I started my career as a fine artist, taking commissions for portraits and landscapes. Later on however, as it was a bit of a feast or famine existence, I decided to retrain and become a secondary school teacher, specialising in teaching science. My degree was science-based, so making this shift wasn't hard, though the training was a bit - facing mostly mad pubescent kids almost immediately during one's training as a school teacher... I managed to stay in the profession for almost ten years, before I realised it was becoming detrimental to my health (stressful, very long hours, and paid no overtime, so forget it...) At the end of 2016, I called it a day and went on a sabbatical. I just knew I had to revive my soul somewhow, and restart my life in an entirely new direction while I still could... In 2018, I took a MA in Directing Fiction, following a 3 month course at the same film school. I knew this was for me as I was finally engaging in a creative pursuit, which I hadn't done for what felt like millennia. As my graduation piece for Central Film School, I wrote and directed a short film, during which I realised I loved writing for the screen. This led me to apply to the salubrious London Film School to do another MA in Screenwriting and I haven't looked back. One of the best decisions of my life.