STEPHEN
LAUGHTON





FILM
THEATER
TELEVISION










BORN AGAIN
2026
WRITER/CREATOR
TV 


In a haunted, indifferent Los Angeles, a queer community spirals through grief and possibility after the death of one of their own, finding strange communion, violence, sex, and fleeting hope in the shadows and sunlight of a city that never cares... until sometimes, it does.


ON THE LINE
2026
WRITER
Feature

A 988 crisis counselor receives a call from a teenage boy that turns her world upside down and changes both of their lives.



ONE NIGHT
Shooting
WRITER
Feature

Two strangers collide on a night out in a brutal city, and what starts as electric chemistry slowly reveals something far more dangerous than either of them expected.



TECHNICOLOR
Opens 2027
WRITER/CO-CREATOR
Theater

On the sweltering 1955 Texas set of Giant, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean collide in a summer of desire, power, and self-destruction, as the masks they wear for the camera slowly become the only faces they have left.

SPACEBOY I MISS YOU
Shooting June 2026
WRITER/DIRECTOR
Short Film

When a strange image appears on the family TV, a ten-year-old in a homemade helmet decides it is a message meant only for him - and builds a mission from a cassette recorder, a sky lantern, and a rooftop in LA to reply.


ECHO
In Development
WRITER/DIRECTOR
Feature

When a couple move into a downtown LA loft, disturbing phone calls and their building manager’s growing presence begin to fracture their reality, as jealousy, control, and fear escalate into a psychological nightmare where the line between victim and perpetrator collapses.

VELOCITY
2025
WRITER
Theater

A hot Puerto Rican astrophysicist. A beautiful Jewish stranger. A tenth of a second to see exactly where this ends. It’s just not enough time...

ONE JEWISH BOY
2025

Previous productions include:
London Debut - 2018/2019
West End Transfer - 2020
US Premiere (DC) - 2023
WRITER
Theater

A messed-up bittersweet tale of inherited trauma, the miracle of Chanukah, raging anti-Semitism, the end of youth and staying in love.


Notes


Playwright, screenwriter, director. I've spent my career asking what it costs to be visible...and what it costs to hide.

I write people who are trying to reach each other across distances they can't name. The signal gets lost, or arrives too late, or lands in the wrong place entirely.

My characters are often trapped by the damage they've carried, but also by the damage they keep inflicting, often unintentionally, and predominantly to the people they love.

I'm not interested in identity as subject matter, it's more about the logic that swims beneath everything else.

My villains are mostly systems.

My love stories are often survival stories.

And the almost-gesture, the thing that nearly happens, charges every room/space/world I build.
 

Awards

JB Priestley Award for Young Writers of Promise [Win]

Blavatnik Award for Arts & Science [Win]

Born Again
SeriesFest 12: Best  Pilot  in Progress (Win)

One Jewish Boy
Stage Scene Award for Outstanding Performance of a Two-Hander & Outstanding Production of a Two-Hander (Win)
Vrandenburg Prize (Finalist)
Helen Hayes Award (Win - Recommended)
Off West End Award for Best Play (Win)

Hiraeth
Vortex Horror/Sci-Fi Screenplay Award –
Hiraeth (Win)
The film has additional award wins across Best Film, Editor, Director, Sound Design & Cinematography categories from 20 nominations across major international
festivals)

And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning, The Eighth Day

WeScreenplay TV Lab (Finalist)
ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition (Finalist)
WeScreenplay - Diverse Voices (Finalist)

Anonymous
Coverfly Red List Number 1 Horror Script
Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards (Finalist)
Filmmatic Inroads Fellowship (Finalist)
Golden Script Competition (Finalist)
Table Read My Screenplay – Park City (Finalist)
Table Read My Screenplay – Hollywood (Finalist)

Run
Off-West End Award (Nom) for Best Play.
Previous Credits

ENABLER MONOLOGUES Echo Theater 
2025/26
Writer/Creator - Theater

FEAST
Echo Theater 
2025
Writer/Director - Theater

WATER
TheMACHINE 
2024
Writer - Short

REARVIEW MIRROR TF1/Lifetime Networks 
2023
Writer - TV

HERSHEL & THE HANUKKAH GOBLINS
Puppet Co, MA 
2021-2025
Writer - Theater

HIRAETH
TheMACHINE 
2022
Writer - Short

A LIFE INSIDE
Artechouse, DC - 2021
NYC Transfer - 2022
Writer - Theater/Art/Science Immersive

FORWARD
Blacklisted Films
2019
Writer - TV Development

THE BIGGEST TARANTINO FAN IN THE WORLD
Arcola Theatre
2018
Writer/Director - Theater

DOCTORS
BBC TV
2017
Writer - TV

RUN
Bunker Theatre - 2017
Vault Festival - 2016
Writer - Theater

SCREENS
Theatre503
2016
Writer - Theater

BLACK HILL
Lime Pictures
2015
Writer/Creator - TV

A FLY
Royal Court Theatre Young Writers Festival
2014
Writer - Theater

CLOUD 9
PictureGate/ZeeTV
2013
Writer - TV