Mark Boutros CV
Mark is an International Emmy nominated and PAGE award winning screenwriter. He's also a hybrid-author with four books and teaches screenwriting at the world-renowned London Film School, NYU London, the Central School of Speech and Drama, and has delivered workshops and modules for Cambridge University, Met Film School, the University of Roehampton, and the Games Workshop.
He's written on Romesh Ranganathan's Sky One sitcom, The Reluctant Landlord, CBBC flagship children's show The Dumping Ground, and Lagging. He co-wrote The Greatest of All Time - about Muhammad Ali saving someone from jumping off a building - for Urban Myths on Sky Arts which was nominated for an International Emmy for best drama. He was also shortlisted for the Write to Greenlight award with Idris Elba’s company for a one-hour drama script, and developed a true story with Colin Firth’s Raindog Films.
He's script edited for UKTV pilot Perfect, has worked in various roles on the UK’s leading panel shows such as Never Mind the Buzzocks, QI, A League of Their Own, 8 Out of 10 Cats, and writes jokes for ITV’s RTS award nominated Sorry, I Didn’t Know. He used to work at Google to create empathy in AI, and has worked for advertising and creative agencies such as Kream London.
Mark has also worked with social media stars such as Munya Chawawa, written with multiple comedians, storylined crime novels with international best-selling indie author Adam Croft, and continues to develop scripts with production companies such as Channel X, who made The Detectorists.
His approach to teaching is to not only develop scripts, but to develop writers and help them to find techniques to improve their work, habits, and feel equipped for a long-term career.
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Nat Luurtsema CV
Nat began her career as a stand up comedian and was series writer on Stand Up For The Week (Channel 4) and Fake Reaction (ITV). She was nominated for Chortle’s Best Newcomer award, and took two compilation shows, two solo stand up shows and three sketch shows to the Edinburgh Fringe. Her sketch group, Jigsaw, had two series on Radio 4 and starred on BBC’s Live At The Electric.
Her first short, Island Queen, was nominated for a BAFTA and she has written and/or directed five more shorts with budgets up to £35,000, funded by Creative England, Big Talk, Babycow, Film London, Film4 and The Arts Council. Watch Three Women Wait For Death on Amazon Prime.
Her first feature, Butterfly Stroke, shoots in Zurich this summer, starring double Oscar nominee Judy Davis. Nat has several features in development and her screenplay, Annie’s Got Body Issues, won BAFTA Rocliffe.
On the TV side, she is developing an adaptation of her book, Girl Out Of Water, funded by the BFI’s Young Person’s Content Fund; a revenge comedy - Household Name - with Popcorn Storm; and a limited series, The Palace Casino, with Turnus Films.
Nat is also an author and has published five books. The Magical Mermaid Society (Michael O’Mara books) publishes this August and The Overthinkers’ Club (Usborne Books) a novel for anxious tweens, out in March 2026.
Nat is developing her debut play, Hot Girl Summer, a comedy drama set on an anorexia ward, with funding from Soho Theatre and The Arts Council.
Her short story, Howling Pack of Undesirables, was nominated for the Royal Academy of Art’s PinDrop award and the Royal Society of Literature’s V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize.
She has guest-hosted The Guilty Feminist podcast, judged screenwriting competitions for BAFTA Rocliffe and Netflix and been a BAFTA Awards juror.
Useless trivia - she plays Tallulah Bankhead in Florence Foster Jenkins.
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