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Peter Stead
London, United Kingdom

Overview

My main focus as a Screenwriter is the clash between the inner world of the psyche and the outer world of objective reality. Primarily, I have explored this through seven original feature screenplays, in different genres, from micro-budget Horror to mid-budget drama and on up to studio-level Adventure.

Experience

I am British, but my first script to be produced is a short which wrapped in the Netherlands in 2017, called Bijltjesdag, English title, Day of Reckoning:

- Best Student film, Kerry Film Festival, 2018

- Youth Jury Award at Cinesud Euregion, 2018.

My short script, Vampire, was a finalist in the Canada International Film Festival (2018). From this, I developed my first Pilot, When We Fall. 

The short VR version of my feature, Darkness and Voices, was a semi-finalist at the XR Alliance VR Script Competition, 2018.

Education

MA Filmmaking, Distinction. Raindance. Grad. 2016. Focus: Screenwriting.
BA Acting, Formal Commendation. Central School of Speech and Drama. Grad. 1997.

 

Awards

Coverfly All-time Overall Top 25% for
The Man

Scripts By Peter

Darkness and Voices
When a troubled teenager undergoes an experimental hypnotherapy to treat her night terrors, something is unleashed which stalks her waking hours.
Feature Horror For sale 89pp
4 readers love this script
The Psychonaut
A paranoid magic mushroom expert has her psychedelic visions hacked by her ruthless boss, determined to stop her deciphering their true meaning.
Feature Adventure For sale 115pp
Small Speaking Part
A young method actor conquers his crippling social anxiety by going deep into role as a brash alter-ego while on set, but when it becomes a global sensation, it risks a new-found love.
Feature Comedy, Romance For sale 119pp
The Paper Bride
A grieving comic shop clerk embarks on a dangerously obsessive relationship when a girl dies and reappears as a new graphic novel character.
Feature Drama, Mystery For sale 109pp
I Complete You
When a medical student makes a proxy boyfriend from body parts she amputated from the housemates who shunned her, a timid fresher must lead the survivors, including the love of her life, to safety.
Feature Horror For sale 88pp
The Magick Flower
When an estate agent accidentally intrudes upon what looks like a wake, she is given an unusual and disturbing gift.
Short Horror For sale 5pp
1 reader loves this script
Monsters are Real
Floyd’s first experience of the supernatural.
Short Horror For sale 5pp
1 reader loves this script
Put Him Down
When a downtrodden husband sees that the dog gets more affection than he does, he decides to act like one, with interesting consequences for his marriage, but a less-than-ideal outcome for his life expectancy.
Short Comedy For sale 9pp
The Starers
Melanie finds some unwelcome guests in her back garden, late at night.
Short Horror For sale 3pp
Anonymous Kill
An exclusive new social media app takes cancel culture to the next level.
Short Comedy, Horror For sale 1pp
The Man
The wife of a missing architect must discover the dark truth of how her husband, and society, is built.
TV Pilot Drama, Mystery, Thriller For sale 60pp
Coverfly All-time Overall Top 25%
When We Fall
When a rebellious vampire hunter’s father is murdered, she must search her first kill’s antique journals for the clues that could lead her to the divine conspiracy responsible.
TV Pilot Horror, Romance For sale 60pp
The Doorbell
A new security camera proves inadequate to counter a demonic presence that rings a young couple’s doorbell at the same time each night.
Short Horror In development 7pp