Interview with James Moran
James Moran (born 5 March 1972) is a British screenwriter for television and film, who wrote the horror-comedy Severance. He works in the horror, comedy, science-fiction, historical fiction and spy thriller genres. “Who the hell wouldn’t want to see Alan Ford smashing Zombies to bits?” Ahead of the Horror Channel’s network premiere of COCKNEYS VS ZOMBIES on Friday 4 November, 9pm, writer and self-confessed genre junkie James Moran reflects on the making of the film, writing a new Zombie script and why the original Dawn of the Dead is his favourite Zombie film. Q: What movie did you see growing that inspired you to become a writer? JAMES: It all started with Doctor Who, which I've been watching since before I can remember - I used to sit and watch the entire end credits to see what all the names and jobs were, and made up my own stories to fit into the show. Later, I watched a lot of "making of" shows, that explained how the effects were done, the stunts, sho...