John Hickman
John is a screenwriter, director and author based in Newcastle upon Tyne. As well as being selected for the prestigious Guiding Lights film mentor scheme, he has successfully completed two BBC Drama schemes, and he’s now writing for a number of TV series including EastEnders and The Dumping Ground. He’s currently developing a number of feature films, including projects with Third Films (Bypass, Better Things), Shudder Films (Gods Own Country) and Constant Productions (Wren Boys) and his children’s television script, The Things, was a winner of the BAFTA Rocliffe children’s writing competition. Formerly a social worker, John has an MA in Creative Writing as well as a PhD, with a focus on the onscreen fictional depiction of looked-after children.
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2018
Eastenders – BBC TV
Script commissioned
The Dumping Ground Series 7 – CBBC
Two scripts commissioned
2017
The Dumping Ground – CBBC
Script commissioned
Doctors – BBC One
Two scripts commissioned
The Dumping Ground – CBBC
Compilation script commissioned
Collection Only – Constant Productions
Short film (also director)
Tone Death – Green Boy Films
Independent feature film (also director)
Triple Six Horror Festival, Fake Flesh Film Festival, Hastings Fringe
Deadline Day – Theatre N16 / Eastlake Productions
One act play co-written with Stephen Robertson
2016
Akita – Green Boys
Co-writer/director. Short film
London Short Film Festival, Indie-Lincs Film Festival, Malatesta Short Film Festival, Exposure Film Festival, Reading Fringe Film Festival, Kinofilm, Exit 6 Film Festival
Competitions:
BBC EastEnders Writers’ Scheme (2018)
Guiding Lights 9 scheme (2017)
BBC TV Drama Writers’ Programme (shortlisted, 2017)
BBC Doctors Shadow Scheme (2016)
BBC Writer’s Room Scriptroom 10 (2016)
New Writing North Red C4 Competition (2015)
CBBC New Voices (2015)
BAFTA Rocliffe Children’s Writing
Winner with The Things (2014)