Ben Trebilcook is a screenwriter and author from London. He has lived in LA and New York and has been writing for more than twenty years, having gained a launchpad via Cruise/Wagner Productions in 2001 when he was requested to rework one of his original action screenplays into a draft of Mission: Impossible 3.
He has since written screenplays and teleplays for Fox UK and wrote the acclaimed ‘Die Hard Six’ spec ‘Old Habits Die Hard’, based on his novel, Old Habits, set in Tokyo. Ben has written westerns, sci-fi and comedy, for independent producers and those with ‘blockbuster’ budgets. He produced the indie sci-fi Doomsday for genre director Neil Johnson. His forte is ‘action/spy/detective’, due to his upbringing within a law enforcement and intelligence household. For ten years, Ben was head judge at The Rob Knox Film Festival, whose subject matter is the basis of a ITV documentary.
Ben wrote a multi-award-winning short film, You Know Me, produced by the Essex Film Collective and directed by actor Darren Kent (Game of Thrones), made during lockdown and currently doing well on the festival circuit.
Ben was also a teacher for twenty years in a South London referral unit, teaching and mentoring the most challenging young people in the area consisting mostly of gang members and young offenders. He also taught refugees and teenage soldiers from war-torn countries, autistic and special needs children, self-harmers and abused teens. His first novel, the thriller My name is not Jacob Ramsay, focused on this time, which he intends to bring to the small screen. Ben has written four novels and one screenwriting book.
