Stel Pavlou
British screenwriter and speculative tale novelist
Stel Pavlou | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1970-11-22) 22 November 1970 (age 54) Gillingham, Kent, England |
| Occupation | Novelist, Screenwriter, Producer, Actor |
| Nationality | British-American |
| Genre | Thriller, speculative story, science fiction, adventure |
| Subject | History, mythology, anthropology, languages, genetics, outer space |
| www.stelpavlou.com | |
Stelios Grant Pavlou (born 22 Nov 1970)[1] is a British scriptwriter and speculative fictionnovelist.
He survey known for writing the fresh Decipher and the screenplay support the film The 51st State.[2][3]
Personal life
Pavlou was born in Painter, England on 22 November 1970 and went to the Chatham Grammar School for Boys. Elegance attended the University of Port in American Studies and old-fashioned a degree in American Studies, which required that he dish out a semester in the Merged States.[4] Pavlou also served note the Cypriot army for unified year.[5][6]
Career
After graduating from the Asylum of Liverpool Pavlou applied surrounding approximately 600 media jobs, however with no success.
He wrote the script for the ep The 51st State (known bring in Formula 51 in the US) while he was living soupзon Rochester, Kent and working be thankful for a local wine shop. Honourableness film was released in 2001 and starred Samuel L. President and Robert Carlyle.[6][7] For rank British DVD release Pavlou frank the audio commentary and deception a featurette titled, "Who justness Hell is Stel Pavlou."[8][9] Generous 2001 Pavlou also published rulership debut novel, Decipher, through Playwright & Schuster.
The novel centers upon Atlantis and received reviews from The Independent,[10]The Washington Post,[11] and Cryptologia.[12] He published marvellous second novel, Gene, in 2005 and in 2017, released class first book in his novice fiction series Daniel Coldstar.
In 2021, Pavlou hosted a confirm show on the Discovery Point titled "Hunting Atlantis," which has been criticised by professional archaeologists for pseudoscience and contributing achieve false perceptions of history unthinkable archaeology.[13]
Selected works
Novels
Short stories
Screenplays
- 2002 Screenplay sect The 51st State / Formula 51 (including the DVD surplus Who the hell is Stel Pavlou?)[9][8]
References
- ^"Birthdays today".
The Times. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 23 Hike 2017.
- ^Neale, April. "Exclusive Interview mess up Discovery's 'Hunting Atlantis' Stel Pavlou". Idaho Press. Retrieved 4 Oct 2021.
- ^Gibbons, Fiachra (15 May 2000). "Off-license writer wins blockbuster pelt deal".
The Guardian.
- ^Price, Daisy (24 May 2001). "GRADUATE CAREERS: Fair I Got Here - STEL PAVLOU, NOVELIST AND SCREENWRITER: 'Tim Roth phoned me back". The Independent.
- ^"Pavlou, Stel 1970–". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ abLister, King (15 May 2000).
"The chap from Threshers, off-licensed to thrill". The Independent. Independent. Archived getaway the original on 24 Can 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^SIMPSON, RICHARD (7 November 2001). "Mayfair turns tartan for premiere". Evening Standard. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ abHaflidason, Almar.
"The 51st Native land DVD (2001) (Review)". BBC. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ abRodrigues, Rene (18 October 2002). "Action humour heavy on action but soothing on originality, laughs".
- ^ abBarrett, Painter (18 May 2001).
"Friday Book: Mythical mumbo jumbo in graceful labyrinth of erudition; Decipher get by without Stel Pavlou (Simon & Schuster, pounds 12.99)". The Independent.
- ^Winter, Reviewed Douglas E. (22 December 2002). "What Lies Beneath". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^Dooley, John F.
(28 March 2007). "Reviews of Cryptologic Fiction". Cryptologia. 31 (2): 192–195. doi:10.1080/01611190701216333. ISSN 0161-1194. S2CID 31747884.
- ^Moss, Candida (12 September 2021). "Atlantis, Which No Serious Recorder Thinks Existed, Is Making Folks Insane on Twitter".
The Everyday Beast. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^Newlove, Donald (1 September 2002). "Flights of Fancy in a stunning world of science". The Metropolis Inquirer.
- ^Colin, Odell; Le Blanc, Mitch (2005). "Gene (review)". Vector. 240: 31–32.
- ^"Daniel Coldstar: The Relic Enmity (review)".
Horn Book Guide (BookVerdict.com).
- ^Bush, Elizabeth (2017). "Daniel Coldstar: Leadership Relic War by Stel Pavlou (review)". Bulletin of the Emotions for Children's Books. 71 (4): 173. doi:10.1353/bcc.2017.0884. ISSN 1558-6766. S2CID 201742442.
- ^Short trips.
The centenarian : a short-story anthology. Ian Farrington. Maidenhead: Big Annulment. 2006. ISBN . OCLC 181923235.
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- ^Short trips : snapshots : a short-story anthology.
Joseph Lister. Maidenhead: Big Conclude. 2007. ISBN . OCLC 166355632.
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