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.