nicholas horwood - writer

In addition to Guiding Lights, Nick spent six months on the UK Film Council's First Feature Development Programme, receiving development assistance with his fantasy comedy GURK THE SLAYER! The script was also recently selected for the London Screenwriters' Festival's Advanced Mentoring Programme with Disney/Pixaar screenwriter David Reynolds (FINDING NEMO, etc.) GURK is currently optioned by the former Head of Development at Aardman Animation, Sue Breen.

MINDBENDER won the Gold prize in the 2008 PAGE International Awards. It also earned him a recommendation from Working Title Films, leading to him gaining representation from Matt Connell at Berlin Associates.

Nick's psychological horror screenplay THE GOOD PEOPLE recently made the 2011 Brit List. It is currently being produced by Purnima Ramadorai and Escape Films (IN OUR NAME).

CALIBURN reached the final 10 in the 2008 Final Draft Big Break contest and won the Genre Category in the Creative Screenwriting Magazine/LA Screenwriters' Expo contest gaining him representation with Geoff Alexander at 6-17 Management in LA.

He came second in Big Break's 2007 contest with his screenplay KNIGHT KNIGHT, winning him a trip to LA to receive an award and meet with industry professionals including Oliver Stone. The contest judges included the writers of such films as STAND BY ME, STARMAN, MR & MRS SMITH, XMEN 3, JUMPER and GOLDENEYE. Nick recently co-produced KNIGHT KNIGHT with Hermit Films.

Nick's short THAT THING YOU DREW premiered at the 2010 Palm Springs International Film Festival. It won the jury prize in Malta's Kinemastik film festival, the audience award at the Warsaw, and an honourary mention in the Los Angeles film festival. It has also been shown at BFI London, London Shorts, Brest and Montreal.

His short FUNDAY was produced by DotMov and directed by fellow Guiding Lights mentee Keri Collins. Tony Grisoni described the film as “Deliciously melancholic.” It was selected for the 2011 Raindance Film Festival, International Film Festival Manhattan and others. The script was a finalist in the CTBF John Brabourne Awards.

FEATURE SCREENPLAYS:

THE KNOWLEDGE

ALEX FISHER, a hedonistic London cabbie, inherits a mysterious coded book which attracts the attentions of a sinister organisation. Alex is forced to use his knowledge of the streets and history of one of the world's biggest cities to escape his pursuers and unlock the secrets of the most dangerous book ever written.

CALIBURN

Lancelot returns to England following the death of King Arthur. With Merlin’s help he gathers the last surviving knights of the Round Table and sets out to overthrow Mordred and restore his honour.

CALIBURN20.pdf

DEATH IN VENICE BEACH

A curmudgeonly English vampire must brave the LA sun and team up with an up-beat female pathologist to hunt down a serial killer with a thirst for immortality. 

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GURK THE SLAYER!

A naïve peasant boy leads a rag-tag bunch of stereotypes on a mission to avenge the death of his parents. Can Gurk defeat the evil Voltar armed with only hope, faith, belief… and an indestructible magic sword?
GURK THE SLAYER20.pdf

THE GOOD PEOPLE

A stressed New York science-fiction writer finds peace in rural Devon. His interest in the local people’s belief in “little people”, however, has very sinister repercussions.

THE GOOD PEOPLE20.pdf

MINDBENDER

Barry Barker is a lovelorn teenage train enthusiast who spends his days delivering leaflets for a STD clinic - until he is inexplicably struck down by a meteorite and develops telekinetic powers. He is soon terrorising criminals as the less than super hero: The Mindbender!

MINDBENDER!20.pdf

KNIGHT KNIGHT

Two saddle-sore knights go on a quest for love, money and comfortable underpants. Their attempts to save a damsel in distress end up with them working for the very king that kidnapped her and soon they are the ones in distress.

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DEATH 'N' TEXAS

An amoral cowboy is recruited by a corrupt sheriff to kill a widow so he can sell her land to the railroad company. The cowboy takes a shine to the old lady and refuses to kill her. When he falls in love with the sheriff's girlfriend the lead really hit’s the fan!

DEATH 'N' TEXAS20.pdf

 THE PLANET THAT ATE DEMOCRACY!

The year is 1959 and the CIA has got wind of a Soviet plan to colonise Mars. They send a hand picked team of patriots to make Mars safe for democracy…but what will the Martians say?

THE PLANET THAT ATE DEMOCRACY!20.pdf

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