Chris Watt is an award winning screenwriter & script consultant.

A member of BAFTA Scotland, he is best known for writing the screenplay for the feature film STALKER, a psychological horror thriller, directed by Steve Johnson, starring Sophie Skelton (Outlander) & BAFTA winner Stuart Brennan (Rise), which premiered at Frightfest in 2022 before going onto a theatrical release in the U.S. & DVD/Digital release.

His second feature film screenplay, the contained thriller THE MIRE, was produced and directed by award winning filmmaker Adam Nelson and is available on digital platforms, following a sold out premiere in 2023, receiving many positive reviews internationally.

Chris wrote the script for the multi-award winning short film BRUISE, which premiered at the Oscar and BAFTA qualifying Galway Film Fleadh, before enjoying a successful festival run, playing all around the world, while he was also the co-writer of the short film THE PURSUIT OF INDEPENDENCE, which won Best Scottish Film at the Partick Film Festival in 2025 & played international film festivals including the BIFA qualifying NEIFF.

As a consultant, he has worked with the BFI Film Labs & numerous screenwriting competitions, as well as a number of independent filmmakers around the world, and has been a guest speaker for a handful of university screenwriting courses, including the University of London.

In 2022, Chris wrote the screenplay MORGAN'S WAKE, a crime thriller, which was a Top 5 Finalist in the Shore Scripts Feature Screenplay Competition. His pilot script for the proposed TV series SOUTHBANK won the Grand Prize, the following year, in the Shore Scripts TV Pilot Competition.

Chris is the co-writer of THE BROOK, currently in production.

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