Jon Smith

Jon Smith is an internationally published, best-selling author of fifteen books and writer of four staged musicals and has been writing professionally for fifteen years. Awarded a MA in Screenwriting from the UK's Bournemouth University, his screenplays consistently place in major competitions, including Winner (Historical) of PAGE international screenwriting competition and Semi-Finalist in the Nicholl Fellowship Award, administered by the Academy of Motion Pictures. He currently lives near Liverpool and his first film Beyond the Bridge written with Ian Masters premiered at the Tokyo Film Festival in 2016. He was Associate Producer on Ikonic Film's feature Kidnap Me (2017) and is currently developing a number of TV series and feature film projects.