Paul Morris (writer)

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Paul Morris (born 1958) is a Scottish playwright and screenwriter, born in Uddingston, South Lanarkshire. His early original plays in Scottish theatre include Three Wee Kings, Stef, Crabs and Wilsy and Transformer, a reworking of Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis . More recently, he has co-written and directed a low-budget comedy feature titled Siamese Cop (Two Cops One Jacket), co-written the animated feature Duck Ugly produced by Millimages, [1] and written an original screenplay, Partiendo Atomos , set in Buenos Aires and directed by John Dickinson. In 2011 his first novel, Pa Weathery's Chickens, was published by Night Publishing.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Duck Ugly". Big Cartoon Database. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2008.