Paul Gallagher began as a poet and short story writer, published in poetry and underground magazines. ‘Dancing in the Waves’ a book of poetry and short drama was published 2009. He is currently working on an Anglo-French documentary project ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’. He set up and was CEO of Euroscript, an EU MEDIA programme [96-02] which received Brussels funding for six years, to develop film treatments and scripts with writers and production companies across Europe, promoting the best projects on for sale. Successful Euroscript feature film projects included: Little Ashes, DuCain’s Boys, Mermaids & Money Troubles, Lifeline, Dark Rosaleen, French Fries, Heart and Soul, all of which were optioned and/or have gone into production. He was co-editor of Screenwriter Magazine and has written for magazines including Savvy, Screenwriter, and Filmwaves. He has worked on commission as a script consultant, and has run European residential script workshops in Greece, Portugal and France, as well as delivered workshops and talks at the Edinburgh Festival, and international festivals in Glasgow, Belfast, Lisbon and London, as well as being on Festival juries in Portugal and UK. He has taught at the London (International) Film School, was Chair and Head of Education at Screenwriters’ Workshop, set up script report service Feedback and was on the executive of the New Producers Alliance, UK.