John Owen Theobald was born in Eastern Canada, moved to the UK to study the poetry of Keats, and in 2009 received a PhD from the University of St Andrews. As a screenwriter, John has written several short films, including 'Visiting Mr Keats' (Winner, Best Comedy, Los Angeles Independent Film Festival 2016), 'The Last Words of Gavrilo Princip' (Short of the Year 2016 nominee), and 'We'll Meet Again' (Grand Prize nominee, Imperial War Museum Film Festival), as well as the TV/Arts series Then Dance (National Lottery Award nominee, Best Use of Public Funding - Arts, 2015). His first feature screenplay, Chosen, received an Honourable Mention in the UK Film Festival and was an Official Finalist at the World Series of Screenwriting, Los Angeles.