HARRY SMYTH
HARRY SMYTH
Represented by Fiona Grant and Elizabeth Dench
His innovative crime-drama script ‘Coldline’ made the 2018 Official LondonTVPitchbox Selection at Raindance Film Festival and was later in development at BAFTA-nominated Salon Pictures. His following script ‘Until Proven’ made the 2021 Pitchbox Official Selection. Though mainly writing in the crime & thriller genres, his work as a screenwriter also includes a web-series for Comedy Central and narrative music videos.
More recently, Harry was chosen for the BBC Writersroom Voices 2023 scripted development programme and has worked on funded developments for the likes of HBO, Tall Story and NRK.
Harry Smyth is a writer & head of development with one foot in scripted drama and the other in documentary.
Harry has developed an impressive list of unscripted one-offs and series for major broadcasters such as BBC, Channel 4, Sky and many more. His latest series include the acclaimed 'Stacey Dooley: Stalkers’ for BBC - and 'The Jury: Murder Trial' for Channel 4, a true crime experiment which has garnered stellar reviews and massive viewing figures. Harry’s development work accounts for over 50 hours of broadcast content.His innovative crime-drama script ‘Coldline’ made the 2018 Official LondonTVPitchbox Selection at Raindance Film Festival and was later in development at BAFTA-nominated Salon Pictures. His following script ‘Until Proven’ made the 2021 Pitchbox Official Selection. Though mainly writing in the crime & thriller genres, his work as a screenwriter also includes a web-series for Comedy Central and narrative music videos.
More recently, Harry was chosen for the BBC Writersroom Voices 2023 scripted development programme and has worked on funded developments for the likes of HBO, Tall Story and NRK.