Adrian Mead

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| nationality = British

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|occupation = Screenwriter, director, author

| known_for = Night People
Waking the Dead
Molly and Mack

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Adrian Mead is a British screenwriter, director and author.{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors/adrian-mead|title = Author: Adrian Mead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.borregospringsfilmfestival.org/5qs/2017/1/12/5qs-wadrian-mead-misgivings-director|title = 5Q's w/Adrian Mead "Misgivings" Director}}

Career

Prior to working in television, Mead had worked odd jobs, such as a hairdresser in New York and a nightclub bouncer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.writewords.org.uk/interviews/adrian_mead.asp|title=Adrian Mead Interview - Writewords.org.uk|website=www.writewords.org.uk}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12610143.lifelines-adrian-mead-46-film-writer-director-and-childline-volunteer/|title=Lifelines: Adrian Mead, 46, film writer-director and ChildLine volunteer|date=26 October 2009 }} While studying in Edinburgh for a degree in criminal psychology, Mead got involved with student short films. He began making his own short films in the early 2000s, and gained his first television writing credit on Where the Heart Is, followed by series such as Paradise Heights,{{cite web|title=Drama|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/03_march/14/drama.pdf|publisher=BBC One|access-date=11 November 2022|date=14 March 2002}} Waking the Dead and River City. In 2005, he directed and co-wrote his feature debut, Night People.{{Cite web|url=https://www.filminquiry.com/night-people-2015-review/|title = NIGHT PEOPLE: How do You Know You're in a Bad Movie?|date = 19 January 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://film.list.co.uk/article/5369-night-people-the-directing-school-of-hard-knocks/|title = Night People - the directing school of hard knocks|date = 29 October 2007}} It was developed and financed under the Scottish Screen/SMG New Found Film initiative.

He also worked as a director on children's television, such as Eve and Molly and Mack, as well as doing second unit on The Replacement and the fourth series of Shetland. He authored a screenwriting manual, Making it as a Screenwriter, in 2008, which focused on practical tools and steps towards working in the British industry.