Institute of Continuing Education (ICE)
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Rick is a Cambridge-based screenwriter, story design consultant, lecturer and mentor.
Since attaining an MA Screenwriting & Research qualification from the London College of Communication in 2001, he has storylined for ‘Family Affairs’ (Talkback Thames/Channel 5), developed projects for Hewland International and Frenzy Films, written a slate of short films and spec features, mentored on First Light, Media Box and BFI projects and written and developed feature screenplays for EON Productions.
He was trained by the UK Film Council to devise, develop and deliver industry-standard courses on screenwriting and cross-platform story design, and he lectures regularly on various aspects of the writing process.
Rick is currently developing, ‘Beautiful Bodies’, an eight-part serial for TV, writing a Folk Horror feature narrative, Siren, and overseeing the MA in Filmmaking at Raindance.
The Creative Space – an investigation into how to build and sustain a creative culture within an educational environment (personal research interest inspired by Ed Catmull’s book - ‘CREATIVITY, INC’).
Writing the character-centred screenwork – a series of lectures / seminars on how to develop a narrative through character, rather than through plot (personal research interest).
Heretic[s} – a multi-platform / interactive storytelling project (in conjunction with BCre8ive, TELL, and Settle Stories).