Paul Skillen

Paul Skillen started out writing radio comedy and was a BBC New Talent Winner.  In 2022 he was selected by British Film Institute to attend their flagship talent development programme at London Film Festival.

His recent short films-'THE FAMILIAR STING’ (2020) and ‘THE SILENCE BETWEEN’ (2022) - deal with issues of homelessness and a musical prodigy from the wrong side of the tracks.  Both were funded by NI Screen and BFI.

His aspirational drama feature screenplay ‘THE MUSIC TEACHER’ has been optioned and is in development with a Northern Irish production company.

Paul is exploring opportunities for his children’s fantasy feature screenplay ‘GIANT’ and police procedural sci-fi series ‘CROSSING POINT’.  Paul has various credits with BBC Radio, BBC Bytesize and developed a series of animations for the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission

Paul also co-writes with Aaron Gray. BELOW, their eco-horror series, produced by Hat Trick-Mercurio, is currently available on Amazon Audible.

Their folk horror feature, MAIDENSANDS, is in development with a LA-based production company.

Other credits include a pre-apocalyptic television pilot 'DINOSAURS' (2016), which was broadcast on RTE, and sci-fi shorts ‘THE WAY BACK’ and ‘ECHOES’ which won international awards securing UK and USA broadcasts. In 2022 they were shortlisted for the Element Pictures Writers Award with their TV thriller idea GRAVEYARD SHIFT.