Pippa Hinchley

Unique traits: MA screenwriting, former teacher of screenwriting p/t University of London BA, script consultant, analyst & reader esp. of novels for potential option, for LA production companies. British. Philosophy BA. Classic motorcycle rider. Dinghy sailor. Green Card holder. Lover of political satire. Writer of female driven material. Reads fiction & non fiction obsessively. Writer of comedy & drama - so let's just say dramedy shall we? Likes psychological, mind screwing mystery/thrillers, dark edgy comedy & broad Appatow comedy, quirkie indies in unusual worlds, feelgood sports movies even if I don't understand the sport, ensemble films & multi-stranded stories, grounded supernatural and sci-fi, a dash of the surreal & touch of magic realism. Anything about life/death/afterlife quests, metaphysics & ethics. Historical, esp. 19th century - almost an expert. Awesome at accents. Grew up in London and Johannesburg with Americans - so confused but very versatile. Native South african and Brit accents. And cast as American.

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  ONE WHITE CROW Romance ⋄ Thriller ⋄ Horror ⋄ Historical A brilliant Australian academic, who has lost his faith in God, and an ordinary Bostonian housewife with an extraordinary ability, scientifically prove there is life after death. This is a true story. (Historical psychological thriller - feature)  ***SELECTED for The Writers Lab backed by Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman/IRIS/NYWIFTV September 2018*** PAGE FINALIST 2017. This script has won and placed in several other contests as well. It's been previously optioned and LOI'd by Fox Searchlight, has professional coverage and really wants to be made. 10-15M. Need to attach very hot or very connected director to be able to attract key cast. Pitch pack and full script available. (I think it could also be an HBO TV film along lines of Temple Grandin though I have not explored this yet. I do also have a TV series pitch: THE GHOST CLUB - based in the same world and same society: the 1st parapsychologists in London and Boston @ 1890, many of whom were famous intellectuals, celebrities, scientists.)

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  My Generation Comedy ⋄ Musical Aging hippy chick, groupie, sometime singer, SALLY STONE, moves to Rainbow Village believing it’s the alternative ‘groovy place to grow old’ its mysterious founder intended. Realizing she’s been conned, Sally, her protogee teen grandson TYLER & fellow boomers, wage war on the corporate bitch who runs the place, but is it really on ageing? - the only way she knows how. You stage sit-ins, OK, lie-ins, write protest songs, form a band and take plenty of pharmaceuticals. "70 is the new 30" My Generation - a band-based comedy peopled with those who experienced the 60’s. Glee with LSD and Boomers. (Single camera half-hour TV comedy series)

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  UP YOURS, BRIDGET JONES Comedy **FINALIST NATIONAL LMPOON CONTEST!!**After a blow to the head, a Brit in LA is forced to confront a wicked booze habit, her obsessive blaming of Reneee Zellweger for everything wrong in life, and the appearance of her dad. Which would be OK - if he hadn't been dead for years. Up Yours is a comedy that comments on the so-called Brit/Yank 'special relationship', Hollywood and the 'business we call show', but at it's heart is an unusual, offbeat father-daughter redemption story. **Page quarter-finalist, still in running, 2016. Have UK producers interested in a UK/US co-pro - so looking to find a producer here (80%LA set, 20%London) and to attach comedy director, female, maybe.

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  DEATH AT A PARTY/MISADVENTURE Mystery ⋄ Thriller Room mates ‘FINGERS’ (the virgin), 'G' (drop dead gorgeous AND a physics genius), ‘QUENTIN’ (weird and OCD but they’re used to him) and JEN (Greek Freak experimenting with being a pain in the ass and her sexual orientation) are having a party in their crumbling shared house. By 3am someone is found dead. But who is it? And how did it happen? Told in fractured timelines, Death At A Party is a mystery thriller that will keep its audience guessing until the very end. (90' feature/TV movie/multiplatform. Have web series treatment too. There are US set and a UK set version of this script. Looking to find a producer to partner me and attach director)

