Declan Dineen
Writer
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
DECLAN DINEEN is a working class writer originally from South Wales now based in Glasgow. He loves big characters and big ideas and telling propulsive stories filled with emotion.
Here is a dispassionate list of some accomplishments: He has been a member of BAFTA Connect for four years, he was part of the inaugural BBC Scottish Voices, he is an alum of the Edinburgh Film Festival Talent Lab and Talent Lab Connects and has recently been selected to take part in the 2025/26 Sean Connery Talent Lab supported by NFTS and BBC Films. He has a BA in English lit and an MA in TV Writing.
For some much needed colour: Declan was once a professional magician, he created and hosted the successful Videogame podcast Checkpoints in which he interviewed various video game luminaries about the games that shaped their life, and in 2013 Declan became worldwide news when he attempted to meet everyone who followed him on twitter. A feat which formed the basis of a sell out Fringe show. Declan is unlikely to attempt that feat in 2025 lest he end up in some kind of cult or militia.
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THE LONG DEAD | Boy 313 | Treatment and Pitch Deck |
THE CHRONICLES OF ASTRIMOS | Echoverse | Dir. Anne Kauffman |
BLOOM | Ffilm Cymru / Inceptive / EIFF Talent Lab | Dir. Stefan Georgiou |
WE MIGHT BE STARS | Three Rivers Film | Feature developed to script through BellRock development scheme, BellRock is a partnership between Creative Scotland, Three Rivers Film and Hospitalfield |
SWIM CLUB | Cub Animation | Original animated series in development |
Radio
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
FINDING LOVE AT THE END OF THE WORLD 2018 | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Drama | Dir. Bruce Young |
Television
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THE BODY IN THE LOCKER 2025 | Digital Pen Productions | Thriller TV Feature |
THE GIRL WITH NO NAME 2024 | Reel One | Thriller TV feature |
IS MOM A MURDERER? 2024 | Reel One | Thriller TV feature |
LUCKY HEARTS 2023 | Reel One | TV feature co-written with Victoria Saxton |
A BET WITH THE MATCHMAKER 2023 | Reel One | Rom-com TV feature |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
LIES FOR MONEY (rehearsed reading) 2017 | Tortoise in a Nutshell | Theatre piece, development funding received from Creative Scotland. |
THE MUSE 2016 | Tron Theatre | Dir. Cara Kelly |
#MEETANDTWEET 2015 | An idle whim that became international news and eventually a one man show written and performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
Other
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THE MUSE 2023 | Sky | Table Read |
BURIED 2023 | World Productions | Optioned treatment |
THE MUSES 2021 | Wall to Wall | Original Treatment Commission |
HEADPHONES 2020 | Owlfield / Audible | Original audio script commission |