Paul Ashton
Agent: Julian Friedmann
Biography: Paul Ashton is the Senior Film Executive at Creative England, leading one of the two new BFI NET.WORK Talent Centres (Sheffield).
Previously, he was the Development Producer at BBC Writersroom. He has assessed thousands of scripts, developed hundreds of writers, and written, produced and directed new writing across theatre, radio, film and television.
THE CALLING CARD SCRIPT
Creative writing, 257 pages
A&C Black, March 2011
The calling card script is the script that expresses your voice, gets you noticed and helps you reach commission and production. Born out of Paul's wide experience of reading scripts, working with writers, and as an industry 'gatekeeper', this is a guide to the key writing tools you need to know and understand to write a truly original script.