Stuart is an award winning screenwriter, receiving THE OWL SCREENWRITER AWARD for Best Feature Film Script from the inaugural year of the Athens Film Office screenwriting programme (supported by the Marche Du Film) in Cannes in 2023. Stuart is developing two book adaptions for television with Free At Last TV: David Nolan's crime thriller trilogy, starting with BLACK MOSS & Justin Robertson's fantasy, folk horror THE TANGLE.Stuart's folk sci-fi GODLING was selected for the EUROPEAN GENRE FORUM 2024Stuart's nordic set black metal horror NOTHING HOLY was selected for the NEW NORDIC FILMS CO-PRODUCTION MARKET 2024 at Haugesund He is screenwriter known for his work on LAIR (2021) and SAMUEL'S TRAVELS (2022), as well as a number of exciting genre films projects in development with the Newcastle based production company - Pinball Films - that he is a part of with Keith Bell (HARRY BROWN, THE TOURNAMENT) and Ashley Horner (BRILLIANTLOVE aka THE ORGASM DIARIES). His short film, FALLEN (2014), sold to SHORTSTV and is included in the UK portmanteau PSYCHOMANTEUM (2018). Stuart founded BRITFLICKS' long running indie filmmaking podcast in June 2013, hosting 600+ episodes & guests from 25+ countries. Shows range from filmmaker interviews - high points include Julia Ducournau, Danny Huston, Mark Jenkin and Lukas Dhont - to a special film festival series in partnership with London's Barbican Centre. Stuart hosted Frightfest TV at both Frightfest 2022 and 2023.Before screenwriting, he co-managed the rock band TOKYO DRAGONS (2003-06) to a deal with Island Records.