Rupert Davies-Cooke lives in London with his wife and daughter. A filmmaker with over 30 years experience, he has made business films since 1994 through his company Acorn Films.  He has written for the BBC and also made documentaries for the Tokyo-based broadcaster Terebi Asahi.

In 2006 he founded The Original Writers Group, a lively writers group that meets throughout the year in at the Battersea Arts Centre.

He writes for two blogs:  The Writing Habit blog on writing techniques and Memban, a blog about writing and keeping journals.