Former Shelley College student gets first professional script writing job

Mar 6 2009 Huddersfield Daily Examiner

A SCREENWRITING student from Huddersfield has landed his first professional film contract.

Martin Stocks, 22, a final year film and television screenwriting undergraduate, used his networking skills to scoop a contract for a gas safety film.

The £10,000 film, funded by The Guinness Trust, will be delivered to thousands of homes throughout Lancashire.

The former pupil of Shelley College, now a student at the University of Central Lancashire, said: “To receive a project like this for my first professional job is very exciting.

“I heard about it through a friend of a friend, got in touch with the director and pitched an idea to him.

“They wanted a short comedy film to get the message across to highlight this serious issue.