Ryan J. Brown

Ryan J. Brown (born 29 August 1991) is an award-winning English screenwriter, born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.

Ryan J. Brown
Brown in 2017
Born
Ryan James Brown

(1991-08-29) 29 August 1991
Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, U.K.
OccupationActor, screenwriter
AwardsBAFTA New Writing Prize TV Drama 2016
ScreenDaily Brit List 2017/2019

Education and career

Brown studied at Goldsmiths, University of London and received a DADA scholarship to train as an actor at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.[1]

In 2016 he won the BAFTA New Writing Prize for TV Drama for his LGBT crime drama We Are Your Children.[2] He was also a finalist in Lionsgate and Idris Elba's Write to Greenlight Competition.[3] We Are Your Children was selected for the Brit List TV 2018, an annual selection of the best unproduced screenplays as voted for by the industry.[4] It was announced on Deadline Hollywood that We Are You Children is being developed by Lene Bausager and her UK film company Ugly Duckling Films.[5] In 2019, Brown was again featured highly on The Brit List for the second time in a row with his Big Talk Productions project Only Child[6]

In 2017 Brown was selected by the Royal Television Society for their 'Talent of Tomorrow' series [7] and by Gay Times as an "LGBT Emerging Artist to watch."[8]

References
  1. http://www.ryanjbrown.co.uk
  2. http://www.bafta.org/sites/default/files/uploads/brnwfhandout2016040604.pdf
  3. Tartaglione, Nancy (10 November 2016). "Nina Gold To Hold BAFTA Masterclasses In China; Idris Elba's Writing Competition Chooses Winner – Global Briefs". deadline.com. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  4. White, Peter (23 February 2018). "Mam Tor, Bad Wolf & Ecosse Thrillers Top Inaugural Brit List: TV". Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  5. https://deadline.com/2019/02/san-francisco-doodler-killer-crime-tv-series-ugly-duckling-films-1202559946/
  6. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hottest-unproduced-uk-tv-dramas-unveiled-2019-brit-list-1256120
  7. https://rts.org.uk/ryanbrown"
  8. "PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
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