I have IMDB credits for writing two episodes of a 12-part TV sitcom called Marshal’s Law created by Jason Attar and Niall Towl. I was short-listed for a Channel 4 comedy drama award, and have been twice long-listed for the Kenneth Branagh New Drama Writing Award.
My third feature, a black comedy called Shock Therapy, has won seven international film festival awards including Best Comedy Screenplay. It was a PAGE International Screenwriting Awards Quarter Finalist, won Best Comedy Screenplay at the Purple Sky International Film Festival, and has been twice short-listed for Best Feature Screenplay in the Barnstorm Screenwriting Festival.
Shock Therapy was also a Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards Quarter Finalist, long-listed for Best Feature Script in the UK Film Festival London competition, and received an Honourable Mention for Best Feature Screenplay in the Hollywood International Indie Screenplay Awards.
My first screenplay came second in the Reddit Screenwriting Contest, was long-listed for a BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum, and was also optioned. My second feature was long-listed for the UK Film Festival Feature Script Competition.
I’ve had two sitcoms taken on for development by the Comedy Unit: these were also finalists in the Sitcom Trials at the Soho Theatre. I was a finalist in Cascade Pictures Writers’ Couch script development initiative. I’ve written numerous plays which have been performed by a number of theatre companies and featured in several UK theatre festivals.
Some Reviews
"This brilliantly written short play is well worth an hour of your time… Put together the sharp fire wit and wild claims of attempted murder and infidelity are almost reminiscent of Monty Python. With only three in the cast and very little props it is a credit to the writing and acting to make this comedy so brilliant ...these crazy characters would be perfect in a sitcom but until then I highly recommend coming to see them interact in their counselling session." Rachel Borland, London Theatre 1.
"The comedy is incredibly intelligent… and there are several genuine laugh out loud jokes. The whole show very much reminded me of Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror series... it's very, very well done. This is the ideal Fringe show - go and see it. 10/10." TheCultDen.
"In my opinion the real star of the show was John Hill’s writing. The gags are funny, the story is believable, and the plot points are bold. Hill’s use of subtext is subtle and clever, blending two conversations at the same time… With an extra boost this play would not feel out of place on E4..." Joshua Oakes-Rogers, The Open Door.
"…an extremely well written piece of comedy. Hill has crafted a deliciously sharp, comic turn… It is a piece of writing that Victoria Wood might be proud of… This is classic British comedy but with a dark twist." Paul Vale, The Stage.
“John Hill’s Payback slams the world of middle-class sofa-sitting with more punchlines than the TV sitcoms it is obviously upstaging.” South London Press.
