Sebastian began life in the arts as a classically trained singer of opera and sacred repertoire, performing on several records and winning a Gramophone Award for Early Music.

Transitioning to the film/TV industry, Sebastian co-founded screenplay development consultancy ScriptUp in 2019, working as an editor and consultant on dozens of film and TV development projects from companies such as ABC, Disney+ Hotstar, Beta Film, Telepool/Global Screen and Applause Entertainment.

Since 2021, Sebastian has been developing a broad slate of his own, alongside writer-producer Felix von Stumm, under their production and development imprint Humble Priory. See below for more details.

Alongside his screen projects, Sebastian is currently writing a novel (A Pilgrimage of Grace) set against the chaos of the English Reformation, and an opera libretto (Optina 93), telling the true story of the Satanist murder of three Russian monks after the fall of the Soviet Union.

In what little time remains, he’s also developing a board game.

Australia-born, Sebastian is based between rural south-west England and New York City. He holds a degree in English Literature from Princeton University.

FILM

• THE REFORMATION OF SISTER EDITH (Writer, Director): Historical Thriller set to star Dominic West, Tara Fitzgerald, and Guillaume Gallienne.

• SKRÆLING (Writer): A vampiric folk horror about the first encounter between Europeans (Vikings) and Native Americans (Beothuk) on the island of Newfoundland, a thousand years ago.

• CHESS STORY (Writer): Adaptation of the final novel by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. On board an American cruise ship in 1949, a former POW with a tragic past and an abnormal gift for chess challenges an arrogant Grandmaster to a fateful match.

TV

• SPLENDOR: Francesca & Machiavelli (Co-Creator, Writer): 8x60’. Multi-season historical drama. Adaptation of the best-selling board game Splendor. In partnership with Asmodee.

• TWISTED SHADOWS, STREAMING SOON (Co-Creator): 8x30’. Dark satire about an American celebrity actress and a blackpilled British internet troll clashing over the adaptation of a cult video game.

• GATWICK DRONE SYNDROME (Developed for television, Story by): 6x45’. Satirical comedy/drama centered on the Gatwick Airport drone crisis of 2018. Optioned by SHUSH FILMS.

Scripts and/or pitch decks available on request.

Email: sebastian@humblepriory.com