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Film and Television Dept
Mark Norfolk (Writer for Radio/Stage/Film/TV)


Mark is a founding member of Prussia Lane Productions and has written and directed several shorts, which have been shown at festivals around the world. Previous feature work has been short listed for the Orange/Pathe Screenwriting Prize and his latest film, CROSSING BRIDGES, was awarded an Independent Spirit Award at the 2007 Screen Nations Awards. He was recently involved in the BBC/BFI City Speaks project.

Film, TV and Radio Credits:

2008 THE CITY SPEAKS
Commissioned to write on this groundbreaking audio visual project for BBC Radio and Film London. Broadcast on the 19th and 20th of March on Radio 4 and BBCTV and being shown in cinema's around the country, 


BBC/Film London

2007 CROSSING BRIDGES
New film Mark has written and produced. Mark is just back from Paris where the film impressed at the European Independent Film Festival. 


 

2005 MEDIUM RISK
60 minute play produced by Liz Webb. 


BBC Radio 3

2003 THE SLIMES
Short film commissioned by Southwark council. 


 

2001 LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH
Feature film produced by Prussia Lane Productions and shown at various festivals including the BFM International Film Festival at the Curzon Soho. 


 

2000 THE GRIMES
Short commissioned by Lewisham Enviroment Servies as part of their enviromental Crime Campaign. Winner of the Regional Government 'Tidy Britain' campaign award. 


 

  DIARY OF A SOMEBODY
Voted top 10 Best Short Film ichoosetv.com and winner of LFVDA/Wandsworth Production Award. 


 

1998 VEGETARIA
Screened at Truly Madly Cheaply Film Showcase for young filmmakers. 


 

1997 RAGE
Screened at Truly Madly Cheaply Film Showcase. 


 

  MILTIROEDD/FFRWYDD
Short film broadcast on S4C. 


 


Completed Screen Plays:

BAGMAN
Short listed for the 2000 Orange/Pathe Screenwriting Prize and included in the 1998 BBC/Taps Showcase. 


 

A KING IN HIS KINGDOM
Finalist for the script City Focus on Talent. 


 


Praise for MEDIUM RISK:
'As for Radio three's MEDIUM RISK by Mark Norfolk about a man wrongly accused of paedophilia, it was sensitive and moving and almost too painful to bare', The Observer

'Mark Norfolk's play lives up to the best of the WIRE slot, both disturbing and moving.' Financial Times.

Theatre Credits:

2007 A WALK IN THE PARK
Talawa Unzipped - Play for the 21st anniversary celebrations at Soho Theatre. 


 

2005 FLIGHT 5065
Commissioned to adapt CITYLINK by African writer Jackie Butesta Batanda for performance in a capsule of the London Eye in June. 


 

2003/04 FESS UP
Chosen from over 120 professional writers to develop a new play for Menagerie Theatre. 


 

2002/03 WRONG PLACE
Commissioned to write this full length piece whilst on attachment at the Soho Theatre. Produced at the Soho in Autumn 2003. Published by Oberon Books. 


 

2003 KNOCK DOWN GINGER
Full length play produced at the Warehouse Theatre in June. Shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award and selected for the International playwriting festival. Published by Oberon Books. 


 

1998 BUY YOUR LEAVE
Produced by the Albany Theatre as part of its Black History Month. 


 

1997/98 FAIR AS THE DARK GET
Shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award and produced by the Albany as part of its Black History Month.