max kinnings
max kinnings
novelist and screenwriter
work
NOVELS
BAPTISM
Published in Holland by De Fontein Books autumn 09 as CLAUSTROFOBIA. Currently undergoing revisions for English language edition. More details to follow.
BIGGER THAN HITLER BETTER THAN CHRIST
Published by Harper Collins, 2005. Written with Rik Mayall - his spoof autobiography. Six weeks in Sunday Times best-seller chart.
THE FIXER
Published by Hodder & Stoughton (Flame), July 2001.
“Fascinatingly off the wall...a funny and stylish thriller” The Mirror
HITMAN
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, January 2000.
Read on BBC Radio 4. Also published in US, Russia and Bulgaria.
“A non-stop sprint to the end - a highly accomplished, confident first novel”
The Times
PRODUCED SCRIPTS
ACT OF GRACE
Feature film co-written with Marc Pye and Alan Field for Embrace Productions. World premiere: London UK Film Focus at the NFT July 2008.
HOOKED
Musical co-written with Nick Hale and Matthew James for Polly Coco. Edinburgh Fringe Festival/London Theatre 503 2009.
SCRIPTS COMMISSIONED / IN DEVELOPMENT
ALLEYCATS
Feature film based on a story by Ian Bonhôte. To be directed by Ian Bonhôte and produced by Pulse Films.
THE HYDE PARK DOG SNATCHERS
Feature script co-written with Olly Bengough for the Mint Group.
SCALLIES
Television comedy drama series: co-written with Marc Pye for Granada Television.
THE BREAK-IN
Feature script awarded development funding by European MEDIA fund.
SOHO JACK
Feature script in development with director Rob Kaplan.
URBANE
Horror feature script co-written with director Frazer Lee for Robber Baron Productions.
THE BULGARIAN CONNECTION
Feature script co-written with Olly Bengough for the Mint Group.