Armelle Lajus

Playwright and Screenwriter

London, England

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August 2012

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About Armelle

I was born in Switzerland, grew up in France and have lived in the U.K for more than 20 years. I am now based in a leafy part of South London.
I graduated from the Central School of Speech & Drama in 2012 with an MA in writing for stage and broadcast media. I write for film, TV, stage and radio.
In 2018, my screenplay Freedom Soldier reached the Semifinals of the Nicholl Fellowships, Second Rounders at the Austin Film Festival and Semifinals of the Final Draft Big Break contest.
In 2020, my screenplay MALICK won second place at the Beverly Hills Film Festival and placed in the last 20 of the Writers Lab (NYC).

Gender:
Female

Badges

2024-11-05

Double Recommended Screenwriter

Certifications

Loglines

Infernal Pursuit Budget: $1M - $5M | Action ⋄ Comedy A highly strung travel writer goes on the run after being wrongly accused of murder and finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure chasing the real culprit with a resourceful drifter.
Nowhere to go Budget: $5M - $10M | Action ⋄ Drama The lone survivors of a helicopter crash in the Thai jungle, an unassertive housewife and her injured teenage daughter battle the elements to find their way back to civilisation while being hunted by armed poachers and an angry tigress.
Malick Budget: $100K - $1M | Drama A young boy's journey through the streets of Dakar as he tries to find his way home after running away from his abusive teacher.
Freedom Soldier Budget: $10M - $30M | Historical ⋄ Drama A disillusioned African American eighteen year-old from Harlem enlists in the Army and is sent as part of the 369th Infantry Regiment, a unit that’s comprised solely of African American soldiers, to fight in World War I.
Isabella of Blois Action ⋄ Historical ⋄ Drama When her beloved crusader father is taken prisoner by the Turks, a pacifist nobleman’s daughter leaves France to rescue him, meeting prejudices and fighting a man’s war along the way.

Credits

That's the spirit! (2015)
Theater by Theatre503 / Jack Sain writer Short play for Theatre503, London

Awards

Beverly Hills Film Festival Second Runner up
(2020)
The Writers Lab (NYC) Finalist
(2020)
Atlanta Film Festival Screenwriting competition Semifinalist
(2019)
Austin Film Festival Second Rounder
(2019)
Bahamas International Film Festival Writers Residency Programme Finalist
(2019)
Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Top 15%
(2019)
Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship Semifinalist
(2018)
Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Semifinalist
(2018)
Austin Film Festival Second Rounder
(2018)
Final Draft Big Break contest Semifinalist
(2018)
Oaxaca Film Festival Finalist
(2018)
Judges Award for best screenplay - Bahamas International Film Festival
(2017)
Finalist in the Best Feature Screenplay category at the Paris Art & Movie Awards
(2017)