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Theatre, Film and TV
Cynthia Okoye
+44 (0)20 7393 4329
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Writer for film and television
Mickey created drama series Industry for HBO and BBC for Bad Wolf, alongside frequent collaborator Konrad Kay. Mickey and Konrad are also developing a reboot of a classic series with Studio Canal and working on a number of original commissions in the United States.
Mickey’s first feature Gregor, which he co-directed and co-wrote with Konrad, was nominated for a British Independent Film Award at the 2014 BIFAs. The film premiered at The Raindance Film Festival in 2014 and stars Matt King (Peep Show) and Belinda Stewart-Wilson (The Inbetweeners).
In 2015 he wrote on ten part comedy-drama You, Me and The Apocalypse for Working Title TV. The show, which stars Rob Lowe, Jenna Fischer, Megan Mullally, and Mathew Baynton aired on Sky One in the UK and NBC in the US. He was also part of the writing team on Series 1 of Hoff The Record, a mockumentary series which aired on Dave in 2015 and starred David Hasselhoff as himself.
In 2015 he was named a Broadcast Hot Shot.
In his spare time he enjoys watching Seinfeld, Arsenal Football Club and any film starring Michael Douglas.
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Theatre, Film and TV
Cynthia Okoye
+44 (0)20 7393 4329
Email Cynthia Okoye
**** 'Viciously amusing, wise-cracking...Mamet-like'
Dominic Cavendish
The Telegraph on Giant Leap
'Excellent British Comedy'
The Sunday Times
on Gregor: Film
'As funny and uplifting as a movie about being a total fuck-up can possibly be'
Vice
on Gregor: Film
**** 'superb...inspired'
Claire Smith
The Scotsman on Giant Leap
'An acidic, unforgiving skewering of, well, pretty much everyone in it'
The Times
on Gregor: Film
CV
Television
Writer & Creator
Sitcom in development. Co-written and created with Konrad Kay
Original comedy series. In development
Writer
Comedy drama series
Adaptation of the Neil Gaiman novel
Storyliner for semi-improvised comedy series
Adaptation of Danish comedy drama series format. In development
Film
Writer
Writer & Director
Gregor is a black comedy feature where nothing is resolved and no life lessons learned. Co-written and co-directed with Konrad Kay. Nominated for The Raindance Award at the 2014 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs)
Theatre
Writer
Fast-paced foul-mouthed comedy drama featuring a group of writers stuck in a subterranean room and tasked with writing the most important line of their careers – Neil Armstrong’s first words as the US fakes the 1969 moon ‘landing’. Co-written with Konrad Kay
**** 'Viciously amusing, wise-cracking...Mamet-like' - Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph
**** 'superb...inspired' - Claire Smith, The Scotsman
Staged as part of the Arcola Theatre's Scenes On The Sand festival of new writing. Co-written with Konrad Kay