Editing Dean Cavanagh (section)

== Journalist ==
As a journalist he has contributed to ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[The Daily Mail]]'', ''[[The Times]]'', ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', ''[[New Musical Express]]'', ''[[Melody Maker]]'', ''Positive Energy of Madness'', ''[[The Face (magazine)|The Face]]'', as well as the ''Herb Garden'', and ''[[i-D]]''. He has also worked in [[copywriting]], penning commercials and working alongside directors John McFarlane and [[Tarsem Singh]] before progressing to writing TV, theater plays and film.

Cavanagh wrote a late night sitcom called ''[[Honky Sausages]]'' that McFarlane directed for [[UK Play]] TV and gave a start to the actress [[Laila Morse]], ''[[EastEnders]]''. Cavanagh developed many projects with [[Terry Gilliam]]'s producer [[Ray Cooper]] for John Kamen's company [[RadicalMedia]].

Cavanagh works regularly with [[Irvine Welsh]]. Their play ''Babylon Heights''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/jul/20/theatre.stage|title=Irvine Welsh on Babylon Heights|date=20 July 2006|website=The Guardian|accessdate=15 March 2018}}</ref> has been performed to critical acclaim in Dublin, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and New Zealand. In 2004, Cavanagh and Welsh were [[BAFTA]] nominated for their [[BBC Three]] short film ''Dose'', starring Jonathon Lewis Owen, Kate Jarman and [[Julia Davis]] and directed by [[Philip John]]. ''Wedding Belles'' is a feature film written by Welsh and Cavanagh that was transmitted by C4 in March 2007.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-19|title=Wedding Belles: no cause for celebration|url=http://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2007/mar/30/weddingbellesnocauseforce|date=30 March 2007|website=The Guardian}}</ref> It stars [[Shirley Henderson]], [[Michelle Gomez]], [[Michael Fassbender]], Shauna McDonald, and Kathleen McDermott. It is produced by Jemma Rodgers and directed by [[Philip John]]. Cavanagh and Welsh co-executive produced ''[[Wedding Belles]]''. It was nominated for a best writing BAFTA.