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Esther Wilson
In 2002 Esther Wilson won a bursary award through a BBC Northern Exposure Scheme. She was lead writer on the stage play Unprotected, which won an Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award. The Radio 4 play version was shortlisted for a Prix Europa. Her stage play Ten Tiny Toes was nominated for a TMA and was shortlisted for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Hiding Leonard Cohen for Radio 4 drama went on to win a Mental Health in Media Award and was shortlisted for the Tinniswood Award. Esther was voted best newcomer at the RTS Awards for her episode of Jimmy Mcgovern's The Street. She has written for BBC's Moving On (both series) and is writing an episode of Mcgovern's new series The Accused. A second Radio 4 series has been commissioned and she has a prime time TV series in development.
Esther has been commissioned by North West Vision and Media with the project The Swimming Man.
The Swimming Man
Based on my grandfather's experience as a young man during the depression in Glasgow. A strong swimmer, he was paid to dive into the Clyde and bring the bodies of the suicides to the surface. His life was defined by water, he swam daily. As his body started to fail him he found comfort in the fluidity of moving through water. I want the film to convey a man's personal decay and the possibility of beauty against the political and social decay of an inner-city landscape and the industry he gave his life to - the docks.