Geoff Thompson - Romans 12:20

Published: Oct. 21, 2008, 8 p.m.

Geoff Thompson is a BAFTA winning writer, teacher, and martial artist.

Geoff Thompson has worked through a plethora of menial jobs, from glass collector to floor sweeper; he even spent a decade working as a nightclub bouncer.

Geoff decided to become a martial arts instructor and then followed this by living out his dream of becoming a writer.

He is now the author of over thirty books, a stage play, a BAFTA winning short film, Brown Paper Bag, and two feature films.\xa0 He wrote a screenplay to the award winning short film, Romans 12:20, which won the Grand Prize International Discovery Award at the Rhode Island International Film Festival.

His latest feature film, Clubbed, about a lonely factory worker whose life is transformed when he becomes a nightclub doorman, has screened a variety of film festivals including the Raindance Film Festival.