Film Student and cinephile.

I am currently studying my BA in Film and TV at the University of Edinburgh. I am an aspiring writer and filmmaker. I have a deep love for cinema, mostly foreign and independent.

I also love graphic novels, literature (mostly science fiction and fantasy), story-focused video games and contemporary art.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I feel I would be a good guest: respectful, quiet and considerate. That being said, I am very outgoing, always up for a few drinks and talkative (mostly about films).

Interests

• writing
• coffee
• drinking
• comics
• video games
• reading
• science
• art
• filmmaking
• films
• cinema
• science fiction
• sci fi
• cinematography
• graphic novels
• creative writing
• fantasy books
• fantasy novels
• television shows

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Enslaved, Opeth, Emperor, Wayfarer, Film and Videogame Soundtracks, Atmospheric Drone Music, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Placebo, Iron Maiden, Der Weg Einer Freiheit

Films: Lady Vengeance, Yi Yi: A One and A Two, Hiroshima Mon Amour, Chungking Express, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Inception, Memento, Blade Runner, Alien, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Only God Forgives, The Fountain, Fight Club, Se7en, Bande De Filles, Spirited Away, The Wind Rises, Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle, Whisper of the Heart, Ghost in the Shell, Akira, Children of Men, Gravity, Fellowship of the Ring, After Life, Nobody Knows, In the Mood for Love, Arrival, Fish Tank, American Honey, Upstream Color

TV Shows: Six Feet Under, Carnivale, Westworld, The Sopranos, The Wire, Twin Peaks, Penny Dreadful, Community, Firefly, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, Lost, Breaking Bad

Books: Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson, Culture Novels by Iain M Banks, Into the Forest, by Jean Hegland, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan, Dune by Frank Herbert, His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman, American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Teach, Learn, Share

Filmmaker (I had a wide range of skills around making films), writing skills (poetry, scripts, short stories), ideas development, creativity.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Encyclopedic film knowledge, film and book recommendations, where to visit and stay in Scotland, a bottle of gin.

Countries I’ve Visited

England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Scotland