David Pope
PROGRAM CONSULTANT
David Pope is a script consultant and screenwriter working internationally.
Script consultation projects include OBRAZ, candidate for Best International Film Academy Award 2026, TIGER STRIPES, winner Jury Prize Critics Week Cannes Film Festival 2023 and candidate for Best International Film Academy Award 2024, TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT, candidate for Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award 2019 and TRUTH OR JUSTICE, candidate for Best International Film Academy Award 2020.
Other recent projects as script consultant include the feature films NATATORIUM, 2024, LAST SENTINEL, 2023, SPLENDID ISOLATION, 2022, MAGIC MOUNTAINS, 2021 and the drama series’ IMPERIAL SPY for Fremantle (AMERICAN GODS, DEUTSCHLAND 83). David was Creative Producer on feature film THE GOAT, 2023.
In addition to designing and delivering for Stowe Story Labs, he is the long standing annual advisor and facilitator for Rotterdam Lab at IFFRPro for producers.
David has been a creative consultant on Rawi Screenwriting Lab for Royal Film Commission – Jordan, facilitated the Convergence program funded by Screen Scotland and British Film Institute and is the script consultant for Funny Features delivered by Glasgow Film Festival and funded by British Film Institute. He is a regular script consultant for both MIDPOINT Institute and BoostNL.
He sits on the film committee of the Writers Guild of Great Britain and is an external expert for the Council of Europe Eurimages fund.
Recent screenwriting commissions include writing the latest draft of feature film TEMPELHOF, the feature film RULIN from source material and rewriting the latest draft of the feature film SUMMER OF 81. David has a slate of projects in development through advance films.
Previous development and training clients include Warp Films, Creative Europe, BFI, Screen Scotland, New Horizons Studio+, Cannes Cinefondation, Creative England, Screen Ireland, Polish Film Institute, UK Film Council, BBC, BAFTA, Fremantle, National Theatre, British Council, Allfilm, KulturaTV, Cannes Film Festival, Film London, Lionhead Studios, Xingu Films, Irish Film Board, FAS Screen Training Ireland, and Estonian Film Institute amongst many others.
