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