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  Killing Christmas (2018)
  Film Actress

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  Barracuda (2013)
  Film (Action and Adventure) Actress Based on actual events, Barracuda is an original, vengeance themed story and fresh take on sexual perversions, the lives it affects and the pursuit of it. When we first meet Summer, a sensitive yet cynical portrait artist who supplements her income as a phone sex operator from her rickety old houseboat in Venice, she is at the end of her emotional rope. The callers, whom she began recording as proof of how normal, professional men can also be pedophiles and rapist, have entered her dreams at night. When no one will believe or listen to the taped phone conversations with these otherwise ordinary men, Summer take matters into her own hands and drives her vintage Plymouth Barracuda across the country, surprising and exposing these deviants at their homes. Accountability, closure with ones demons and how love conquers even the most cynical ensues. Barracuda is a witty and brazenly honest story of the unbeatable human spirit. Written by Christy Oldham

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  Life on P1 (2013)
  Film Actress

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  Route 30, Too! (2012)
  Film by John Putch (Comedy) Actress Add a Plot »

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  Live! Sex! Girls!: The Sketch Show (2011 - 2012)
  Television (Comedy) Actress Add a Plot »

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  Dog Day (2012)
  Film (Short, Comedy, Drama and Family) Actress When her husband's adultery, daughter's betrayal and pet pooch's complicity don't convince Maureen she's loved... What will it take?

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  Touch (2012)
  Television (Drama, Mystery and Sci-Fi) Actress Widower Martin Bohm's wife, Sarah Bohm, died in the twin towers on September 11, 2001. Previously a newspaper journalist, Martin since has worked a series of odd jobs in trying to make sense of his life, which includes caring for his son Jake, who was born on October 26, 2000. Jake was diagnosed as autistic, primarily because he has never uttered a word, and has an aversion to being touched. But Martin begins to believe that there is more to Jake's life than meets the eye. Jake, using a series of numbers, leads Martin to discoveries about a certain equilibrium to the world. Martin may ultimately find out what Jake's grand purpose is, and why Jake was placed on the face of the Earth. Written by Huggo

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  People Like Us (2012)
  Film by Dreamworks /Alex Kurtzman (Drama) Actress Workaholic and sleazy businessman Sam is extremely reluctant to leave New York and go to his father's funeral. When he finally arrives, it becomes apparent that his mother and girlfriend are disappointed in him for "running away" whenever times get too emotional. Soon afterwards, he discovers that his father was sleeping around with another woman, and that Sam actually has a half-sister whom he never knew existed. His father has willed her $150,000 and has left Sam with the task of getting it to her. Frankie is a bartender also wrapped up in work just like her half-brother, and she has had a bad past and has now been left with the job of being a single parent to her troublemaker son, Josh. Josh is eleven years old but curses like a sailor and constantly makes fart jokes and sex jokes, making him popular with the bad kid crowd at school, although behind the act, Josh is depressed and lonely. Now Sam has to find a way to fix the past and reunite his mom, nephew and half-sister together ... Written by GasmaskProductionsBooks

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  The Fairy Tales (2010)
  Film (Short, Comedy and Fantasy) Actress Three fairy tale princesses (Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella) find themselves living together under one roof in the Hollywood Hills. Tempers flare and bitchiness ensues as the girls cope with their new roommates, all while trying to find their happily ever after. Written by Anonymous

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  Killing Boyfriends (2010)
  Film (Short, Action and Comedy) Actress Tutu has had bad luck with boyfriends especially when best friends are around. But today is Tutu's glorious wedding day and she feels it's three time lucky in love.

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  Actor's Anonymous (2010)
  Film (Short and Comedy) Actress Where do actor's turn when acting becomes everything? The short follows three British actresses in Hollywood and their struggles to give up their addictions to acting.

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  Last of the Summer Wine (2008)
  Television (Comedy) Actress Three old men from Yorkshire who have never grown up face the trials of their fellow town citizens and everyday life and stay young by reminiscing about the days of their youth and attempting feats not common to the elderly.

