Kirk is an award-winning writer, creator and performer born and raised in South London.

 

His comedy podcast THIS IS GAY was selected as one of the Guardian’s picks of the week, dubbing it “Cunk on Britain meets Blue Jam”. The series won the Silver for Best Comedy at the British Podcast Awards 2022 and Kirk himself won Gold for the Rising Star Award, sponsored by BBC Sounds. THIS IS GAY was also nominated for Best Comedy Podcast at the Channel 4 National Comedy Awards 2023.

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In 2023, THIS IS GAY was adapted for television in a BBC Comedy Short with production company Baby Cow. It earned Kirk the award for Best Director of a Short Film  at the London Director Awards 2024.

 

Kirk is the writer and creator of the award-winning animated series SUMMER LANE DRIVE which is currently distributed on digital platforms in the USA and Latin America. The show debuted on YouTube in 2020 was made an official selection at the Web Series Festival (USA) 2020, The Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards (UK) 2021, Bilbao International Series Digital Festival (Spain) 2021 and won Best Series at the Die Laughing Film Festival (USA) 2021 and New Wave Short Film Festival (Germany) 2021.

 

Before all of this, Kirk studied Film at King’s College London and Screenwriting at the University of California. He went on to hold writing positions with various creative agencies and a scriptwriting position on the continuity team at Channel 4.

 

Kirk is repped by Independent Talent in the UK. And Flash really is his surname. 

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