Biography
Damon Alexis-Rochefort is a Welsh writer. Born Damon Rochefort in Cardiff in 1965, he first worked in music journalism and as a songwriter and record producer. With the group Nomad he co-wrote the 1991 international hit "(I Wanna Give You) Devotion".
He moved into television scriptwriting in the mid-1990s after completing a course led by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. Early credits include episodes of Birds of a Feather. Since 2004 he has written more than 300 episodes of Coronation Street, including the 10,000th episode in 2020 and several landmark instalments. Other television work includes Britannia High and Benidorm.
