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Mike T.

Multi-optioned professional Screenplay Writer

MIKE TOOK MA, BA (hons) is an award-winning, multi-optioned scriptwriter with decades of film industry experience. He specializes in original screenplays, story editing and collaborative development, and has a Master of Arts Degree in Screenwriting from the #1 Arts University in the UK. Mike has worked with Emmy-winning writers, famous musicians and best-selling authors, and his creative portfolio as a writer, performer and producer spans TV, film, theatre, music and comedy. As well as screenwriting, he actively represents his slate of projects to the international TV and film industry, and has attended the Cannes Film Festival each year since 2012. 2026 projects include two book to screenplay adaptations, one international feature production, a US studio option, and ongoing development of his award-winning TV pilot project "The Shakespeares". Alongside his successful writing career he delivers one-to-one teaching sessions in storycraft and creative writing, and provides feedback and mentorship to new and emerging writers.

🇬🇧Long Itchington, United Kingdom$50/hr100% JSS5.00 (7)Since Jul 2019

Earnings and projects

MRR
$33

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#157,746 / 412k
🇬🇧Country#3,393 / 10.7k
Revenue, last 30 days
$0

Last 6 months: $198

Total earnings
$6.6k

Billed in all: $6.7k

World#230,701 / 412k
🇬🇧Country#5,667 / 10.7k
Per project
$443

$99 in the last 6 months

World#194,190 / 412k
🇬🇧Country#5,276 / 10.7k
Projects, last 6 months
2
50% fixed50% hourly
World#88,918 / 412k
🇬🇧Country#1,969 / 10.7k
Projects in all
15

Across 17 contracts

71% fixed29% hourly
World#161,377 / 412k
🇬🇧Country#4,350 / 10.7k

Earnings, last 30 days

$6.7kNothing earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$6.6k$6.7k$6.8k$6.9kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

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