Cameron Heyes is an emerging screenwriter with a sharp Northern wit and a cinematic eye. His scripts move between grounded crime drama, folk horror and razor-edged comedy, all rooted in gritty realism, dry humour and dialogue that sounds like real people talking. Written for British and international audiences alike, his work brings a distinctly Northern voice to the screen.
He’s no stranger to the industry. For nearly 20 years he’s worked as a visual storyteller in music, directing videos for some of today’s biggest artists, and he brings that same eye for image, pace and performance to every page he writes.
“Fields is an exceptional writing sample that could easily lead to more work for the writer.”
TV PILOT • CRIME THRILLER
When a teenage girl is found murdered on a remote Lancashire farm, branded with the same pagan symbol linked to a notorious killing thirty years earlier, Detective Angela Dakara must unravel a centuries-old vendetta rooted in the village's infamous witch-trial past before it destroys the family at the centre of the investigation.
“Fields is fantastic. The dialogue is a breath of fresh air! This is how folk speak. I can see every frame”
- MAXINE PEAKE -
TV PILOT • COMEDY
On Lancashire’s largest and roughest council estate, best friends Kayley, Roxy and Lisa lead the gloriously misunderstood community of Millbrook in a hilarious and heartfelt battle against the local council’s corrupt redevelopment scheme, all while juggling dead-end jobs in a sandwich factory, family drama and life on the breadline.
TV PILOT • CRIME THRILLER
After a young photo journalist is murdered and posed on the steps of a church, a veteran priest must hunt a killer who confesses his crimes in advance, testing the boundaries of his faith as suspicion falls squarely on him.
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OTHER PILOTS
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TV PILOT • DRAMA
A newly formed Merseyside police department take on the crimes most forces still treat as nuisance calls, stalkers. DI Rachel Harker and her team unravel case by case across the north of England in this unsettling, edge-of-your-seat drama series.
COMMON WEATH
TV PILOT • COMEDY DRAMA
A skint working-class former nurse from Manchester lands a nanny job with Britain's most powerful billionaire family, she's thrust into a world of unimaginable wealth, deeply dysfunctional dynamics, and a boss mid-mental breakdown, keeping the children out of trouble might just be the easiest part of the job.
MILL LANE
TV PILOT • DRAMA
In a neglected Lancashire town, a fiercely protective youth worker fights to save her centre from closure and a thirteen-year-old from a drug gang run by a boy she once helped raise.
FILM SPECS
COME AS YOU ARE
FILM • DRAMA
A heroin-addicted British rockstar in a highly publicised downward spiral finds a brutal yet fiercely protective lifeline in a no-nonsense New York deli owner. Together, they embark on a raw, deeply agonising journey towards recovery.
EXCUSE ME… I’M TRYING TO DIE
SHORT FILM • EMOTIONAL DRAMA
A man determined to end his life finds his plans repeatedly derailed by unexpected encounters with strangers. This deeply moving and raw short story explores the realness of mental health in Northern England.
SEEN
FILM • HORROR
A successful architect targeted by a mysterious stalker is plunged into a nightmare as her friends and family are brutally murdered one by one, forcing her to uncover why someone is dismantling her life before she becomes the final victim.
BOOMERANG
FILM • DRAMA
In 1980s Britain, a fiercely independent young Scottish mother must navigate an unfamiliar legal system and the ghosts of her turbulent childhood when her abusive ex-partner takes their baby daughter back to Scotland, forcing her into a relentless fight to bring her home.