Responsible for delivering and developing QUAD's Cinema Programme maintaining a high quality film year long film programme.Responsible for developing a education programme of events to promote Cine-Literacy.

Screenwriter of forthcoming horror feature film Devil's Tower starring Jason Mewes (Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, AMC's Comic Book Men), Roxanne Pallett (Emmerdale, Waterloo Road, Lake Placid 3), Frances Ruffelle (Original Cast of Les Miserables, Secrets And Lies), Jessica Jane Clement (The Real Hustle, Dream Team, Doghouse), Alison Carroll (Official Lara Croft model, Amsterdam Heavy, Gridiron UK), Eddie Webber (The Business, Shifty, The Firm)Devil's Towerhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt2290534/

Co-Director of ID FestDerby's Film Festival looking at Identity in Cinema. 2012's edition welcomed special guests Python Terry Jones (Monty Python, Erik The Viking, Personal Services), Dame Janet Suzman (Nicholas And Alexandria, The Draughtsman's Contract), Filmmakers Dominic Burns (UFO), James Nunn (Tower Block) and Dexter Fletcher (Wild Bill) and Former child actor Martin Stephens (The Innocents). Featured in The Guardian, The Telegraph, LWLies - http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/scottharris/100069811/derbys-id-fest-is-an-example-to-film-festivals-everywhere/2011's edition featured guest appearances from Mike Hodges (director of Get Carter, Flash Gordon, Croupier), living legend Brian Blessed (Flash Gordon, Doctor Who, Star Wars The Phantom Menace, Hamlet), Actor / Director Paddy Considine (Dead Man's Shoes, director of Tyrannosaur), Oscar Winning Production designer Eve Stewart (Topsy Turvy, Les Miserables).Featured in The Guardian, The Telegraph, Chicago Sun Times, plus numerous blogs including Hope Lies At 24 Frames and Kinnearmaniac.http://blogs.suntimes.com/foreignc/2012/06/id-fest-a-british-boutique-festival-without-an-identity-crisis.htmlwww.idfest.co.uk

Associate Lecturer on Introduction To Screenwriting module and Associate Lecturer on Scriptwriting for Stage, Screen and Radio.

Alt.Fiction, Derby’s international festival for alternative fiction, has been running successfully since 2006 as a one-day event focusing on the genres of science-fiction, fantasy and horror and featuring some of the top authors in the field such as Ramsey Campbell, Iain M Banks, Mike Carey and Harry Harrison.