Martin Richmond
Writer, poet, screenwriter
Martin Richmond
Writer, poet, screenwriter
If novels are long short stories then short screenplays are movies' offspring.
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Author of the books The Trapdoor to Halloween & The Trapdoor to Murder, both collections of short stories, the latter being a recent ebook collection available on Amazon. Martin has won a short screenplay competition in 2007 with 'Life gets you down', the finished film premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival. Finalist 2018 with Mind Screw at The Golden Script competition. Finalist Crimson Screen film festival 2019. Royal Wolf Screenplay comp, short script winner May 2019 & May 2020. Best International short screenplay 2019 Oregon Scream Week Festival. Thing in the basement festival best int short screenplay Washington 2020, Short Close up Comp 2020 Best Int Short screenplay Bucharest.
Filmography
  • Writer (12 Credits)
    Beasties
    Screenplay, Short Script
    Full Tilt
    Screenplay, Short Script
    Mind Screw
    Screenplay
    Not from round 'ere
    Short Script
    Out of mind
    Screenplay, Short Script
    Out of the picture
    Screenplay, Short Script
    She's not there
    Screenplay, Short Script
    Simply Murderous
    Screenplay, Television Script
    Sleep Shifting
    Screenplay, Short Script
    Taken for a King
    Screenplay, Short Script
    The Impossible Room
    Short Script
    Through a stained glass eye
    Screenplay, Short Script
81 Awards & Selections
Best Unproduced Script, TV Pilot
Simply Murderous
Phoenix Rising International Film Festival
2024
Best Short Script
Simply Murderous
Birmingham Horror Film Festival
Birmingham, UK
2024
Best Unproduced Script, TV Pilot
Sleep Shifting
Phoenix Rising International Film Festival
London
2024
Best Short Script
Sleep Shifting
Birmingham Horror Film Festival
Birmingham, UK
2024
Best Short Script & Best Concept
Simply Murderous
Cannes World Arts Festival
Cannes
2023
Best TV script & Best Concept
Simply Murderous
Berlin International Screenplay Festival
Berlin
2023
Best Short Script
Simply Murderous
Vesuvius Film Festival
Campania, Italy
2023
Best Short Script
Through a stained glass eye
Vesuvius Film Festival
Campania, Italy
2023
Best TV script & Best Concept
Sleep Shifting
Berlin International Screenplay Festival
Berlin
2023
Best Short Script & Best Concept
Sleep Shifting
Cannes World Arts Festival
Cannes
2023
Best Short Script
Sleep Shifting
Vesuvius Film Festival
Campania, Italy
2023
Best Short Script
Taken for a King
Vesuvius Film Festival
Campania, Italy
2023
Best Short Script
Out of mind
Vesuvius Film Festival
Campania, Italy
2023
Best Short Script
Not from round 'ere
Vesuvius Film Festival
Campania, Italy
2023
Best Short Script
Not from round 'ere
Absurd Film Festival
Milan, Italy
2022
Best International Short Screenplay
Out of the picture
The Thing in the Basement horror film festival
Washington
2021
Best International Short Screenplay
Simply Murderous
The Thing in the Basement horror film festival
Washington
2021
Best Int Short Screenplay
She's not there
Thing in the Basement film festival
Washington
2021
Best International Short Screenplay
Through a stained glass eye
The Thing in the Basement horror film festival
Washington
2021
Best International Short Screenplay
Full Tilt
The Thing in the Basement horror film festival
Washington
2021
Best short screenplay
Beasties
Florence Film Festival
Florence, Italy
2021
Best Int Short Screenplay
Beasties
Thing in the Basement Horror film festival
Washington
2021
Best short screenplay
Sleep Shifting
Florence Film Festival
Florence, Italy
2021
Best international short screenplay
Sleep Shifting
The Thing in the basement horror fest
Washington
2021
Best Int Short Screenplay
Taken for a King
Thing in the Basement Horror film festival
Washington
2021
Best short screenplay
Out of mind
Florence Film Festival
Florence, Italy
2021
Best International Short Screenplay
Out of mind
The Thing in the Basement horror film festival
Washington
2021
Best short screenplay
Not from round 'ere
Florence Film Festival
Florence, Italy
2021
Best Int Short Screenplay
Not from round 'ere
Thing in the Basement Horror film festival
Washington
2021
Best short screenplay
Simply Murderous
Short Close Up awards
Bucharest
2020
Award winner, short script
She's not there
Short close up screenplay contest
Bucharest, Rumania
2020
First place Award winner, short script
She's not there
Royal Wolf Films
Los Angeles
