Adam Gillen is a screenwriter, playwright and Olivier nominated actor who enjoys creating relatable, complex relationship dramas, focusing on unique, underestimated or marginalised characters.
His short film Dog Shit Town was screened at the London Short Film Festival 2019 and his second, Affection, was produced with BFI funding and completed in 2020.
Adam’s one person play, Girl Least Likely To, was shortlisted for the Bruntwood Prize 2017 and workshopped at the National Theatre Studio.
He is currently working on new original ideas and his script, Hope’s A Killer, is under option to Red Production.
Adam’s acting agents are Curtis Brown.
HOPE’S A KILLER – TV Script
Under option at Red Production
LETTUCE – TV Script
Previously under option at Fulwell 73
DOG SHIT TOWN – Short Film backed by the BFI
-Screened at the London Short Film Festival 2019
-Screened at the Aesthetica Film Festival 2018 in association with the BFI
AFFECTION – Short Film backed by the BFI
Co-written with Simon Warwick Green. In post-production.
GIRL LEAST LIKELY TO – Play
-In the top 40 submissions for the Bruntwood Prize 2017
-Workshopped at the National Theatre Studio
-Workshopped at The Bush Theatre
Other Available Scripts or Treatments
WHERE ANGELS PLAY – Play
MARILYN AND AUDREY – Short Film