Between Weathers Screenwriter Marc Pye
Marc Pye
Marc Pye has been writing for film and television for the past 16 years.
His first television break came with STV’s High Road, where he went on to write 29 episodes, before moving to The Bill, Eastenders and River City.
After publishing two novels, Lollipop and Rewire (Sceptre) he went on to write three short films – Baldy McBain, Last Legs and Instant Credit, all of which premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Instant Credit, starring Billy Boyd (Lord of the Rings) was also selected for the Newport Beach Film Festival, LA in 2004.
Marc has since gone on to write for Waterloo Road, The Royal, Holby Blue and Echo Beach, but is probably best known for his work with Jimmy McGovern, where he penned the BAFTA, International Emmy and RTS award winning episode The Flasher on Series One of The Street. Marc continued his working relationship with Jimmy on his next series Moving On, where he penned the powerful and moving story, Bully.
His first feature, Act of Grace, starring Leo Gregory, David Yip and Jennifer Lim is due to be released this year, and he is currently writing Screw, a 2-part psychological prison drama for television due on our screens in 2011.
Jim Brown said, “From the first minute I met Marc I knew that we would work well together. When I pitched him the story of Thomas and Meg he got it right away, he could see my vision. I love our creative sessions, where we usually sit in the George in Edinburgh, drink wine and dig deep into the characters. I also like the way he tells me to shut-up when one of my incredibly complicated plot lines lands on the table. Marc is a truly gifted writer who you will hear a lot more of in the future. We are already making plans to drink more wine and have many more crazy creative conversations.
Marc on Between Weathers: “As soon as Jim pitched me the premise for Between Weathers I fell in love with it. I know that it translates well to the page, as the response we’ve had to the script has been incredible. It was a joy to write and I’m happy to say people are now asking what else we’ve got under our sleeve. Jim is a highly creative director, great on story and emotion, and a great guy to work with, as he respects and listens to the writer (a rare thing in this business) and a result of the anticipated success of Between Weathers we’ve decided to repeat the winning formula of our mad, but highly creative meetings and are now building up a selective slate of film projects for B4 Films. We already have our next project in the pipeline, so watch this space…”