Speakers

We are assembling the GREATEST roster of screenwriting speakers for our 2024 programme!

The London Screenwriters’ Festival will host around 130 professional speakers from all areas of the film and television business. Many have also agreed to intimate online Script Chats after their respective sessions so that you can get facetime with them. Although speakers are being added continuously, the vast majority will be confirmed in the summer of 2024. Get updates by signing up below.

Speakers will trickle into the schedule in the run-up to the festival, so make sure to check back every so often so you can plan your festival!

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My fear has gone south! Now my life will go in the opposite direction // 10 Stars (out of 5)"

Rachel Hanks, Screenwriter

Headliners

Scott Myers – Screenwriter, Producer, Educator

Credits include K-9 with Jim Belushi and Trojan War with Jennifer Love Hewitt

Scott is head honcho and scribe at Go Into The Story, official screenwriting blog for the Black List.

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Sometimes you can’t see the wood for the trees –LSF can help you chop it all up into manageable logs for the creative fire."

Craig Howells, Screenwriter

People Who Get Stuff Made

John Yorke – MD | Angel Station

Credits include Wolf Hall, Shameless, Life On Mars, EastEnders

John is author of Into the Woods and a drama producer, consultant and lecturer on all forms of storytelling. He also executive produced Wolf Hall.

Samantha Horley – Writer, Script Consultant, Lecturer

Credits include Executive Producer on Grabbers, Miss You Already

Sam has 20 years' experience in international film sales, development, production and marketing.

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Last year, I met Sophia Tamaro at LSF and we just shot a film starring Rebecca Root (The Sisters Brothers) and have written a feature selected as a finalist in the New Orleans film festival!"