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I’m Michael Lee Richardson, I’m a writer and filmmaker based in Glasgow.
My short film, My Loneliness is Killing Me – directed by Tim Courtney – won a BAFTA Scotland Award in 2018. It’s been shown on BBC Scotland, and at film festivals around the world.
My most recent short, Who I Am Now – directed by Jack Goessens – debuted at Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2022.
I’m currently in post-production on Just Jackie – written by Ali Taylor – my first funded short film as a director.
I currently have film and television projects in development with a range of different production companies including my first feature, A Good Spell, with Bombito.
I’ve written prose and poetry, radio drama and children’s nonfiction, and I’m currently writing a YA novel, The Other Team, based on my short story from Juno Dawson’s fabulous PRIDE anthology.
As a youth worker, I set up and ran Trans Youth Glasgow.
I’m passionate about telling rich, authentic stories about queer and working class lives and culture.
I was part of the first BBC Writersroom Scottish Voices group in 2018, took part in the Young Films Foundation residency in 2019 and I was an Edinburgh TV Festival Ones to Watch in 2020/21.
Outside of writing, I likes 80s makeover montages, witches, and going to the shops.
“Michael has a truly authentic and original voice and approaches his craft as a writer with openness, wit and imagination.” Pia Ashberry, Executive Producer, Kindle Entertainment
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