Writing, Directing, NLP and Martial Arts
Charles Harris is an experienced award-winning writer-director, founder of ScreenLab and a director of Euroscript.
He has worked with a number of the top names in cinema and TV, from James Stewart and Ricky Tomlinson to Spike Milligan and Alexei Sayle.
A film editor for BBC and Channel Four, he moved on to direct TV and theatre, winning awards around the world. His first professional feature script was optioned for production in Hollywood, and he has continued to write original and commissioned screenplays, and published acclaimed short stories.
His first feature as director, Paradise Grove, won international awards and was nominated at the British Independent Film Awards.
He runs the ScreenLab strand of Euroscript training for screenwriters. As script consultant, he has worked with professional writers from Britain, Europe, Asia and the USA, lectured at international film festivals and on MA courses at London University and London Film School. He is also a fifth Dan black belt in Aikido and a Master Practitioner of NLP.
And his book on Police Slang is out now, published by Abson Books.