Notes From A Factory Floor: How I got from there to here
A BAFTA winning screenwriter, penning multi-award winning films for luminaries such as Ray Winstone, Paddy Considine, Orlando Bloom, Maxine Peake, Anne Reid, Alison Steadman and James Cosmo, Geoff Thompson is also one of the world’s highest ranking (8th dan) martial arts teachers. The prestigious Black Belt Magazine USA polled him as the most influential martial artist in the world since Bruce Lee.

Further to his bestselling first memoir, Watch My Back, Geoff is often asked to fill in the gaps of his fascinating and inspirational life story by eager fans. How did he manoeuvre himself from a tiny room in a Coventry bedsit to the hallowed halls of BAFTA Piccadilly? How did he transcend his designated class and matriculate into a reality where class holds no relevance? What was the trajectory, and who did he meet along the way - who were the angels and demons of destiny? And what can we learn from his incredible journey?

Ultimately people want to know the real Geoff, the inner thoughts, the essentials of his pilgrimage, the lessons of his unique experiences. Or more succinctly, now that he's made it this far, ‘what does he actually know?’.

Notes From A Factory Floor has the answers and is the ideal read for anyone who feels there is more to life. Geoff is the proof.
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Notes From A Factory Floor: How I got from there to here
A BAFTA winning screenwriter, penning multi-award winning films for luminaries such as Ray Winstone, Paddy Considine, Orlando Bloom, Maxine Peake, Anne Reid, Alison Steadman and James Cosmo, Geoff Thompson is also one of the world’s highest ranking (8th dan) martial arts teachers. The prestigious Black Belt Magazine USA polled him as the most influential martial artist in the world since Bruce Lee.

Further to his bestselling first memoir, Watch My Back, Geoff is often asked to fill in the gaps of his fascinating and inspirational life story by eager fans. How did he manoeuvre himself from a tiny room in a Coventry bedsit to the hallowed halls of BAFTA Piccadilly? How did he transcend his designated class and matriculate into a reality where class holds no relevance? What was the trajectory, and who did he meet along the way - who were the angels and demons of destiny? And what can we learn from his incredible journey?

Ultimately people want to know the real Geoff, the inner thoughts, the essentials of his pilgrimage, the lessons of his unique experiences. Or more succinctly, now that he's made it this far, ‘what does he actually know?’.

Notes From A Factory Floor has the answers and is the ideal read for anyone who feels there is more to life. Geoff is the proof.
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Notes From A Factory Floor: How I got from there to here

Notes From A Factory Floor: How I got from there to here

by Geoff Thompson
Notes From A Factory Floor: How I got from there to here

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A BAFTA winning screenwriter, penning multi-award winning films for luminaries such as Ray Winstone, Paddy Considine, Orlando Bloom, Maxine Peake, Anne Reid, Alison Steadman and James Cosmo, Geoff Thompson is also one of the world’s highest ranking (8th dan) martial arts teachers. The prestigious Black Belt Magazine USA polled him as the most influential martial artist in the world since Bruce Lee.

Further to his bestselling first memoir, Watch My Back, Geoff is often asked to fill in the gaps of his fascinating and inspirational life story by eager fans. How did he manoeuvre himself from a tiny room in a Coventry bedsit to the hallowed halls of BAFTA Piccadilly? How did he transcend his designated class and matriculate into a reality where class holds no relevance? What was the trajectory, and who did he meet along the way - who were the angels and demons of destiny? And what can we learn from his incredible journey?

Ultimately people want to know the real Geoff, the inner thoughts, the essentials of his pilgrimage, the lessons of his unique experiences. Or more succinctly, now that he's made it this far, ‘what does he actually know?’.

Notes From A Factory Floor has the answers and is the ideal read for anyone who feels there is more to life. Geoff is the proof.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781916499829
Publisher: Geoff Thompson Ltd
Publication date: 06/30/2022
Pages: 336
Product dimensions: 9.17(w) x 6.14(h) x 1.18(d)

About the Author

Geoff Thompson is 59 years old. He lives in Coventry, West Midlands.
He has written over forty books. Some of his work in the self-help genre has been published in 21 languages: he has appeared on the Sunday Times bestseller list, several times.
His first book, Watch My Back, detailing his experiences working as a nightclub bouncer in Coventry for over a decade, hit the Sundays Times bestsellers list, was made into a stage play, adapted to a BAFTA nominated short film starring Ray Winstone, and a BIFA nominated motion picture for cinema.
He has also written articles for national magazines and broadsheets, including The Times, Men’s Fitness (former columnist), GQ and FHM.
Geoff’s work as a playwright started when he was invited to join The Royal Court Young Writers Group. He has gone onto write many successful plays that have toured nationally.
His musical We’ll Live and Die in These Towns was produced and performed to great acclaim at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, in 2018.
He is also a BAFTA winning screenwriter, penning multi-award winning films for luminaries such as Ray Winstone, Paddy Considine, Orlando Bloom, Maxine Peake, Anne Reid, Alison Steadman and James Cosmo.
Geoff Thompson is one of the world’s highest ranking (8th dan) martial arts teachers. The prestigious Black Belt Magazine USA polled him as the most influential martial artist in the world since Bruce Lee.

Table of Contents

Preface 1

Introduction 3

Chapter 1 The End and the Beginning 10

Chapter 2 The Depression 14

Chapter 3 Climbing the Fear Pyramid 24

Chapter 4 Changes 34

Chapter 5 The Door Years 40

Chapter 6 Watch My Back 62

Chapter 7 About Sharon 78

Chapter 8 Getting Published 88

Chapter 9 Martial Arts, Metaphysics and a Chuck Norris 108

Chapter 10 Post Vegas Epiphany 145

Chapter 11 The Writing 163

Chapter 12 Invitation to The Royal Court Theatre 186

Chapter 13 A Thirty-Two City Book Tour 193

Chapter 14 Bouncer: My First Short Film 201

Chapter 15 The Atonement Years 215

Chapter 16 Clubbed 237

Chapter 17 The National Theatre Studio 298

Afterword 324

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