Fritz O'Skennick

Fritz O'Skennick is a prolific and versatile writer and performer and was born in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan on 29th March 1971 where he still resides.

In 2004, Fritz' debut album of his songs 'UNspokeN' was produced at 'Slayer Studios' under the project title of 'Fractured Persona' which piqued the interest of Emma Ross & James McHardy at 'Petrified Records' who quickly took the project on...

The album was released in 2005 amidst a string of impressive reviews and radio play worldwide as a vehicle for raising awareness of mental illness and raising money for Ashgrove School (formerly the only school in all of Wales that caters exclusively to the educational needs of children with Autism)... The album was considered for nomination in the Independent Music Awards that year...

Numerous promotional music videos featuring Fritz & friends have been produced throughout the years to promote both the album & indeed new songs produced by Fritz (Fractured Persona). Most notably are "My Arse is Burning" by Dojo Productions (With Will Ford & Adam Foreman) which was featured at the Glastonbury Music Festival & various film festivals across the U.K. in 2015 & “The Ballad of Uncle Stan” by Fritz Streets Films (With Nigel Streeter) that hit the finals in numerous film festivals & won the ‘World Wide Media Hub Award’ in 2017. Fritz & Co have since gone on to produce numerous music videos to raise awareness of mental health issues.

In 2006, Fritz became involved with former theatre company 'Progress Cymru' who went on to produce three of his plays 'The Rise & Fall of Frankie Goldberg' (co-written with Simon Winkler) 'Who is John Doe?' (A supernatural drama) and 'It could Happen to You' (an audio drama) with him performing roles and also performing his music... They also produced his popular audio poetry CD 'Gothic Tales' and pushed him to perform his music and poetry across Wales & parts of England.

In 2009, his book 'Touching the Darkness' was published (an anthology of his dark poetry) by Lulu books. 2010 saw the publication of his novel 'Fear the Reaper', 'The Darkness Verses The Light' (Poetry, prose & short stories), then a novella of his stage play 'Who is John Doe?', plus a book of poetry & collaborative works 'Of Darkness and Light', his serial killer novella 'Dark Confessions' and 2011 saw the publication of two new poetry & prose anthologies 'Balancing the Darkness and the Light' and 'Embracing the Darkness and the Light'... Five of these books were nominated for the 'Welsh Book of the Year' award in 2011.

Fritz is presently working on his epic, new sci-fi book series 'Temporal Medium', a second album of his music 'UNbrokeN' and numerous film projects with his own production company 'OnTheFritz Films' & 'Fritz Street Films' with Nigel Streeter (Many of which have become finalists in numerous film festivals across the world), Fritz & Nigel have also been featured on Made in Cardiff Television & various local & national U.K. newspapers... All film projects can be found as featured on YouTube & Facebook... For details, go to http://www.youtube.com/user/FritzOSkennick/videos