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Agent: Edward Hughes

Marco Van Belle is an Irish writer and director, born and raised in Dublin. He trained as an actor at the Samuel Beckett Theatre before moving to the UK where he initially worked as a BBC television news journalist. As a screenwriter, Marco and his writing partner Kat Wood were voted onto The Tracking Board’s 2014 ‘Young and Hungry list’, a list of the top 100 emerging writers in Hollywood. Marco makes and writes the same kind of films he likes watching – commercial genre films. Marco is represented for his screenwriting in the USA by literary manager Jeff Belkin in the New York office of Zero Gravity Management. Website: www.marcovanbelle.com

Film:

HANG – Tea Shop Productions/Altitude

Climbing thriller/horror
Director and Re-writer
(in development)

UNTITLED VAMPIRE PROJECT – RippleWorld

Horror feature
Writer and Director
(in development)

SURVEILLANCE – Voltage Pictures

Thriller feature
(in development)

ARTHUR & MERLIN 2 – Movie Works

Fantasy sequel
(in development)

ARTHUR & MERLIN – Movie Works

Feature Fantasy/adventure
Co-writer and director
Released 2015

CLANDESTINE

Feature Action/thriller – spec
Co-writer
Under option to The Fyzz Facility
Michael J. Bassett attached to direct

THE BURNING ROOM

Feature Horror
Co-writer
Under option with LA company Bee Holder
Stephen C. Miller attached to direct

PRECIOUS TARGETS Bee Holder Productions

Feature Horror
Co-writer. Written as assignment for Bee Holder Productions

TITLE CONFIDENTIAL

Rewrite of an existing property for an established international production company.

Short Film:

Mr. BOJAGI Goldmark Pictures

Short Fantasy
Director
Winner of Best Short Film Award at the London Independent Film Festival. Available on iTunes.

BLUE Screen Yorkshire

Short Drama.
Director
Screened at international festivals

ME HEAD’S A SHED Screen Yorkshire

Short Drama.
Director
Winner of Best Yorkshire Short Award at the Leeds International Film Festival. Screened at Encounters

 

Factual TV and Commercials (Selected Credits):

THE ONE SHOW (BBC One/Real Life)

30 x 5 minute insert films
Director/Producer

HELICOPTER HEROES BBC One

10 x 30 minute episodes
Shooting Director

KILNER JARS Limehouse

TV Commercial
Director

SAMSUNG GALAXY S4 FEREF

Cinema Commercial
Director

MYPROTEIN.COM Seveer Films

TV Commercial
Director