CALM AUTHORITY IN STORY.
Confident storytelling for an evolving screen industry.
Craig Proudley combines decisive industry expertise with creative curiosity for producers, commissioners and screen agencies navigating genre confusion, evolving technology and underdeveloped ideas. With a high-calibre cinematic approach, Craig delivers clarity, confidence and on-brief storytelling grounded in pacing, tone and subtext. Bold without being performative, the focus is always on what works: shaping stories audiences connect with while guiding creative teams with insight, precision and trust.
Craig is not just a screenwriter, he is a story innovator. His commercial instincts, film market experience, and appreciation of emerging technology and industry trends are fundamentally important for clients who want their scripts to get made. On substance, Craig is an incisive script doctor with a keen eye for detail and commanding grasp of story, concept, and structure. Generous with his time and always a pleasure to work with.
– Milan Ghandi, Google DeepMind, Frontier AI Policy, London, UK
SERVICES
Narrative development balancing creative ambition, commercial awareness and strong structural foundations.
SCREENWRITING
In a screen industry crowded with noise, conflicting advice and ideas exhibiting untapped potential, producers and decision makers need practitioners with a deep understanding of genre, structure and audience engagement. Craig Proudley brings a cinematic, story-first approach to screenwriting that balances creative instinct with narrative precision. From character and tone to story architecture and commercial viability, the focus is on building emotionally engaging scripts that are structurally confident, production-aware and designed to connect with audiences. Craig writes to brief.
STORY CONSULTANCY
Strong development depends on clear thinking, structural insight and an understanding of how genre shapes audience expectation. Craig Proudley works with producers, writers and screen agencies to refine story engines, strengthen narrative cohesion and guide projects through moments of creative uncertainty. With a consultancy approach grounded in collaboration rather than ego, the process helps identify what a story is truly trying to become. Coupled with this, it is fundamental to ensure pacing, tone, character and structure work together with clarity and purpose of vision.
SCRIPT DOCTORING
Effective script doctoring requires more than surface-level notes. It demands a sharp understanding of structure, genre mechanics and the relationship between story, tone and audience payoff. Craig Proudley works closely with creative teams to diagnose narrative weaknesses, sharpen character dynamics and strengthen dramatic momentum without losing the project’s original voice. The result is focused, solution-driven development that elevates scripts into clearer, more compelling and production-ready storytelling. This is a forensic service. And a discrete one.
EXPERIENCE
Craig Proudley is a freelance screenwriter, story consultant and development specialist with extensive experience across feature films, television, genre storytelling and screen industry development. Working across both creative and strategic spaces, Craig has developed original projects, collaborated with producers and creatives, and guided stories from early concepts through to production-focused development.
With a strong focus on genre, structure and cinematic storytelling, his work combines commercial awareness with emotionally engaging narrative design. Craig specialises in helping projects find clarity by strengthening story engines, refining tone, improving pacing and identifying the structural foundations that allow ideas to resonate with audiences.
“Craig knows storytelling for the screen. He brings clarity, cultural awareness, and sharp story instincts to every project. He helps writers to develop tone, structure, deep character, and build audience connection without losing their voice.”
— Shawn Kasinger, Native Nation. Tribal Member of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Professor of Film and Television at Savannah College of Art and Design
Alongside freelance screenwriting and consultancy, Craig has spent years working across the Australian screen sector in development, higher education and industry-facing roles. This broader experience informs a practical, production-aware approach to storytelling that understands both creative ambition and the realities of the contemporary screen business.
SELECTED WORK
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The Min Min Lights
FEATURE — DRAFT SCREENPLAY
An eleven-year-old tech whiz kid and his two friends set off into the Outback to find his missing father, only to discover the notorious Min Min Lights are aliens that his eccentric scientist father was trying to help return home. -
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Hurt
FEATURE — DRAFT SCREENPLAY
An aging Indian-Australian Martial Artist, drinking himself to death in Darwin, is forced back into the world of underground Dubai street fighting to save a young Australian fighter from an old mobster he once called ‘brother'.
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The Ramp
TV — DRAFT SCREENPLAY
When a divorced middle aged photographer with a debilitating migraine has to wait hours in the hospital emergency waiting area known as 'The Ramp' he doesn't expect to fall in love… Or face his greatest supernatural fears. It’s going to be one wild night.
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Pearl of Wisdom
TV — IN DEVELOPMENT
Retired Irish Garda Detective Sergeant Pearl Kosciusko is travelling Australia with her endearing Aussie husband as a ‘Grey Nomad’. The sixty-somethings are away for months. It might turn into years. The journey is slow because every time they stop, Pearl solves a crime. Cold cases, people in distress and she is also following the trail of their missing son. This is outback Queensland, where there are small towns and even bigger secrets. Pearl, and her long suffering husband Walt, are on the case.
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Women at War: Radio Girl
TV – COMMISSIONED SCREENPLAY, PITCH DECK & SHOW BIBLE
1939. Sydney. The Rocks. For the young women of SIGS, the usual coming of age challenges of life and love are even more complex, when working in the secretive world of military intelligence at the outbreak of World War II.
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Dead Centre
TV – PITCH DECK
Just out of rehab, Ellis Wylie must travel from Sydney, all the way back to his hometown of Alice Springs? Why? A bureaucratic fuck-up. For this former commando with complex PTSD, the real war is about to begin in the Dead Centre where rage zombies have been unleashed.
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Craig attends film markets, conferences and travels to pitch projects. Craig is also developing a number of projects including podcasts, entrepreneurial pursuits and some academic work.