‘That Good Night’ with John Hurt
written and produced by Charles Savage
About Us
Cloud Nine Scripts was established in 2017 by us, Charles and Sabine, because we wanted to tell stories that we care about. Our projects range across many countries, cultures and conflicts. We thoughtfully select and develop stories into scripts, both new material and adaptations from books, stage plays or games. All our projects are relationship driven and issue led. However, the key goal is to entertain our audiences.
In our relatively small industry, it is very important for us to foster close relationships with our colleagues. We work with people from all over the world, for example Taiwan, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Europe, United States and the Middle East. We prioritise co-productions at early stages of script development with the aim of building long lasting friendships. This has proofed to be a hallmark of the company.
Biographies
Charles Savage has over 300 production credits as a director for theatre, tv and animation. He has been Artistic Director for five regional theatres.
He worked with Disney in Children's animation and later for the BBC and pioneered the transition of BBC's most loved Animation Characters (Postman Pat/Fireman Sam) into the first
full-scale stage musicals for young children.
He set up and ran the script development company Paragraph International at Pinewood Studios and over 10 years worked with the European Script Fund and independent producers on the development of projects and creating international co-productions.
In 2002 he headed up the script department for Film Development Cooperation London.
He has run a chain of cinemas and also
created the first performance, comedy writing and film degree at
the University of Southampton and was a visiting fellow in Screen Writing at
Bournemouth
University. He was managing producer with Handmade Films, again working on script development, and as a writer and director he wrote a 24-part series for BBC World Services on the history of world drama.
Sabine Jeleniowski is a creative producer originally from Cologne, Germany, and now based between London and Portugal. She has worked on a number of productions for tv and film
, including 'That Good Night' (2017) and 'Waiting for Anya' (2017) as well as shorts 'Alone' (2017), 'Bloom (2017) and Found Dead (2016)
. She completed an MA in Digital Film and Television Production at the University of York in 2016, and previously worked for Köln.tv and ITV Studios.
Sabine also holds a BA in Media Design with a focus on Film and Television from Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln (
University of Applied Sciences Cologne)
, where she completed a thesis on website accessibility for blind and visually impaired people (Design Award-nominated).
Her visual skills and passion for the camera has led her to writing and to directing.
Our Projects
Film
Noontide, in development
Orfeo, a young penniless musician in today's Portugal falls in love with painter Emilia. All looks like the perfect romance, but on their wedding day she is mysteriously killed. Orfeo is told that if he really loves her, he must go to the Underworld to rescue her.
Writers/ Producer: Charles Savage, Sabine Jeleniowski
After the Rain, in development
It rained across the world for two years in the Great Rain of 2028. The story follows nine survivors who have formed their own society onboard a fishing trawler in a flooded world. When one declares himself as god, things escalate.
Writer/Producers: Sabine Jeleniowski, Charles Savage
That Good Night, 2017
Ralph, a once-famous screenwriter, is in his seventies and terminally ill. He has two final missions: to be reconciled to his son, Michael, and, secretly, to ensure he is not a burden to his wife, Anna, as he goes ‘into that good night’.
Director: Eric Styles
Producer: Charles Savage
Writer: Charles Savage
TV Series
Spy/Counterspy, in development
This real life drama series explores the extraordinary story of WW2’s leading double agent Dusko Popov and his German Jewish friend Johnny Jebsen. This intellectual thriller shadows Dusko Popov as he double crosses and dodges across Portugal, Spain, America, Germany and England.
The Norway House, in development
A series drama for television telling the history of the Tyssen family over a 100 years and the longstanding family feuds spanning three generations as their shipping empire expands and collapses.
Writers/Producers: Sabine Jeleniowski, Charles Savage
Music Videos
Regardless, 2020-21
A music video for RAYE and Rudimental, represented by Universal Music UK and Polydor Records. Shot on Madeira, Portugal.
Director: Sabine Jeleniowski
Producer: Charles Savage
Music by RAYE and Rudimental
Pandora’s Box Residencies
An intensive residency programme for young filmmakers focusing on skills development and training, culminating in a series of new video projects. A pilot project was held in April-May 2019 in the Algarve, hosted by the Loulé Film Office and Cloud Nine Scripts. The programmes are designed for students studying for careers in hands-on film and television production, offering a chance to produce original work alongside international filmmakers.
Georgia Muenster, with an arts background and a history of working in residency productions, joined Cloud Nine initially to organise the Pandora's box residency programme in Algarve, Portugal. She now also works across all aspects of production.
