Neil Arksey
Neil Arksey | |
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Occupation | children's author story editor showrunner screenwriter producer |
Nationality | British |
Notable works | Brooksie Result! Flint MacB Playing On The Edge |
Notable awards | Playing on the Edge shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards 2001 |
Website | |
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Neil Arksey is a British writer, known both for his work in TV drama and for his novels for Middle Grade, teenage and Young Adult readers, published by Penguin Books and Random House.[1]
Career[]
Early in his career he helped develop Little Robots, a pre-school TV show broadcast on BBC in the United Kingdom. He went on to write scripts for Little Robots as well as a number of other shows aimed at the same age-group including Kipper the Dog.[2]
As a story editor, script editor, head writer and producer Arksey has worked on a number of UK soaps and drama series Crossroads (TV series), River City, Family Affairs and Mile High. He has also worked as head writer/producer on TV drama series in other European countries including Salatut Elämät in Finland and Jobán Rosszban in Hungary.[3]
He worked as a screenwriter and producer on the feature film Run To Ground, a dark thriller set and shot in Miskolc, eastern Hungary.
His book, Intelligent Life, received considerable acclaim from a number of top scientists.
Arksey teaches writing at CityLit.,[4] London Film School and Brunel University.
Books[]
- Brooksie
- Result!
- Flint
- MacB
- Playing On The Edge (shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards 2001)
- Sudden Death
- As Good As Dead In Downtown
- Intelligent Life
- Alltalk
- Shoot
References[]
- ^ "Neil Arksey". Random House. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1440770/
- ^ http://www.neilarksey.com/filmandtv.html
- ^ https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/screenwriting-stage-1
External links[]
- Neil Arksey's Official Website
- Neil Arksey at the Internet Movie Database
- 21st-century British novelists
- British male screenwriters
- Living people
- British male novelists
- British children's writers
- British writers of young adult literature
- 21st-century British male writers
- Screenwriting instructors
- 21st-century British screenwriters
- British novelist stubs