Ross Denyer
Screenwriter & Short Fiction Writer
Ross was born in England and raised in Texas and North Carolina, which must be why so many people think he’s from Australia.
His passion for writing landed him a scholarship to an 8-week NYFA screenwriting course, and his first TV pilot, The Relief, was a finalist in ScreenCraft’s Pilot Launch and Screenwriting Fellowship. His next pilot, What Darkness Brings, is a top-ranked script on The Black List and was selected for the ATX/Black List Writers Program. He directed and co-produced award-winning web series The Verge in NYC and wore a half-dozen hats on his Western short film, Tell No Tales, which he later expanded into a feature screenplay, Joseon Cowboy, about a Korean outlaw.
Ross is also a writer of short stories, microfiction, and stage plays. His 10-minute play Still Life debuted at Nest Fest in Los Angeles, and his short story Heavenly Bounty appears in BAM! Magazine’s 3rd collection of pulp fiction.
When he isn’t writing, he manages an apartment complex, tutors kids, and pursues acting and other artistic endeavors. He also enjoys rock climbing, video games, and sloths. He lives and dreams in Los Angeles.
TV Shows I Love
The English, Midnight Mass, The Expanse, The Outsider, Call My Agent!, Bojack Horseman, Marvel’s Daredevil, The Americans, True Detective, Luther, The Fall, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Wire, Mad Men, Homeland (Seasons 1 & 2), Rescue Me, Californication, The Shield, Sharpe
[A Few] Favorite Movies
Coyote vs. Acme, Blade Runner, Once Upon a Time in the West, Field of Dreams, Here (2023), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Alien, Under the Skin, The Worst Person in the World, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Third Man, Casino Royale, Hot Fuzz, Temple Grandin, A Fish Called Wanda, Drive, The Rocketeer, The Lives of Others, There Will Be Blood, The Empire Strikes Back, Yojimbo
Good Reads
What Makes Sammy Run?, A Streetcar Named Desire, 1984, Exhalation: Stories, Robinson Crusoe, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Catch Me If You Can, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Bambi vs. Godzilla, Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story, Life by Keith Richards
Star Wars or Star Trek?
One’s a fantasy space-western, the other is humanistic sci-fi. I love both.