max kinnings

 

novelist and screenwriter

work

BOOKS


BAPTISM

Forthcoming publication by Quercus Books, summer 2012.


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


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.


PRODUCED SCRIPTS


SOAPOPOLIS

Pilot episode written in collaboration with the Brunel University creative network starring Rik Mayall. Currently in post-production.


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. Forthcoming DVD release.


HOOKED

Musical co-written with Nick Hale and Matthew James for Polly Coco. Performed in 2009 at Edinburgh Fringe Festival/London Theatre 503.


SCRIPTS COMMISSIONED / IN DEVELOPMENT


ALLEYCATS

Feature film based on a story by Ian Bonhôte and Max Kinnings. To be directed by Ian Bonhôte and produced by Pulse Films.


URBANE

Horror feature script co-written with director Frazer Lee for Robber Baron Productions. For further details, please go to: www.frazerlee.com.


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 script funding by European MEDIA fund. Currently in development with director Rob Kaplan.


SOHO JACK

Feature script in development with director Rob Kaplan.


THE BULGARIAN CONNECTION

Feature script co-written with Olly Bengough for the Mint Group.


SPEC SCRIPTS


THE MURDERERS

Sitcom co-written with Rik Mayall: pilot episode and series bible.


SUGARMAN

Feature script adapted from the novel, HITMAN.


LET IT BLEED

Treatment based on the novel, THE FIXER.


SOHO JACK

Feature script.


THE AFTERLIFERS

Sitcom: pilot episode and series bible.