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Dead Mother's Numbers

Someone has forgotten to put Mum's lottery numbers on. When your number's up, your number's up...

Two sisters come to terms with the tragedy of forgetting to put their newly-deceased mother's lottery numbers on.

  • Warren Paul Glover
    Writer
    Dark Angels, A Man Tries to Get Back In, Heart Attack, 2 x 3
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay, Short Script
  • Genres:
    Comedy, Dark Comedy
  • Number of Pages:
    15
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Vegas Movie Awards (October 2021)
    Las Vegas
    October 14, 2021
    Best Short Script - Award of Prestige
  • Independent Shorts Awards (September 2021)
    Los Angeles
    September 27, 2021
    Best Short Script (Gold Award)
Writer Biography - Warren Paul Glover

Warren Paul Glover is a British-Australian screenwriter, playwright, poet and actor.

His writing has been screened, performed and published in Australia, Britain, Ireland, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United States.

Warren was a script assessor for Sydney’s Short+Sweet play festival from 2014-2018.

He has a degree in Sociology.

Writing training:

• 2013: Novel Writing - Sydney Writers’ Centre, Sydney, Australia.
• 2011: Playwriting – Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney, Australia.
• 2011: Weekend Film Producers' course - Australian Film Base, Sydney, Australia.
• 2010: Screenwriting – Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
• 2009/10: From Short Stories to Short Film – Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
• 2009: Writing Poetry & Short Stories - Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Produced credits (shorts):

• 2018: MALCOLM TURNS TO THERAPY (sit-com pilot; script editor/additional writing and played 'Malcolm'), Sydney, Australia.
• 2016: REVISE (short; script editor), Sydney, Australia.
• 2015: DIRECTOR (short; script editor), Sydney, Australia.
• 2011: DARK ANGELS (short; co-writer), Melbourne, Australia.
• 2011: A MAN TRIES TO GET BACK IN (short; writer) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• 2011: HEART ATTACK (short; writer), Sydney, Australia.
• 2010: 2 x 3 (short; writer, co-director) Edinburgh, Scotland.

Unproduced commissions:

• ‘Out from the Shadow of Men’ (screenplay adaptation of Laila El-Sissi’s memoir)
• ‘DeCodeMe’ (dramedy feature); AzureCine (now defunct) Melbourne, Australia
• ‘Zafeer’ (drama feature) FilmStreet 1930’s Studios, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• ‘Who Stole My Megaphone’ (drama, long short) FilmStreet 1930’s Studios, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• ‘The Falling World of George Solomon’ (drama feature) FilmStreet 1930’s Studios, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

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Writer Statement

I've been involved more in theatre than film, although I do bash out screenplays at regular interviews. Currently adapting my radio play, 'Bushfire', into a screenplay.