Current projects

THE PAUL BEARERS

Feature film script.

A black-comedy, odd-couple, dead-body, road movie - through London in a single night.

A gothy teenage girl and her suicidal neighbour have till dawn to dump Paul’s body in a wheelchair into the river Thames.

The thing they don’t know is that Paul’s not quite dead.

Competition and Festival Results:

Austin Film Festival (2019) - Semi-finalist - top 2% of 12,000

Semi-finalsit - Miami Screenplay Awards (2019)

Quarterfinalist - Scriptapalooza (2019)

Semi-finalist - ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship (2019)

Best Unproduced Screenplay - Madrid International Film Festival (2019)

Finalist - UK Film Festival, London (2019)

Finalist - London Film Awards (2019)

Special Jury Award - Canada Independent Film Festival (2019)

DIG DEEPER

Short film version of THE PAUL BEARERS.

Currently in post-production (Jan 2025.

See more on the Dig Deeper page.

ELEMENTAL

Feature film script

Attempting to bond with his truculent teenage son, recently-divorced SAM takes him on an African safari. But when the trip is jeopardised by dangerous poachers stalking a magnificent bull elephant, Sam is inspired to be a better man - and a better father - and try to save the mighty beast before it’s too late.

Watch the sizzle reel here - Password - Sizzler

Supporting letters, endorsements and advisors:

Linda Seger - Prestigious Hollywood script consultant: “I have worked as a consultant on over 2000 projects and some of them do grab me, such as this one. I’d love to see this made - and encourage anyone who wants to get involved in a good film to look seriously at this script.”

Peter Allison - Thirty-year safari guide veteran: “In recent times I have been approached by Jonathan Hall to advise on elements of his feature script ELEMENTAL, particularly regarding the feasibility of filming without the use of trained animals. I can say that the footage required could all be readily obtained in many areas I know of, and through discussions with colleagues there would be many options as to where it could be filmed: properties keen to promote themselves through the medium of film.”

Dr Kate Evans - Founder and director of Elephants for Africa and award-winning behavioural ecologist and conservation biologist: “I loved it. Started to read it and couldn’t stop.”

Completed projects

A selection

SOLO!

Produced feature film.

A young Englishman arrives in a remote, run-down Spanish village and has to reform their band – before they find out that it was his dad who ruined the village in the first place.

GENRE:

A romantic comedy musical

TAGLINE:

You busk alone… but you band together.

IN THE MOOD

Produced short film starring Kelly Brook.

London, 1944.  Nazi spy Eva has an ingenious method of transmitting a crucial Morse code message to a waiting German U-Boat.  What could possibly go wrong?