I’m Jonny Rae-Evans, a screenwriter based in Manchester, UK.

I’m currently a final year masters student in screenwriting at Falmouth University. You find me on Stage 32 and Coverfly.

If you are working on a screenplay, I provide a range of coverage and script notes services that you can see on my store page.

Below you can find some of the loglines and competition awards that I’ve received for my scripts.

Tryouts

Action Comedy - Feature

A high school graduate, whose family is about to lose everything, lands an internship at a mysterious company. The only catch: they're a covert agency of assassins.

This is really getting out of hand

Comedy - single-cam 30 mins (TV)

A comedy about three broken, mid-30s roommates as they try to get over heartbreak, figure out modern dating, and engage in some light kidnapping.

A perfectly normal reaction

Drama - 1 hour (TV)

An ex-cop, drunk, disabled and with serious anger management issues, vows revenge on a group of con-men who scammed her online.

When the evening comes

Drama / Coming of Age - Feature

A young boy, whilst searching for a shooting star to wish his grandmother back to life, witnesses a murder and tries to solve the crime.

Stag

Comedy - Feature

After staging a fake-kidnapping of their friend for his stag party, five friends are tested when a £1million ransom is offered.

Awards & Recognitions

  • I was a finalist (top 5) at the 2024 Manchester Film Festival Screenplay contest with TRYOUTS.

  • I was a semifinalist, Top 20 Comedy, in the prestigious Final Draft 2023 screenplay contest with TRYOUTS

  • I was a semifinalist in Shore Scripts 2023 feature contest with TRYOUTS

  • My short film STAG was a quarterfinalist at PAGE’s international screenplay awards in 2024

  • I was a semifinalist in the Outstanding Screenplays contest in 2024 with TRYOUTS

  • TRYOUTS was placed aw a Quarterfinalist at Table Read My Screenplay - Park City 2024

  • My comedy pilot THIS IS REALLY GETTING OUT OF HAND was a Quarterfinalist at the WeScreenplay TV Pilot Lab 2024

  • My comedy pilot THIS IS REALLY GETTING OUT OF HAND was a Quarterfinalist in the Outstanding Screenplays TV Pilot Competition 2023

  • STAG, a short film, was a Quarterfinalist at the New York International Screenplay Awards - NYISA 2024

  • Both my feature TRYOUTS and my pilot THIS IS REALLY GETTING OUT OF HAND were awarded Honourable Mentions at the Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition Fall 2023