2020
Award winner, short script
Through a stained glass eye
Short close up screenplay contest
Bucharest, Rumania
2020
First place Award winner, short script
Through a stained glass eye
Royal Wolf Film Awards
Los Angeles
2020
Best Int Short Screenplay
Full Tilt
Short Close Up awards
Bucharest
2020
Best Int Short Screenplay
Beasties
Royal Wolf Film awards
Los Angeles
2020
Best short screenplay
Beasties
Short Close Up awards
Bucharest
2020
Best Int Short Screenplay
Taken for a King
Oregon Scream Week awards
Oregon
2020
Best short screenplay
Taken for a King
Short Close Up awards
Bucharest
2020
Best short screenplay
Taken for a King
Royal Wolf Film awards
Los Angeles
2020
Best short screenplay
The Impossible Room
Royal Wolf Film awards
Los Angeles
2020
Award winner, short script
Out of mind
Short close up screenplay contest
Bucharest, Rumania
2020
Award winner, short script
Out of mind
Royal Wolf Film Awards
Los Angeles
2020
Best Int Short Screenplay
Not from round 'ere
Royal Wolf Film awards
Los Angeles
2020
Best Short Script
Not from round 'ere
Short Close Up awards
Bucharest
2020
Best International Short Screenplay
Out of the picture
Oregon Scream Week
Oregon
2019
Best short screenplay
Out of the picture
Royal Wolf Awards
Los Angeles
2019
Finalist
Simply Murderous
The Crimson Screen film festival
Charleston, N Carolina
2019
Best International Short script
Simply Murderous
Oregon Scream Week
Oregon
2019
Award winner, short script
Simply Murderous
Royal Wolf Films
Los Angeles
2019
Finalist
She's not there
The Crimson Screen film festival
Charleston, N Carolina
2019
Best International Short script
She's not there
Oregon Scream Week
Oregon
2019
First place Award winner, short script
She's not there
Royal Wolf Films
Los Angeles
2019
Best International Short script
Through a stained glass eye
Oregon Scream Week
Oregon
2019
Award winner, short script
Through a stained glass eye
Royal Wolf Films
Los Angeles
2019
Best International Short script
Full Tilt
Oregon Scream Week
Oregon
2019
Award winner, short script
Full Tilt
Royal Wolf Films
Los Angeles
2019
Best International Short script
Beasties
Oregon Scream Week
Oregon
2019
Award winner, short script
Beasties
Royal Wolf Films
Los Angeles
2019
Finalist
Beasties
The Crimson Screen film festival
Charleston, N Carolina
2019
Best Int Short Screenplay
Sleep Shifting
Oregon Scream Week awards
Oregon
2019
Award winner, short script
Sleep Shifting
Royal Wolf Films
Los Angeles
2019
Finalist
Sleep Shifting
The Crimson Screen film festival
Charleston, N Carolina
2019
First place Award winner, short script
Taken for a King
Royal Wolf Film Awards
Los Angeles
2019
Finalist
Taken for a King
The Crimson Screen film festival
Charleston, N Carolina
2019
Best Int Short Screenplay
The Impossible Room
Oregon Scream Week awards
Oregon
2019
Best short screenplay
The Impossible Room
Royal Wolf films
Los Angeles
2019
Best International Short script
Out of mind
Oregon Scream Week
Oregon
2019
Platinum, Best short screenplay
Out of mind
Royal Wolf Film Awards
Los Angeles
2019
Best Int Short Screenplay
Not from round 'ere
Royal Wolf Film awards
Los Angeles
2019
Best Int Short Screenplay
Not from round 'ere
Oregon Scream Week awards
Oregon
2019
Best short screenplay
Out of the picture
Royal Wolf Awards
Los Angeles
2018
Finalist
Simply Murderous
Golden Script competition 2018
Glasgow
2018
Finalist
She's not there
Golden Script competition 2018
Edinburgh, Scotland
2018
Finalist
Full Tilt
The Golden Script competition
Edinburgh, Scotland
2018
Finalist
Sleep Shifting
Golden Script competition 2018
Edinburgh, Scotland
2018
Finalist
Taken for a King
The Golden Script competition
Edinburgh, Scotland
2018
Finalist
The Impossible Room
The Golden Script competition
Edinburgh, Scotland
2018
Finalist
Out of mind
The Golden Script competition
Edinburgh, Scotland
2018
Finalist - Movie screenplay
Not from round 'ere
The Golden Script competition
Glasgow
2018
Finalist
Mind Screw
The Golden Script competition
Edinburgh, Scotland
2018
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Personal Details
Birth City
York
Current City
Falkirk
Hometown
Falkirk, Scotland
Height
5ft 10in
Gender
Male
Eye Color
Blue
Zodiac Sign
Libra
Married To
Sheila
Children
Jacqueline, Graeme and Aimi
Quotes
"What we've got here is a failure to communicate." 'COOL HAND LUKE'
"He didn't fall? Inconceivable." 'THE PRINCESS BRIDE'
If novels are long short stories then short screenplays are movies' offspring.
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