Christian Routh

Christian Routh

Christian is a story analyst and film consultant based in Catalonia, Spain. From there he works for various filmmakers, state institutions, and training programs.For the past 15 years he has been co-head of studies of the Creative Europe supported development scheme SCRIP-TEAST, serving Eastern European filmmakers. Forty-six fea-ture films have been produced during his time there. This year he has been working online with screenwriters across the globe at the CineQuaNon labs, based in Mexico. In 2019 he set up and co-ran an M.A. in screenwriting for Creative Media Skills at Pinewood Film Studios in the UK. He has also been working with national funding agencies in Eastern Europe, with workshops in the Czech Republic, Slo-venia, Macedonia, Georgia, Romania, Greece, Latvia, Lithu-ania, and Estonia. For 15 years he was a tutor at the Binger Film Lab in Amsterdam, and in 2012, he initiated the first HEZAYAH screenwriting workshops in Qatar.From its inception in 2008 until 2012 he was head of studies of a European film school initiative called FOUR CORNERS. Before that that he held the same post at the PILOTS TV workshops in Sitges, Spain. In 2006, Christian was the co-au-thor of a book called ‘Script Development’.Before moving to Spain in 2000 from his native London, he was head of selection at the MEDIA Programme’s European Script Fund and EMDA, from 1989 until 1998. Whilst there he helped support hundreds of European films and compa-nies, including Toto le Hero, Orlando, Breaking the Waves, and Elizabeth. Prior to that he had been a film buyer and de-velopment executive with Thorn-EMI, Cannon UK, and Red Rooster Films