Samuel Rossiter is a stage and screen writer and actor who comes from Hong Kong and is now based in Manchester.
He’s a trans man. He’s mixed-race (half English / half Hong Kong Chinese). He was born and raised in Hong Kong. He went to International School there. He moved to Manchester when he was 21. These are all experiences that inform his writing and his stories.
Some writing highlights:
4screenwriting programme in 2024
Member of BAFTA Connect in 2024
Writing residency at the Royal Exchange Theatre 2022
Bruntwood Playwriting Longlist 2022 for my play ‘The Art Of’
‘My White Best Friend North’ commission at the Royal Exchange Theatre 2021
What do I write?
Beautiful things! I want to put trans characters in stories that are not centred around their transition, but the millions of other things we deal with in our lives. I want to put East Asian characters on the screen because British television (especially!) is severely lacking, and it’s time we see our experiences out there. I want to write about being mixed race and what it feels like to sit on the cusp of two cultures, but never quite fit into either properly. I want to write stories that take place in Manchester and the North, because there is so much beauty and joy here. I want to put my heart on the page and create characters that jump out at you. I want you to laugh, I want you to cry. I want to write stories that stick with you for a while.
And dammit, I want my own TV show.