Danny Stack

Danny Stack is an Irish screenwriter and film director, best known for his work in children's television. He is also the co-host of The UK Scriptwriters Podcast, a weekly series of interviews with prominent writers and producers in UK film and television, as well as advice for getting into the industry.
Career.
After working as a special effects assistant and then a film critic for JMTV, Stack moved to England and began working for Channel 4's Entertainment department. He also worked as a freelance script reader for Miramax, Working Title and Pathe. In 2004, Stack won the BBCNI Tony Doyle Bursary Award for New Writing. He gained his first writing credit on "The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers", followed by "Doctors" and "Eastenders". He subsequently moved into children's television, writing for series such as "Hey Duggee, Thunderbirds Are Go, PJ Masks, Octonauts" and "".
He helped set up the Red Planet Prize, a screenwriting award run by Red Planet Pictures, the production company of Tony Jordan. Its first winner was Robert Thorogood, whose script became "Death in Paradise".
With Tim Clague, Stack founded Nelson Nutmeg Pictures, a production company focusing on low budget children's films and television projects. Their first feature was "Who Killed Nelson Nutmeg?", starring Bonnie Wright. The film premiered on 10 October 2015 at the 59th BFI London Film Festival. Their next film, a science-fiction feature titled "Future TX", is in post-production.
In 2020, the pair released their preschool series, "Dog Years", on kidoodle.tv, a family-friendly streaming service.
Teaching.
Stack has lectured on screenwriting. In addition, he co-authored two guide books, "The UK Scriptwriters Survival Handbook: or How to Earn an Actual Living as a Writer" in 2015, followed by "Write a Script in 10 Weeks" in 2017.