PAUL
MARX
I was born between the wars...but then so was everyone if you think about it. Suffice it to say that I'm old enough to complain that modern musc is crap and get nostalgic for the days when the big Christmas movie on telly was something you hadn't already seen six times.
The next thirty years passed without the slightest inclination towards any kind of writing that wasn't demanded by teachers or employers. Then a juvenile crush on a particular actress led me to Araon Sorkin's forgotten child, the brilliant but overlooked and short-lived "Sports Night", and a sudden, unexpected urge to write stories about the characters (especially the one played by the particular actress). So I did.
An unwitting muse
“Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.”― Aaron Sorkin
“I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.”― Terry Pratchett
“There's a time and place for everything, and I believe it’s called 'fan fiction'.” ― Joss Whedon
The pleasure I got from writing, and the positive response I got from complete strangers who read my stories online led me to not only want to do it for a living but to actually think I might be able to. I started dabbling with no clue as to what I was doing but soon an opportunity arose in the shape of the venerable BBC, which was running a talent competition for drama writers. Tasked with writing an episode of Casualty or Doctors. I chose Casualty and to my utter amazement, won it.
This led ultimately to me writing some epiodes of Doctors and Casualty for real and my career was ready to take off like a rocket. Only it didn't quite. Since then I've continued to write, doing things for radio and some short films as well as searching for that elusive feature film. I write across all media and in many genres but usually with humour firmly at the core.
Most recently I was one of three winners of the BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Film Forum Competition 2013 with an extract from my feature script "To Hell and Back". Further details about my work can be found on the Curriculum Vitae tab above. Better yet, you can contact me and I'll bore you about it in person.
Paul Marx in his New York penthouse apartment
Paul Marx visiting devotees building a temple in his honour
“Don't Panic.”― Douglas Adams
Paul Marx as guest expert on "Time Team", concluding that they are indeed big rocks
Paul Marx during his brief stint as Patrick Stewart's stunt double