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  EastEnders (2008)
  Television (Crime, Drama and Romance) Actress A British soap that has been running since 1985, about the lives of people living on Albert Square in the fictitious Walford borough of East London. Written by James2001

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  Holby City (2002 - 2007)
  Television (Drama) Actress Drama series depicting the frenetic daily lives of the doctors, nurses and patients in the hectic cardiac unit of Holby City General Hospital. The unit is run by the autocratic Consultant Surgeon Anton Meyer (George Irving) assisted by arrogant sidekick Registrar Nick (Michael French) who find themselves in a continuous running battle with Consultant Muriel McKendrick ('Phyllis Logan') over beds with the rest of the staff caught in the cross-fire. Written by Mark Smith <msmith@osi.co.uk>

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  Don't Even Think It! (2006)
  Film (Short and Comedy) Actress Add a Plot »

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  Century City (2006)
  Film (Short and Crime) Actress Detective Nancy Delport, working late in her Cape Town bureau, is investigating the murder of Hollywood actress Crystal Fallone, who has been shot dead in Cape Town whilst appearing in a re-make of JL Godard's 1963 film 'Contempt.' Delport is on the phone to Fallone's father, TV-movie director Peter Kashlin, who is thousands of miles away on the LA set of his latest thriller - in which Crystal was due to star. But implausibly, Kashlin's movie set in Los Angeles appears to be an exact reproduction of Delport's detective office in Cape Town. What's more, 'Century City' is a circular crime thriller - it loops endlessly as a dual-screen installation in gallery spaces. The mystery at the center of the film is never solved. Furthermore, the film proposes a spatial and logical impossibility. Written by Croft, Stuart

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  The Crouches (2005)
  Television (Comedy and Drama) Actress This series takes an intimate yet humorous take on the trials and tribulations of a family living in Walworth, south-east London. Childhood sweethearts Roly Crouch and Natalie have been married for 18 years. With two demanding teenagers, Aiden and Adele, plus live-in parents, Langley and Sylvie, the pressure on the Crouch household sometimes reaches boiling point. Written by Anonymous

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  Doctors (2005)
  Television (Drama) Actress The daily lives of staff at a Birmingham medical practice, including their often dramatic involvements with their patients.

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  The Bill (1990 - 2003)
  Television (Crime and Drama) Actress Uniform officers and detectives from Sun Hill police station enforce law and order on a day to day basis. A policeman's job is much more than just catching criminals; in order to survive each day they must deal with frustrating members of the public, and often their own colleagues. From petty thieves to violent drug dealers, life is never easy for the members of the Metropolitan Police Force. Written by ttl

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  Bugs (1998)
  Television (Action, Crime and Sci-Fi) Actress When Beckett, an agent for a top secret intelligence agency known as The Hive, uncovers a sinister plot by his employers, he is expelled and joins a freelance group of investigators dedicated to solving high tech crimes. Written by Alexander Lum <aj_lum@postoffice.utas.edu.au>

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  Crimetime (1996)
  Film (Horror and Thriller) Actress Bobby Mahon is an actor playing a notorious serial killer on prime-time television. The show becomes a hit, which encourages the real-life murderer on whom it's based, to go on a spree to make it on screen.

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  Interview Day (1996)
  TV Movie (Comedy and Drama) Actress Comedy drama about the trials and tribulations of three sets of parents as they finally realise that their children have grown up and reluctantly they have to let them enroll at Cambridge University. Written by Jonathan Broxton <j.w.broxton@sheffield.ac.uk>

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  Coronation Street (1993 - 1994)
  Television (Drama) Actress The UK's longest-running TV soap, Coronation Street focuses on the everyday lives of working class people in Manchester, England.

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  Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors (1992)
  TV Movie (Drama and Romance) Actress Biopic purporting to tell the real story behind the marriage of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson from their initial courtship through their eventual separation.

