Tom has a variety of projects in development as a freelancer and with his company Cannibal Films.
across the line
feature / producer and co-writer / cannibal films
The unbelievable true story of TT racer and war hero Cyril Williams, one of the unsung founding fathers of motorcycle racing, who along with his teammates went from rivalry at the Isle of Man TT - the most dangerous race on earth - to brothers-in-arms on the front lines of WW1.
TRESAWNE
tv / writer & creator / double dutch productions
In a small Cornish town, when a teenage boy goes missing, two best friends - the boy’s mother and the DS leading the investigation - find themselves on opposite sides of the case, pitting them against each other.
ART OF VENGEANCE
tv / writer & creator / moonriver tv
On the Isles of Scilly, a retired Detective attempts to solve the murder of a man she was going to kill herself... and in exactly the same way.
HOTEL LARK MOOR
tv / writer & creator / watford & essex
Late 1990s. A faded English seaside town. When a group of Bosnian refugees are given shelter in the abandoned Hotel Lark Moor, horrifying paranormal phenomena starts befalling the usually peaceful town, resurrecting deep-seated fears.
LAST ORLEANS
tv / writer & creator
In an alternative near-future, Earth is dying and humanity is 25 years into a century-long global exodus mission. In the evacuation city, Last Orleans, young convict Nina heads up a gang smuggling illegal refugees onto the departing ships. When she finds out a superstorm will destroy the city, she must find a way to smuggle herself and those she loves off the planet - but how? And who else does she save?
In development with A.M. Reid & Max Reid (Sneaky Pete, Raising Expectations, Backpackers)
PETAL
feature / producer / cannibal films / dir: alex lightman
When a young woman stifled in her backward hometown tries to fly the nest for a new life in London, she finds herself in a nightmare situation where nothing is as it seems… and women can’t escape.
gun
feature / writer & producer / cannibal films / dir: alex lightman
A retired detective attempts, one last time, to piece together the case that’s haunted him his entire life - the unsolved mystery of three brutal murders in an ancient cliff top house spanning half a century. And perhaps the only way to finally unlock the case is to look at it one room at a time…