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Jon Rowe

Writer

Represented by:

Alec Drysdale

As part of the writing duo Ryden & Rowe, Jon’s original crime thriller BETTER LEFT BURIED is in development with West Road Pictures for the BBC. Ryden & Rowe’s twisty psychological thriller IMPOSTER is with Hartswood Films. Their crime script FOOL’S GOLD landed near the top of the 2021 Brit List and was optioned by Company Pictures.

Jon’s VR experience, BIOLUM, starring Charlotte Rampling and Dominique Tipper, won the SXSW Audience Award and played at festivals around the world.

Complementing his writing, Jon has a wealth of production editorial experience. He served as Executive Producer on THREE LITTLE BIRDS created by Sir Lenny Henry and Ep’ed by Russell T Davies for ITV, and he was the story producer VIEWPOINT created by Ed Whitmore (Manhunt) and Harry Bradbeer (Fleabag) for ITV. He was the script executive on THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL directed by Park Chan Wook for BBC1/AMC, BRITANNIA for Sky, as well as on BBC1’s SILENT WITNESS for two seasons.

Credits

IN DEVELOPMENT
Date: 2024
Production (role):
KILL SHOT
Company:
BBC Studios
Project details:
6x60 returning series

Explosive action drama following a tight knit, complex unit of Specialist Firearms Officers as they struggle to find balance between their personal lives and the perilous dangers faced tackling crime on the front line.
Date: 2024
Production (role):
THE DREAM HOME
Company:
West Road Pictures
Project details:
Writer

Psychological thriller based on the novel by bestselling author T M Logan.
Date: 2024
Production (role):
WITNESS
Company:
Hat Trick Mercurio
Project details:
Co-creator, Writer and Associate Producer

Contemporary action thriller series
Date: 2024
Production (role):
BETTER LEFT BURIED
Company:
West Road Pictures / BBC
Project details:
Writer and co-creator

Psychological thriller about a rookie cop who accidentally kills her Tinder date and disposes of the body whilst trying to make a go of her new job under impossible pressure.
Date: 2024
Production (role):
HOPE FOUNDATION
Company:
Footnote Productions
Project details:
Writer & Co-Creator

An elevated relationship drama about parenthood, set within a children’s hospital.
Date: 2023
Production (role):
IMPOSTER
Company:
Hartswood Films
Project details:
Writer & Co-Creator

A psychological thriller series about a teacher who visits her online boyfriend in a remote part of Scotland only to discover he might not be who he says he is.
Date: 2023
Production (role):
CHILDREN OF PLANET EARTH
Company:
Wiedemann & Berg Film Production
Project details:
Writer & Co-Creator

Mystery thriller about aspiring astronauts, from the producers of Dark and Pagan Peak
Date: 2023
Production (role):
PLAS YR YWEN
Company:
Severn Screen
Project details:
Writer & Co-Creator

Original Welsh-set folk horror show, from the producer of Apostle and Steeltown Murders
Date: 2023
Production (role):
THIEF
Company:
Company Pictures
Project details:
Writer & Co-Creator

Original Heist show, Lupin meets Ocean's Eleven
Date: 2023
Production (role):
EYES OF THE QUEEN
Company:
Monumental Television Ltd. / Halcyon Studios LLC
Project details:
Writer

Elizabethan spy thriller based on the novel series by Oliver Clements

Script commission
Date: 2022
Production (role):
CURSE OF KINGS
Company:
Wiedemann & Berg Film Production
Project details:
Writer & Co-Creator

Original historical fantasy drama
Date: 2018
Production (role):
MYTHOLOGY OF JUSTICE
Company:
Keshet
Project details:
Writer & Creator

Original crime series
Date: 2017
Production (role):
BIOLUMINESCENCE
Company:
Piw!
Project details:
Prod: Igal Kohen

10x10 digital webseries created by Abel Kohen and Jon Rowe
Date: 2016
Production (role):
BAD BLOOD
Company:
Nevision
Project details:
Co-creator

Original drama series

Prod: Sharon Bloom
VR EXPERIENCE
Date: 2021
Production (role):
BIOLUM
Company:
IKO and Reynard Films
Project details:
Prod: Igal Kohen, Katharina Weser
1x30min sci-fi VR experience created and written by Jon Rowe and Abel Kohen
Starring Charlotte Rampling and Dominique Tipper
SXSW Audience Award
PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENT
Date: 2022
Production (role):
FOOL'S GOLD
Company:
Company Pictures
Project details:
Writer & Co-Creator

Part of the Brit List 2021

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2024
    Production (role): KILL SHOT
    Company: BBC Studios
    Project details: 6x60 returning series

    Explosive action drama following a tight knit, complex unit of Specialist Firearms Officers as they struggle to find balance between their personal lives and the perilous dangers faced tackling crime on the front line.
  • Date: 2024
    Production (role): THE DREAM HOME
    Company: West Road Pictures
    Project details: Writer

    Psychological thriller based on the novel by bestselling author T M Logan.
  • Date: 2024
    Production (role): WITNESS
    Company: Hat Trick Mercurio
    Project details: Co-creator, Writer and Associate Producer

    Contemporary action thriller series
  • Date: 2024
    Production (role): BETTER LEFT BURIED
    Company: West Road Pictures / BBC
    Project details: Writer and co-creator

    Psychological thriller about a rookie cop who accidentally kills her Tinder date and disposes of the body whilst trying to make a go of her new job under impossible pressure.
  • Date: 2024
    Production (role): HOPE FOUNDATION
    Company: Footnote Productions
    Project details: Writer & Co-Creator

    An elevated relationship drama about parenthood, set within a children’s hospital.
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): IMPOSTER
    Company: Hartswood Films
    Project details: Writer & Co-Creator

    A psychological thriller series about a teacher who visits her online boyfriend in a remote part of Scotland only to discover he might not be who he says he is.
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): CHILDREN OF PLANET EARTH
    Company: Wiedemann & Berg Film Production
    Project details: Writer & Co-Creator

    Mystery thriller about aspiring astronauts, from the producers of Dark and Pagan Peak
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): PLAS YR YWEN
    Company: Severn Screen
    Project details: Writer & Co-Creator

    Original Welsh-set folk horror show, from the producer of Apostle and Steeltown Murders
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): THIEF
    Company: Company Pictures
    Project details: Writer & Co-Creator

    Original Heist show, Lupin meets Ocean's Eleven
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): EYES OF THE QUEEN
    Company: Monumental Television Ltd. / Halcyon Studios LLC
    Project details: Writer

    Elizabethan spy thriller based on the novel series by Oliver Clements

    Script commission
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): CURSE OF KINGS
    Company: Wiedemann & Berg Film Production
    Project details: Writer & Co-Creator

    Original historical fantasy drama
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): MYTHOLOGY OF JUSTICE
    Company: Keshet
    Project details: Writer & Creator

    Original crime series
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): BIOLUMINESCENCE
    Company: Piw!
    Project details: Prod: Igal Kohen

    10x10 digital webseries created by Abel Kohen and Jon Rowe
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): BAD BLOOD
    Company: Nevision
    Project details: Co-creator

    Original drama series

    Prod: Sharon Bloom
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): BIOLUM
    Company: IKO and Reynard Films
    Project details: Prod: Igal Kohen, Katharina Weser
    1x30min sci-fi VR experience created and written by Jon Rowe and Abel Kohen
    Starring Charlotte Rampling and Dominique Tipper
    SXSW Audience Award
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): FOOL'S GOLD
    Company: Company Pictures
    Project details: Writer & Co-Creator

    Part of the Brit List 2021
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