Mike Walden

Mike graduated with an MFA in screenwriting from Columbia School of the Arts in 2007. At Columbia University, Mike won The William Goldman Screenwriting Fellowship, The Hollywood Foreign Press Award, The Columbia Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay and The Zaki Gordon Award for Excellence in Screenwriting.

Mike’s debut feature, Uwantme2killhim was released in 2013 by E1. The film was directed by Andrew Douglas and lead actors Jamie Blackley and Toby Regbo went on to share the Best Actor Award at The Edinburgh Film Festival. Uwantme2killhim was released in the USA in 2014 and distributed by Tribeca.

Mike has since worked on Whitstable Pearl Series One and Two, as a writer before being promoted to lead writer and executive producer. Recently he came back to fulfil his roles as lead writer and executive producer for Series 3. The Buccaneer Media production airs on Acorn TV.

Mike’s other television credits include The Frankenstein Chronicles and Marcella. He has original ideas in development with Fremantle, Mammoth and BBC. Mike is currently writing the first series of his thriller, In Flight, for Buccaneer and Channel 4 and Take Two for Big Talk.