Lachlan Marks Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Australia

Professional Development• Funded for development – Scripted Ink for “Small Town” TV series 2018 • Selected for Charlie’s Lab Pilot Program (joint initiative between Australians in Film, Scripted Ink and AWG Pathways in Hollywood)• Selected for the Australian Writers’ Guild’s Pathways Showcase and My Slate programs• Funded by Screen NSW for residency at The Lot Studios, Hollywood (Australians In Film’s Charlie’s location) 2022 & 2023Accolades• Winner – Best Unproduced Short Screenplay, A Night Of Horror IFF 2022 for “Game” • Winner – WeScreenplay LA TV Pilot competition 2017 (US) for “Small Town” • Winner – Shore Scripts TV Pilot competition 2017 (US) for “Small Town” • Winner – The Outside The Box Award, Genre Blast Festival 2017 (US) for “Fingers”• Runner-up – Best Microfilm Script, Scriptwriters & Co. IFF 2023 (UK) for "Facts"• Finalist – 49th Annual AWGIE Awards 2016 (Australia) Monte Miller Award for “Fingers” Credits• Feature film - “Playing The Game” (2024, Canada, Reel One Entertainment) – Co-writer• Short film – “The Birdwatcher” (2024, UK, Myskatonic Films) – Writer• Music video – “In The Court Of The Dragon” by Trivium (2021, UK, Crashburn Media) – Writer• Short film – “Lost Boy” (2019, Australia, “Best Short Film” at St Kilda Film Festival) – Script Consultant• Short film – “Transfer” (2018) - Writer• Short film – “Unravelled” (2018) – Writer

Fast turnaround with great attention to detail and tone, combined with a strong knowledge of varied media formats. I regularly complete artist bios, corporate blogs, press releases, reviews, interviews, script editing services, news features and targeted digital content for multi-national websites and social media services.Clients include: The Guardian, The Music, Rolling Stone, Fasterlouder, Flexirent, Digilante, Enveritas Group, ABC/Universal and many more).

St Leonards, Nsw

Overseeing all titles in the music stable: Australian Guitar (also Editor), Blunt Magazine and Blunt Posters.• Using creative editorial skills to set direction and themes for the publications to build an experience that engages new and potential readers.• Designing and implementing long-term and rolling editorial plans to ensure delivery of content and promotions targeted to the relevant audience.• Working with the advertising and marketing team to create new ways for customers to discover content, based on my expertise and understanding of target demographics.• Managing the content delivery process across multiple internal and external departments and stakeholders.• Using strong interpersonal and problem solving skills to build lasting relationships and negotiate with content partners.

Creating direct content for Google Maps as part of an international writing team.Working to a strict deadline and style guide inside a constantly developing CMS.

Graduate Certificate: Screenwriting, Playwriting And Screenwriting

Bachelor Of Arts, Media Communciations, Media

Certificate Iv: Music Business, Music Business

Certificate Iii: Music Business (Hd), Music Business

Certificate Iii: Media, Media