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?