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  London Kills Me (1991)
  Film (Comedy and Drama) Actress For want of a nail a shoe was lost, for want of a shoe... a young man's life is almost lost, which is exactly what this film is all about: a man barely twenty who wants desperately to pull out of London's drug world by taking a job as a waiter in a 'normal' restaurant. But to do this he must come up with a "sensible pair of shoes," an item that his homeless meanderings hasn't provided him. In fact, the shoes become a symbol of his striving to break away from those, like himself, who are caught up in the tragedy of drugs and lasciviousness which is so aptly described... sometimes graphically, always realistically... in this film. Written by BOB STEBBINS <stebinsbob@aol.com>

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  Screen One (1991)
  Television (Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery and 2 More) Actress Producer Kenith Trodd was part of a 1984 team brought together to study how the BBC should respond to Channel Four's pioneering efforts in making films for both television and theatrical release. The result was a transition from the earlier concept of studio-made plays, such as "Play for Today" and the introduction of the new BBC anthology film series, "Screen One" and "Screen Two," with Trodd's supervision of the initial group of titles in 1985. Written by Bhob Stewart <bhob2@earthlink.net>

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  Alleyn Mysteries (1990)
  Television (Crime, Drama and Mystery) Actress Drawing on her love of theatre and art, New Zealand novelist Ngaio Marsh created elegant crime-puzzlers full of quirky characters with hidden agendas, all brought meticulously to life in this BBC series.

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  And a Nightingale Sang (1989)
  TV Movie Actress Add a Plot »

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  The Dressmaker (1988)
  Film (Drama and Romance) Actress In England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after their 17-year-old niece, who is having a delusional affair with an American soldier.

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  Screen Two (1987)
  Television Actress Producer Kenith Trodd was part of a 1984 team brought together to study how the BBC should respond to Channel Four's pioneering efforts in making films for both television and theatrical release. The result was a transition from the earlier concept of studio-made plays, such as "Play for Today" and the introduction of the new BBC anthology film series, "Screen One" and "Screen Two," with Trodd's supervision of the initial group of titles in 1985. Written by Bhob Stewart <bhob2@earthlink.net>

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  Dead Man's Folly (1986)
  TV Movie (Crime, Mystery and Drama) Actress Hercule Poirot is called in by his crime writer friend, Ariadne Oliver and discovers that she is troubled. She has been asked to create a "Murder Hunt" game for a fair at Nass House and she is puzzled with all the help she is getting. Poirot and his assistant, Captain Hastings arrive at the fair to see what is going on. They find a couple on the brink of divorce, a rich Lord and a dizzy Lady, an old lady, trapped in the horrors of the past and a womanizing architect. Things take a turn for the worse when during the "Murder Hunt" the girl playing the "dead" body is murdered for real, an old man's body is pulled from the local lake and the Lady of the manor goes missing when a face from her past shows up. It is clear to Poirot that someone is playing the game for real and he sets out to discover who it is... Written by Lee Horton <Leeh@tcp.co.uk>

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  Morgan's Boy (1984)
  TV Series Actress

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  Secret Places (1984)
  Film Actress

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  Mental
  TV Movi Actress

• 1st runner up Next TV Ent feature competition One White Crow
  (2012)

• 1st runner up Next TV Ent acting/talent competition.
  (2012)

• Winner Scriptwriters Network HOP competition One White Crow
  (2011)

• Selected for Rutget Hauer Film factory with short The Other Side produced in Rotterdam by the FF.
  (2008)

• Best actress in a comedy, London Short Film Festival Dont Even Think It
  (2006)

• Breaking Out - Best European Short, Angers
  (2005)

• Selected for The Berlin Talent Campus at Berlin Film Festival
  (2005)

• Breaking Out - Official Selection Competition International Critics' Week, Cannes
  (2004)

• Fellowship place on year long European North By Northwest feature programme One White Crow
  (2004)

• Finalist Jerwood Short film contest, place on development programme
  (2000)

• Best actress in a comedy, London Short Film Festival Dont Even Think It

• London College Of Communication
  (2001-2003)

• Open University
  (2001-2003)