Andrew Rajan

Studied Acting at the Guildhall School, thereafter appearing in various British TV such as EastEnders, Casualty, Soldier, Soldier and The Bill as well as BAFTA award-winning dramas Loved Up and Holding On and Hollywood’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Most recently, Jessica Hausner’s 2019 Cannes-Winner, Little Joe.
As filmmaker: rom-com feature Offending Angels, Short, Opportunist. Thereafter, he gained a Screenwriting MA at the NFTS. Two privately-commissioned feature-length documentaries followed, then feature film, Greys Inbetween (available on Tubi, Nuella, Xumo, Vimeo and Amazon Prime) and a BrightHouse ad campaign.
Three Stage plays: ‘Mental’ -shortlisted for the Bruntwood Prize, ‘That Paki Play’ - Finalist for the Padamsee Award and ‘Afghanistan’ - long-listed for the Alfred Fagon Award.
Four novels: Cathedrals In The Sky, #Lazarus10, The Big Game and children’s story, Amethyst. Currently writing an Arts Council funded novel, Brown Sugar.
Ten screenplays: Mad Hatter recently placing in both the Los Angeles International Screenplay and Big Apple Screenplay competitions. Two TV Series Pilots.
Articles for The Guardian, The Telegraph. Live News interviews for BBC News Channel and Al Jazeera. Various Radio interviews: BBC, World at One, BBC Five Live, BBC Asian Network...
Juries include BAFTA, the Sony Radio Awards and the RTA Television Awards.