Jon Spira

Jon graduated from the Scottish Film School in Edinburgh in 1999 and went on to spendseveral years working as a jobbing screenwriter. He was a staff writer on cult Canadian sci-fi show LEXX and went on to write various shows for Thames TV and the BBC.

He has written feature film scripts for Manga Live, Palm Pictures and a multitude of shady independent producers. He has taught the UK Film Council Screenwriting course since 2004 in Oxford where he also owns a chain of independent DVD rental stores, an  independent DVD label and a production company. He is currently directing his first feature film. Jon has been happily unmarried for 31 years.