One More Day [director]
Based on a comic strip by Nicholas Gurewitch, One More Day is my fourth attempt at directing, and despite being a comedy, was the perfect opportunity for me to work on my straight drama.
Starring the extremely talented Mitchell Smith, the film was shot on a budget of less than £500, which is pretty astounding given the quality of the finished product - thanks mostly to the talents of Emma Dalesman (Camera) and Mark Danbury (Art Director).
The Last Temptation of Jeff [director]
Written, shot and edited (including original musical score) in only a weekend as part of the 48hr Film Challenge, The Last Temptation of Jeff was a pretty accomplished filum, all things considered!
We had prepared, with the help of www.saxonviolence.co.uk a van full of anglo-saxon costumes and weaponry, so whatever theme we were given was going to be a period piece! All the dialogue was ad-libbed by the immensely talented Colin Cuthbert (Jeff) and the late Iain Etchells (Tarquin) and the score was written and performed at 3am by Dave the Happy Singer.
I don’t have the space to ooze about the level of talent on the set that weekend, but it’s all there to see - just about everyone made it into the filum, even me!
Death & Mrs Brady [writer/director]
This was my graduation filum, shot on 16mm film and earned me my First. I wrote and directed it, with Ellie Land producing and Emma Dalesman as DoP.
I knew that once I had graduated, it wouldn’t be quite so easy to experiment, so I wrote a script that contained all of the cool stuff I’d seen in making-of documentaries - stunt work, fight sequences, make-up, visual effects, costume design and set-building.
It was fantastic fun, and a proper baptism by fire for an inexperienced director!!
The Dud Samaritan [co-writer/director]
My first short filum and directorial debut, shot on 16mm in my second year at University. Michael Pentney was DoP and Emma Dalesman was Camera Operator.
We actually shot the filum twice due to a processing blunder that destroyed about 90% of the rushes. Fantastic performances by Adrian Hopper (Dennis) and Colin Cuthbert (Dwayne) really hold it together despite the flimsy story line!
