A writer who has lived a life
I'm Jason French — a screenwriter with a background that spans classrooms across multiple countries, community theatre, school governance, and years spent studying what makes stories work on screen. That breadth of experience finds its way into every script I write: characters who feel real because I've met them.
I work across drama, thriller, and family film — drawn to stories with genuine stakes, moral complexity, and something to say. My scripts are structurally rigorous and emotionally grounded. I know the frameworks — Yorke, Snyder, Iglesias — and I know when to break them.
I'm available for original commissions, development partnerships, and writing-to-brief. If a story is worth telling, I want to help you tell it.
Selected work
Sensers
When the outbreak begins, mutant zombies lay siege to a penthouse suite - forcing the sole survivor to make the toughest choices to survive.
Based on the treatment written by Paul Rashid. Developed and co-written by Jason French and Paul Rashid.
The Hunt for Elvis O'Presley
A wannabe TV exec has the chance to prove he can make it when he stumbles on a story about the Ireland's Elvis impersonators. As the pressures mount, will he be able to pull it off, find the love of his life and listen to the words and wisdom of the 'King'?
Based on the story idea by Neville Rashid.
Read excerpt →New Eden
The last survivors of Earth are offered a promised land — but the philosopher tasked with founding its society begins to suspect paradise was designed to fail.
A philosophical thriller that asks what we carry with us when we get everything we want. New Eden borrows the architecture of utopian fiction and dismantles it from the inside.
Winter's Promise
A London journalist sent to cover a dying Welsh town for a Christmas feature finds the story — and a life — she didn't know she was looking for.
Warm, wryly funny, and grounded in a specific sense of place, Winter's Promise is a festive film with real emotional stakes — a story about what we call home, and what it takes to return to it.
Read excerpt →What others say
"Jason has a rare ability to combine structural rigour with genuine emotional intelligence. The characters in his scripts feel lived-in — you believe in them immediately."
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"Working with Jason is a genuine pleasure. He responds to notes thoughtfully, understands the commercial realities of development, and never loses sight of the story's heart."
— [Name], [Title / Company]
"The loglines alone told me this was a writer who understood story at a fundamental level. The scripts delivered on every promise they made."
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Let's make something
Available for commissions, development partnerships, and writing-to-brief. If you're a producer or production company with a project in mind, I'd love to hear about it.
Prefer email? Reach me directly at jason@example.com · LinkedIn