GEOFF DUPUY-HOLDER, SCREENWRITER 

GEOFF HOLDER, AUTHOR

Two names, two parallel careers, the same person.

That’s just the way it is.**

**Probably as a result of a rift in the space-time continuum, or something.

SCREENWRITING / BOOK NEWS

Folk-horror feature script VRYKOLAX selected for the European Genre Forum and wins Special Prize at the Tallinn Blacks Nights Film Festival.

THE BOY WHO BELONGED TO THE SEA (magical realism drama, feature) is in full-on development mode.

A SIX-GUN FOR THE DEVIL (supernatural Western, feature) optioned, ditto INTERRO (contained horror feature, formerly THE DEVIL’S ANSWER).

“THE CROGLIN VAMPIRE” chapbook sells out in two days.

UPCOMING TALKS

20th April 2025 – “THE CROGLIN VAMPIRE: ENGLAND’S EARLIEST VAMPIRE LEGEND?” The House of Know, at the The Flying Fox, a classic horror-themed bar/restaurant in New York City. https://www.flyingfoxtavern.com/events

8th July 2025 – “BEYOND SAWNEY BEAN : SCOTTISH CANNIBAL FAMILIES – FACT OR FICTION?” The Last Tuesday Society, London (digital event). https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/

Book me for a talk. 

NOVELS

I now have two novels out on submission: FIREBREATH (sci-fi fantasy) and PALEFACES (alternative-history vampires). A third is underway.

INFO: THE SCREENWRITER

  • Produced and repped screenwriter: feature & TV pilot Specs and Work-for-Hire, with many projects in development.
  • Specialities of the House:
    • Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Action, War, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy, Western, Period
    • High Concepts
    • Adaptations
    • Problem Solving
    • Drinking Tea
  • No misery memoirs or baseball movies, thanks all the same.
  • Extensive experience with writing assignments – script doctoring, adaptations, rewrites, polishes, proofing, script consultancy.
  • Other experience includes documentaries, VR shorts and various work-for-hire.
  • WINNER of the Visceral Films International Horror Screenplay Competition
  • WINNER of the Genre Summit Screenplay Competition.
  • Highly placed in several other major screenwriting competitions.
  • Completed the ScreenwritingU Master Screenwriter Certificate.
  • Member of the Development Team for the ScreenwritingU ‘How to Write a Terrifying Horror Movie’ class.
  • Worked on an action-horror video game that sadly never saw the light of day.
  • Same with a zombie graphic novel.
  • Same with a vampire-with-a-twist script. Tell me, dear reader, am I CURSED?
  • Member of the Writers Guild of Great Britain.
  • Management: Bohemia Group, Los Angeles & Berlin.

INFO: THE AUTHOR

• Hugely experienced Author and Ghostwriter.

• 36 non-fiction books published under my own name, covering the paranormal, the mysterious, the murderous, the magical, and some very weird and bloody history.

• Two novels written, seeking the tender tentacles of publishers.

• Member of the Society of Authors, the British Fantasy Society and the Folklore Society.

• My Good Reads page.

Both the Author and Screenwriter hail from Wales, and currently reside in deepest France, where long country walks with the dog are the order of the day. Also, tea drinking.