Lee Lawson

Screenwriter and Filmmaker

After a career in Military Intelligence, Bomb Disposal and Cyber Operations, Lee went on to a second career as a professional hacker ending up directing a team of cyber experts tasked with hunting Nation State hackers. He has now turned this unique history into inspiration for TV and Film.Represented by Imagine Talent, London.

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Work

Here are a sample of the available screenplays by Lee.

Features

TV Pilots

About

After a career in Military Intelligence, Bomb Disposal and Cyber Operations, Lee went on to a second career as a professional hacker ending up directing a team of cyber experts tasked with hunting Nation State hackers.He has personally run intercept operations against foreign militaries, Special Police forces perpetrating ‘Ethnic Cleansing’, and against domestic terrorist groups.Whilst on a Bosnian mountaintop site, super-secret people built a super-secret satellite dish under a tent and the next day a storm blew that tent into a minefield. Then the bomb team turned up and told him that “it’s probably safe” to go get it even though he used to throw logs over the fence to detonate the landmines!He later served in the Bomb Disposal teams working mainly on the UK mainland, Belfast, and Omagh. During this time, he dealt with a mortar bomb placed in the back garden of a famous boxer's gran, and had a fridge freezer thrown at him.After leaving the Military, Lee became a professional hacker and is part of the cyber research team that first discovered Hillary Clinton’s campaign had been hacked by the Russians. His team told the FBI.Naturally drawn to feed off his career history, Lee has TV pilots in the thriller and action genres and enjoys the twisting nature of such stories. In every story he finds similar underlying themes and motivations.

Contact

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Thank you

Lee will be in touch with you just as soon as he can wrestle himself free from the evil maniac that has him imprisoned in the basement.

Films

Going Viral

When their Mother receives anonymous gifts to make a cup of tea, two sisters solve the mystery and find a greater gift for their Mum.

Their Eyes

After a boy escapes an angry Gorilla in a creepy castle, he soon discovers the outside world is just as scary but a lot more dangerous.

The Last One

After a virus attacked humans, the last man alive and his dog struggle to survive by a remote lake, until his dog goes missing...

Overlap

After narrowly avoiding being hit by a car, Dannie starts to experience a new reality, overlapping her life with the body that her soul will occupy next.

Awards

Awards are nice right? Who doesn't like a nice statue or a glorious laurel? My mum really thinks they mean I'm going to be a celebrity one day, but she's getting on a bit now! Anyway, here is a list of placements and wins on differing competitions for my work.

Austin Film Festival Second Rounder
C21Media Drama Contest - Last 5 writers
Fade In Awards 2020 Drama Thriller Pilot - 2nd prize
Red Planet Prize 2020 - shortlisted to 5 from 1285 submissions.
BBC Writer's Academy 2020 - shortlisted to 100 from over 4000 submissions.
LA Film and Script Festival - Best Animation Screenplay
Lotte Reiniger List