Sophie McVeigh

Originally from the West Midlands in the UK, Sophie McVeigh graduated with Distinction from the London Film School’s Screenwriting MA in 2017 and went on to be selected for the inaugural Canneseries Institute writers’ residency in 2018, where she developed a comedy-drama pilot and series bible in conjunction with Canal+ and Vivendi. Having previously lived and worked in Seville and Paris, she is interested in stories with a European connection, and currently works across TV and film on a wide variety of international projects and co-productions.

Current projects include co-writing the Cyprus-set ‘med-noir’ crime thriller series Farpoint, which is in development with ZDF Studios, Splash Screen, Three River Fiction and CYTA, and was recently selected for MIA’s Drama Pitching Forum in Rome. She is also writing a feature film set in Spain with ISB Films Madrid, as well as a psychological drama series, It Could Have Been Us, with Mainstreet Pictures and co-writer Peter-Adrian Altini. Alongside up-and-coming director Nish Gera, she has recently written a novel based on their feature film, The Taj Motel, which explores themes of immigration and sexuality and was selected for TorinoLabs Extended Film, and is in development on Baller, a short film exploring themes of disability and toxic positivity with director Andrew Keresztes, which is currently a finalist in the Slick Film Fund competition. Sophie has also been commissioned by Soi Books to write a graphic novel, Cimarron, based on the life of the explorer Dwayne Fields.

Sophie teaches screenwriting on the Filmmaking MA programme at the University of East London, and previously taught the undergraduate Introduction to Screenwriting course at The University of Manchester. She supervises final short film projects at UEL and is a mentor to MA Screenwriting students at London Film School and The University of Manchester.