Jamey Wolpert

Screenwriter

UK-born, LA-based screenwriter with a background in development across film, tv and theater.Links to my work and experience above.

About

Jamey is a British Screenwriter and Development Consultant based in Los Angeles, where he currently balances original writing projects, development consulting work on UK and US Features, and writing Vertical Streaming Dramas for various platforms.In 2023, he moved from his native London to LA to undertake the Screenwriting MFA at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, graduating in 2025. He brings to his writing nearly two decades of development experience across British film and television. He was Development Executive at the BFI Film Fund (where he developed scripts that include Pride, Frank, Lady Macbeth and God's Own Country), and for Paul Abbott (Shameless, State of Play), VP Creative at Elton John’s Rocket Pictures, Development Producer at Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s Stolen Picture and Head of Development for Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave).Jamey read Psychology & Neuroscience at Oxford, planning to be a therapist before deciding fictional people were easier to help. He then did the Producing MA at the NFTS before beginning his career as assistant to director David Yates on the Harry Potter films, where he also wrote additional material and made his acting debut and swansong simultaneously with the pivotal role of “Newspaper Vendor” in Order of the Phoenix.Jamey is drawn to clever characters who are hopelessly underequipped for life. He writes across genres, usually with a vein of surreal comedy.

Scripts

THE BEST LOBSTER ROLL
IN THE WORLD

LITTLE HOPE GORGE

LACUNA

MOTH BOYS

KIN ZOOGIE

STALKERS:
A LOVE STORY

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Feature

Dramedy / Coming-of-Age / Road Trip

After the sudden death of his boyfriend, manchild Benjy finds himself the unwilling passenger in a ‘borrowed’ Porsche driven by precocious teen Phoebe, who’s mourning the loss of her father. With stolen urns in their laps and bickering grandmothers in hot pursuit, the mismatched duo postpone grief on a chaotic road trip around Cape Cod.

Feature

Horror

Suicidal teen Niamh’s town is under attack from a demon who feasts on human joy – meaning she’s immune. Now, she must build a team of other bitter, cynical teens to defeat this ancient evil – but in doing so, they find friends and purpose, making themselves newly vulnerable. Who knew depression was a superpower?

Hour-Long TV Pilot

Sci-Fi / Thriller

When his childhood bully vanished, nobody believed Ben’s eyewitness
account. Now in adulthood, Ben is offered possible vindication through a new technology that promises to access and verify memories. When the machine proves much more than a simulation, Ben finds himself in a reality-bending dilemma between undoing past tragedy or preventing future disaster.

Hour-Long TV Pilot

Drama / Historical / LGBTQ+

London, 2003. JJ is finding life far harsher than the privilege promised by private school and Oxford. A chance encounter with a childhood friend - now an escort - introduces him to a clandestine world of upper class gay men, but how close can JJ fly to the flame of their seemingly endless hedonism without getting burned?

Half-Hour TV Pilot

Comedy

When psychologist-in-training Freddie finds an abandoned dog that talks, he fears for his sanity – even more than he worries about his worth as a therapist; his insecurities have him illegally treating his close-knit friend group instead of actual patients. A comedy about broken people putting each other back together. And ambiguously telepathic dogs.

Feature

Romantic Comedy

Sci-fi nerd Byron idolizes his favorite show’s creator. Rage-fueled Gabi stalks a handsome actor. When their obsessions start dating, Byron and Gabi are suddenly forced into each other’s lives. Despite their mutual disdain, the unlikely pair team up to sabotage the romance - only to discover the real spark isn’t between their idols, but between themselves.

Writing Awards and Honors

Other Awards

  • 2009 Broadcast ‘Hot Shots: 30 Under 30'. UK TV Industry magazine's list of top 30 execs under 30.

  • 2008 BAFTA Award, Best Short Film - WINNER, September (d. Esther May Campbell), Development Producer

  • 2005 Oscar Nomination, Best Animated Short Film, Badgered, Producer

Résumé

A selection of my previous experience

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• Untitled Vache Tovmasyan Project — Los Angeles, USA 2025-
    Development Producer/Co-Writer
    Developing comedy pilot with actor/writer/comedian Vache Tovmasyan (Anora).• Primordial Films — Los Angeles, US 2025-
    Head of Development
    Developing slate with this Irish-American company, founded by actor Cynthia Addai-Robinson.• Stage Entertainment — London, UK and across Europe 2019–2023
    Head of International Development
    Managed international team; Member of Diversity & Inclusion board.• Breaking Productions, Unheard — London, UK 2017–2019
    Executive Producer
    Developed concept and story, working with all-deaf creative team.• Stolen Picture (Simon Pegg & Nick Frost) — London, UK 2017-2018
    Development Producer
    Worked across slate, including Truth Seekers (Amazon Prime).• Lammas Park (Steve McQueen) — London, UK 2016-2017
    Head of Development
    Worked across Film and TV slate, including Widows and Small Axe.• Rocket Pictures (Elton John & David Furnish) — London, UK 2015-2016
    VP Creative• British Film Institute - UK Film Fund — London, UK 2011-2015
    Development Executive
    Projects included 45 Years; High-Rise; Frank; Pride.
    Mentor/Development Lead, UK Film Schemes, projects included Lady Macbeth, God’s Own Country.• BBC, Eastenders — Borehamwood, UK 2011
    Script Editor• Red Productions, Hit + Miss — Manchester, UK 2010–2011
    Script Editor
    6-part drama commissioned by Sky Atlantic, starring Chloë Sevigny.• Abbott Vision (Paul Abbott) — Manchester/Hale, UK 2008–2010
    Development Executive
    In-house creative for writer Paul Abbott (Shameless, State of Play).• Warner Bros., Harry Potter V–VIII — Leavesden, UK 2005–2008
    Assistant to David Yates / Additional Script Material
    Developed features for director David Yates; Created additional script material; cameo role as     ‘Newspaper Vendor’ in Harry Potter V.

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• University of Southern California — Los Angeles, USA 2023–2025
    MFA Writing for Film and Television

Annenberg Graduate Fellow 2024–2025
Event Co-ordinator, First Pitch 2024–2025
    Organizing and designing this industry event in which the graduating year pitch to the industry.

• National Film & Television School — UK 2003–2005
    MA Producing for Film & TV

• Oxford University — UK 1998–2002
    BA & MA Psychology & Neuroscience

St. Hugh's College Centenary Scholar

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• Stage One, London, UK 2021
    Producing for Theater• Institute of Psychoanalysis, London UK 2017–2018
    Foundation Course• Think, Shoot, Distribute, London UK 2013
    Invitation-based Filmmaker Scheme• Cinema Extreme, UK National Competition 2007
    Short Film Competition: Finalist & Runner-Up• Peer Support Counsellor, Oxford UK 2001–2002
    Training and practicing as Student Therapist

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