Harry Birch is a British-American, Los Angeles-based screenwriter specializing in period drama and literary adaptation.
PORTFOLIO
THE CADDIE (Original Feature)
During the 07/08 financial crisis, an unlikely relationship forms between a transient country club caddie and the wife of a high-powered banker.
Drama / Comedy | COMPS: Caddyshack by way of The Big Short, Sideways
THE DIAMOND (Adapted Feature)
The generational, corrupting influence of a diamond ‘as big as the Ritz’ is uncovered through the eyes of a 17-year old guest of the family. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1922 short story, The Diamond as Big as The Ritz (public domain in the US and UK).
Period Drama | COMPS: There Will Be Blood, Django Unchained
SMILE, YOU’RE ON CAMERA (Adapted Feature)
In a 2026 Los Angeles surveillance state, an insomniac finds community in a rebel organization and the violent anti-surveillance activism it practices. An adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s 1933 short story, A Clean, Well-Lighted Place (NOTE: not scheduled to go into the public domain until 2029).
Drama / Action | COMPS: Repo Man
THE ART OF HIGH CEILINGS (Original Feature)
A criminally ambitious New York City art dealer discovers that artist and colleague deaths accelerate his ascent.
Drama | COMPS: The Talented Mr. Ripley
THE PLAGUE YEAR (Adapted Pilot)
Opportunistic shapeshifter Leland Cooke fights to survive and provide for loved ones during London’s Great Plague of 1665. E01 “JULY” of a 6-episode Limited Series (Series document available) inspired by Daniel Defoe’s A Journal of the Plague Year.
Period Drama | COMPS: Peaky Blinders, Pirates of the Caribbean
BACKGROUND
While in LA
UCLA MFA, Screenwriting
Executive Assistant for Chris Black, writer/podcast host
Writer’s Assistant for Noel Poyner, writer/director
Before LA
Born in England, raised in Connecticut
Vanderbilt University BA, Economics; Cinema & Media Arts
5 years of corporate experience
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