Gareth Rothwell(III)
- Writer
After leaving the British Army in 2005 after 18 years service, Gareth
has brought his passion for writing back home to Civvy Street with him,
he has developed his own style of writing over the last few years, and
this is prominent with the emotive subjects he writes about.
In 2007 Gareth entered the British Short Screenplay Competition run by KAOS Films, he wrote his first ever short screenplay, A Soldiers Tale, about a 15 year old boy soldier in the trenches during World War 1, the night before "going over the top".
The screenplay advance through to the finals and finished as a runner up, out of 2500 entrants, judged by the cream of the British film industry including; Kenneth Brannagh, Stephen Wooley, Natasha Wharton and Sir Alan Parker.
In 2008 Gareth entered the competition for a second time, hoping to emulate his previous success, and won with Waiting for Dawn, a film based on a young soldiers last night in a cell before being shot at dawn. The judging panel commented that the story was a very powerful and emotive subject, sure to have the audience on the edge of their seats.
Gareth has grown as a writer since 2008 and uses his own personal experiences from the events he has witnessed throughout his military career as a medic in the RAMC, serving and working in Germany, Cyprus, Canada, Bosnia and Kosovo.
In 2007 Gareth entered the British Short Screenplay Competition run by KAOS Films, he wrote his first ever short screenplay, A Soldiers Tale, about a 15 year old boy soldier in the trenches during World War 1, the night before "going over the top".
The screenplay advance through to the finals and finished as a runner up, out of 2500 entrants, judged by the cream of the British film industry including; Kenneth Brannagh, Stephen Wooley, Natasha Wharton and Sir Alan Parker.
In 2008 Gareth entered the competition for a second time, hoping to emulate his previous success, and won with Waiting for Dawn, a film based on a young soldiers last night in a cell before being shot at dawn. The judging panel commented that the story was a very powerful and emotive subject, sure to have the audience on the edge of their seats.
Gareth has grown as a writer since 2008 and uses his own personal experiences from the events he has witnessed throughout his military career as a medic in the RAMC, serving and working in Germany, Cyprus, Canada, Bosnia and Kosovo.