Veronique Christie
Scriptwriter
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My Story...
Veronique was born in Mauritius and immigrated to England at the age of four. At the age of thirteen she was invited to join the Anna Scher Theatre and Actors agency in Islington, North London. Various roles for tv, film, radio and theatre followed. After successfully graduating from the MA in Screenwriting at the London College of Printing (now London College of Communications.) Veronique has gone on to write for stage, screen and radio.
Short film clips
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Roopa's Birthday episode, Silver St, Written by Veronique Christie
Accomplishments
Commissioned and produced projects
Her latest screenplay, Under Wraps, is her latest feature film project
My Covid Riviera Life
for Art Station Project Suffolk (Audio Monologue)
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Only the Lonely Short film Dan Films
Original screenplay co-written with Elaine Spires
Only the Lonely was screened at the following festivals
Festival highlights
Underwire Film Festival
Berlin Kino Short Film Festival
Groucho Short Film Festival – Award winner
Genesis Cinema Short Film Festival
WOFF Film Festival Runner up Audience Award
Runner up Best Drama award
Aesthetica Film Festival screened virtually November 2020
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CHOSEN SOLDIERS
Original screenplay commission for Dan Films
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BOMBAY MIX
Original screenplay commission for Suri Khrishnamma
SILVER STREET BBC Radio
Commissioned writer and member of development team
SILVER STREET BBC Radio
5 x 15 minute episodes per commission broadcast weekly
UNITED KINGDOM (BBC)
Invited to write 1 x 60-min episode and attend story-lining day for series 2 of this new drama series.
FLASH BAND (Trouble TV)
Commissioned to write 24 episodes of this animated series as part of a team of four writers.
LALLA'S BIG DAY
Commissioned to adapt this short stage play into a 30-minute film script by producer Pratibha Parmar.
BBC NEW WRITING INITIATIVE
Selected to attend the Migrations workshop run by BBC Scotland.
UNDER THE INFLUENCE
24-minute gritty teenage drama film commissioned by Ava Hunt for the Nottingham Education Drugs Team, it was subsequently distributed nationwide and was positively reviewed in the Times Educational supplement.
THEATRE COMMISSIONS
Tango Room
Full-length play commissioned by the Kali Theatre Company. A rehearsed reading was given at the Waterman's Arts Centre
Writer on attachment at the Kali Theatre
LALLA'S BIG DAY
30-minute play commissioned and produced by the Kali Theatre Company had a rehearsed reading at the Soho theatre.