Paul Wharton
SCREENWRITER
About
Paul Wharton is a Liverpool-born screenwriter whose work explores how ordinary people behave under extraordinary pressure. With roots in a working-class community and frontline careers in both Her Majesty's Prison Service and the Fire Service, he brings lived experience to stories that cut through the noise — raw, grounded, and emotionally charged.Paul gravitates toward drama with moral weight and psychological grit, often drawing on themes of loyalty, survival, and human contradiction. He believes that the way people respond to pressure — whether with violence, silence, humour, or collapse — is where the best stories live.
Projects
Currently seeking representation and development opportunities.INSIDE:
Pilot. 8 x 60'
When an ambitious prison officer joins an elite response unit for a better life, a figure from the underworld he once locked away draws him into a deadly conspiracy that forces him to choose between betraying his brothers and protecting his family.SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN:
Pilot. 3 x 60'
After a violent incident on a prison wing leaves an officer fighting for his life, detectives investigate a young officer’s forbidden relationship with a powerful prisoner, uncovering conflicting testimonies, hidden loyalties, and a manipulation far more calculated than anyone suspected.THE PROPER BOSS ROBBERY:
Feature. 110'
When a lovable small-time criminal discovers a security loophole at a cash recycling depot, he assembles a crew of misfits to steal millions by posing as firefighters in a stolen fire engine — but one mistake could cost him the rest of his life.