Paul Skillen

Paul Skillen has co-written a number of award winning horror and sci-fi short films with Aaron Gray. 'THE WAY BACK' (2015) and 'ECHOES' (2018) successfully played international festivals, winning awards, and were subsequently broadcast in the UK and USA . Their longer form work includes 'DINOSAURS' (2016), a pre-apocalyptic television pilot that was funded and broadcast on RTE in Ireland, and eco-horror 'BELOW' (2021) which is in development with a major UK production company. Paul and Aaron also have a number of feature films scripts including 'MAIDENSANDS' and 'THE SILENCE' in development. Paul also has solo projects. His series of animations on the TITANIC were broadcast by BBC (2017), and his work on Human Rights issues is online at the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. 'THE FAMILIAR STING' (2020), his short film about homelessness and unplanned pregnancy is on the festival circuit . He started out writing radio comedy and was a BBC New Talent Winner in 2001. '