about

Shayne Woodsmith is a Canadian-British screenwriter, playwright, novelist and filmmaker based in the UK.

He wrote the feature BIRDSONG for Emineo Films, developed with support from the BFI and BBC Film. His current work spans film, television, theatre and comedy, with a particular interest in dark humour, social satire, horror, thriller and speculative storytelling.

Shayne is also an award-winning novelist. His debut novel, TWENTY-SEVEN, is a work of science fiction exploring a health-obsessed future, while his second novel, MY BROTHER MERCY, won a 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Award. His writing has appeared in Carte Blanche and Inscribed: A Magazine for Writers.

His film work includes PAY PHONE, selected for the 2013 Toronto Urban Film Festival, and TOURIST and TIME TRAVEL, both featured at Edmonton’s Gotta Minute Film Festival.

Shayne is also the creator of FACES OF EDMONTON, a photography and non-fiction project inspired by street portraiture and storytelling, which grew from a photoblog into a published book.

Across forms, his work is drawn to complicated characters, social pressure, belief, power and people trying to find their way through systems that have gone slightly wrong.