Prime Time Science Fiction
Television by Mark Phillips and Frank Garcia. Credited
therein.
1992
Scripted out
animation feature, The Blagg Brothers, for animator Chris Mendham.
1994
Worked with
the creators of London’s ‘Alien War’ attraction in the
development of television episode scripts for a proposed comedy series The
Gruesome Twosome. Four screenplays completed before financing was pulled by
Channel 4.
1995
Worked with
biographer Maurice Leonard (author of Mae West: Empress of Sex and
The Life of Kathleen Ferrier) in the research for new biography on film
star Montgomery Clift.
Scripted
short show-reel film The Lodger for Martin Astles.
1996
Developed
idea for three-part television ghost story drama The Long Room with
Martin Astles. Completed first hour-length script.
1998
Wrote
children's novel, Buzz - The Battle of Bumbleton Wood.
Hired by FilmFair to script episodes for the second
series The Wombles.
ALL EPISODES AIRED ON ITV.
Completed
Patrick Quinn’s Copywriting course.
1999
Commissioned
to write script for action adventure motion picture "Devlin Dwight" for
Little Slices of Death productions and Eastern Heroes (Hong Kong)
productions.
Hodder
Childrens Books publishes a series of books based on "The Wombles",
including Mark Torrender story "The Great Cake Mystery"
2000
Began work on
2nd script for Little Slices of Death, working title: ‘The Resurrection
of Anne Hendricks.’
Science
Fiction short story ‘Them’ accepted by BR Fleury Literary
Agency (Florida, USA), on behalf of JumpNJupiter (a division of Barnes and
Noble) for inclusion in SF Anthology.
2001
Buzz The
Battle of Bumbleton Wood self-published by 1st Books, available on
Amazon.com
Worked with Little Slices of Death on script development of a
film script: "The Toy Shop", a gruesome tale for
children.
2002
Helped
develop Cybernauts - a children's animated series for Wow Wee
productions.
2003
Worked on
story and script for graphic novel "Dreamstormers".
2004
Comedy sketch
script accepted by "Shoot The Writers" for ITV. Episode aired August 18
2004.
Contacted by ManMachines, a television/film production company of
London. Will be working as script writer with a production team on an animation
pilot "Legends of the Sun", about a time travelling boy and his
adventures..
Began working on novel "Blood Family", a vampire
novel.
Travelogue article Chiapas: The Burning Heart of Mexico
published in November by The Watford Observer newspaper in its leisure
section.
2005
Invited by
movie magazine "Empire" to have a week of work experience during the
last week of January. I wrote numerous movie related articles for their online
unit, and these were published on the Empire website
www.empireonline.co.uk.
Article on
diversity with Royal Mail published in The Courier
newspaper.
Short story
Them published in "Bardic Tales and Sage Advice".
Aesthetica
Magazine publishes "Chiapas: The Burning Heart of Mexico"
online.
Go World
Travel online magazine to use my article "Chiapas: The Burning Heart of
Mexico" online.
2006
Short story
The Long View accepted and published by Wet Ink Press in May (see
www.thewritersden.com)
1st DVD
review for DVD Lard website published online in June. (see
www.digitallard.com)
Wrote sitcom
Babylon intended for Omid Djalili.
Short story
The Long View accepted by Hub Magazine - published February '07. (see
www.hub-mag.co.uk)
2007
Completed six
half hour episodes of sitcom "Babylon". Azko films (www.azkofilms.com)
are interested in selling the project.
Working with
Frank Richards of Fat Cat Animation, Phoenix, Arizona. Will develop 26 x
11minute animated stories about Ireland’s famous Fungie the dolphin (for
4-6 year old age group). Will be presenting this project to TG4 and Irish Film
Board.
Short story
"The Trial" to be published in InvisibleInk.com's first anthology book,
Invisible Ink 1 in December.
Self-published children's novel "Buzz" requested by
animation producer Gary Goldman (Titan A.E. (2000) /Anastasia (1997)/All Dogs
Go to Heaven (1989)
2008
Script
Forbidden wins 3rd Place in Gimme Credit Short Screenplay
Competition.
Novel Blood
Family considered by Hodder & Stoughton publishers (brought to their
attention by my literary agent, Isabel Atherton of Creative Authors Literary
Agency.
Wrote
Christmas horror script Claws with Martin Astles.
Novel Blood
Family with Harper Collins publishers.
Henson
Associates contact my agent about dramatic rights to Blood
Family. |
