Frazer Lee


Frazer Lee is a British screenwriter, filmmaker, and novelist.
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Career

Frazer Lee's novel The Lamplighters was a Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel
Finalist in 2011. His other published works include Panic Button: The Official Movie Novelization, novels Hearthstone Cottage and Greyfriars Reformatory, and the Daniel Gates Adventures series of novellas.
Lee's film and television directing credits include On Edge, Red Lines, and The Stay. Frazer was named one of the Top 12 UK directors in MySpace.com's Movie Mash-up contest by a panel including representatives from 20th Century Fox, Vertigo Films and Film Four. He was awarded the Edgar Allan Poe Gothic Filmmaker Award in 2018 for The Stay.
His screenplay credits include Simone and Panic Button (2011 film), which had its market premiere at Cannes Film Festival and its public premiere at London FrightFest Film Festival after festival director Alan Jones (film critic) placed it at number one in his 'Top 5 must-see gems' for 2011.

Biography

Frazer Lee was born in Rochford, South East Essex and formed his first production company, Robber Baron Productions, in 1998. His guest speaking engagements have included The London Screenwriters Festival and The Guerilla Filmmakers Masterclass. He is Head of Creative Writing at Brunel University London, where he was awarded a PhD and resides in Buckinghamshire, UK with his family.

Novels

The Lamplighters, Samhain Publishing, 2011Panic Button: The Official Movie Novelization, All2gethr Industries, 2011The Jack in the Green, Samhain Publishing, 2013 The Skintaker, Samhain Publishing, 2015Hearthstone Cottage, Flame Tree Press, 2019Greyfriars Reformatory, Flame Tree Press, 2020 Damnation: The Gothic Game, Blackletter Games, 2022

Film

On Edge, Robber Baron Productions, 1998Red Lines, Robber Baron Productions, 2002Simone, 386 Films, 2010Panic Button, Movie Mogul Films, 2011, with Chris Crow, John Shackleton, David ShillitoeThe Stay, Appin Films, 2015

Novellas

The Daniel Gates Adventures

The Lucifer Glass, Samhain Publishing, 2013The Leper Window, Samhain Publishing, 2015The Lilyth Mirror, Crossroad Press, 2018The Lucifer Gate, Crossroad Press, 2018

Short fiction

Ill Met By Moonlight Pendragon Rising Urbane Conspiracy of Silence Tinsel Hair of the Dog The Minus Touch Half/Life To Take the Water Down and Go to Sleep Sixpack And The Angel So Much To See Planet of the Dead Tumulus
  • ''Eternity Room''

Audio Stories

  • ''Doctor Who Interludes: Gobbledegook''

Short Fiction Collections

Urbane and Other Horror Tales
  • ''Ill Met By Moonlight''

Edited Anthologies

Faeries, Fiends & Flying Saucers Wizards, Werewolves & Weird Engines Robots, Rogues & Revenants
  • ''Myths, Monsters & Mayhem''

Poetry

Some Velvet Mourning published in ''Horror Writers Association Poetry Showcase Volume V''

Non-fiction

  • "Not everything that moves, breathes and talks is alive": Christianity, Korean Shamanism and Reincarnation in Whispering Corridors and The Wailing – published in Scared Sacred: Idolatry, Religion and Worship in the Horror Film, editors: Rebecca Booth, Erin Thompson, R.F. Todd
  • Koji Suzuki's Ring: A world literary perspective – published in Horror Literature From Gothic to Postmodern: Critical Essays. Editors Nicholas Diak, Michele Brittany
  • "Rewriting the landscape" – published in Hellebore #12: The Storytelling Issue. Editor: Maria J. Pérez Cuervo

Recognition

Other awards and nominations

  • Runner up, Geoffrey Ashe Prize, Library of Avalon UK 1998
  • Highly Commended Fantastic Films Manchester UK 2000
  • Best Short Film Halloween Filmfest Germany 2001
  • Best Short Film AKA Shriekfest, Los Angeles USA 2003
  • Highly Commended Fantastic Films Manchester UK 2003
  • Best Short Fearless Tales, San Francisco USA 2004
  • Best Horror Short, 1st Place Dragon*Con Film Festival, Atlanta USA 2009
  • Semi-finalist Action/Cut Short Film Competition, USA 2010
  • 2nd Place Filmslam Film Festival, USA 2010
  • Award Winner Reel Terror Film Festival, USA 2010
  • Best Short, Audience Choice Shockerfest, USA 2010
  • Best Atmosphere Independent Horror Movie Awards, USA 2015
  • Finalist Book Pipeline Competition, USA 2015
  • Best Story Things2Fear Film Fest, USA 2016
  • Semifinalist ScreenCraft Sci-fi Screenplay Contest, USA 2016
  • Quarter-finalist ScreenCraft Horror Screenplay Contest, USA 2017
  • Best Short Film Changing Face International Film Festival, Australia 2017
  • Silver Award Winner Spotlight Horror Film Awards, USA 2017
  • Best Horror Short Silver Award Independent Shorts Awards, LA USA 2018
  • Outstanding Directing Award ZedFest, Hollywood USA 2018
  • Outstanding Screen Story Award ZedFest, Hollywood USA 2018
  • The Edgar Allan Poe Gothic Filmmaker Award 2018 ZedFest, Hollywood USA 2018
  • Best Writer Couch Film Festival, Toronto Canada 2019
  • Best Mystery Hollywood Blood Horror Festival, Los Angeles USA 2019
  • Creepy Tree Exemplar Award – Best Horror Film – Creepy New Concept & Plot Creepy Tree Film Festival, USA 2020
  • Best International Film The Thing in the Basement Horror Fest, USA 2020
  • Outstanding Achievement Award Virgin Spring Cinefest, 2021
  • Special Mention Vesuvius International Film Festival, 2021
  • Best Horror Short V.i.Z. Film Awards, Bulgaria 2021
  • Best Short Horror Cult Movies International Film Festival, 2021
  • Best Horror Short Madrid Arthouse Film Festival, 2022
  • Best Mystery Thriller The Cyprus Horror Society 2022 Awards
  • Best Horror Short Austin International Art Festival 2022
  • Best Horror Make Art Not Fear Festival 2022
  • Best Horror Short World Indie Film Awards 2023
  • Best Horror/Mystery Reale Film Festival 2025
  • Best Horror Night of Shorts 2025