Alice Trueman is an award-winning scriptwriter with a Masters in Scriptwriting from Goldsmiths University of London where she was the double-winner of a film writing competition, which saw her early work showcased at BAFTA.

 

Since graduating in 2010, Alice has written for both screen and stage, and also worked as a script editor for 7 years, which included ghost-writing and developing numerous feature films.  During this time she beat 500 applicants to the post for the chance to work as a script editor for the BFI Film Fund. 

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Further training has included being selected for BBC Drama Writing Workshops, a BFI Writer's Lab and a TalentLab at the London Screenwriting Festival.  Most recently Alice won BFI Network Film Hub, South East Stories: New Filmmaking Talent competition and has subsequently received one-to-one mentoring from a BFI Talent Development Executive.

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Alice was an Artistic Director of Broken Leg Theatre company for several years, during this time she co-wrote two plays - the first won an Argus Angel Award at the Brighton Fringe and transferred to London, and the second was twice-funded by Arts Council England and toured around the UK receiving 4 & 5 stars reviews and a Lyn Gardner Pick of the Week.

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Testimonials:

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“The dialogue was very naturalistic and I enjoyed the humour... You’re a very talented writer.” 

Rachelle Constant, Development of New Talent, BBC 

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“The Film Fund were extremely impressed with the quality of your notes and analysis”. 

Jamie Wolpert, Development Executive, BFI Film Fund 

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“In sixteen years of working in radio, television, theatre and film in both South Africa and the UK, I have not come across a sharper editing eye or a clearer, more intelligent analysis than yours”

Greig Coetzee

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‘An outstanding play...truly spectacular and I can’t recommend it enough”

North West End

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