with Mike Carey and Colm McCarthy
With a unique and fresh take on the zombie genre, The Girl With All The Gifts takes the reader and viewer to emotional places not usually associated with the running dead.
Meet the Writer of the novel and screenplay, the Director and the Producer in this candid and intimate session.
- Experience the book and script as it developed to the screen
- How do you make big budget on lower budgets successfully (on the page)
- Spinning the genre to gain greater emotional impact
- Taking creative risks
- Expanding your horror stories beyond convention and expectation
With readings and clips, this promises to be a fascinating experience celebrating a courageous and compelling take on a well established sub genre.
*Filmed at LSF2017
Appearing in this session
Colm McCarthy – Director
Credits include: Sherlock, Doctor Who, The Tudors
Most recently, Colm directed all six hours of series two of Peaky Blinders, starring Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Sam Neill and Helen McCrory, and written by Steven Knight.
Mike Carey – Screenwriter, Novelist & Comic Book Writer
Credits include: The Girl with all the Gifts
Mike adapted the 'Girl With All the Gifts' from his own novel of the same name.
