Writer | Composer | Director
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Screenwriting
Tom has been a screenwriter for over a decade, working on more independent personal projects before co-writing films under Lipmouth Studios.
Tom has studied at the Met Film school in London, and has a degree in Film TV and Media production from Royal Holloway, University of London with a focus on screenwriting. He has worked in script coverage with the Golden Script competition, where he reviewed submissions to the competition and provided feedback.
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In 2021, a short student film Tom wrote and directed in 2014 was reworked into Street Fox which he co-wrote with Scott Burchell and Simon Roper. The following year he wrote the screenplay for Like Dreamers Do, and more recently has been writing on several ongoing projects with Lipmouth.
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Unproduced projects:
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LIMINAL JUNCTURE - TV Pilot, psychological thriller with abstract Twilight Zone-inspired concepts.
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SOMEWHERE OUT THERE - Feature, final project at Royal Holloway, animated sci-fi comedy.
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JESTERS AND KINGS - Short, social satire comedy/drama set in the world of 1980s wall street executives.
Composing and Arranging
Alongside writing Tom's other main creative passion is composing and arranging. Tom has been producing original orchestral music for 13 years, and has provided score for Ghostumentary (2016), A Zombie Love Song (2013), Pay As You Go (2023) and several upcoming Lipmouth projects.
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Outside of his film scoring efforts Tom is part of indie band The Paperwaits alongside his brother Scott, providing music and original arrangements for some of their songs.
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As a composer, arranger and orchestrator Tom has produced music in a variety of styles, with a particular interest in reviving and recapturing the magic of the classic Hollywood sound, with influences including Marvin Hamlisch, John Williams, Alfred Newman and Max Steiner.
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