The last few weeks have been very overwhelming, as GRID has been selected for so many festivals one after the next, and at events that have spanned the globe! It has been nearly 1 Year now to the day that we shot the film, and while we wanted the film to connect with audiences on […]
This past week, I’ve been overwhelmed by the extremely positive and humbling reactions GRID has been receiving in its first initial reviews. It was our aim, to make sure this film spoke to everyone and highlighted the plight of those in the early 80s who unfortunately we lost to the virus as well as send a message […]
We didn’t even know GRID had been nominated for the Midland Movie Awards, but it was a thrill to hear that not only was the film up for BEST ACTRESS to accompany the wonderful Charlie Clarke’s amazing perfrmance as Angie Wordsworth, but that she ultimately took the award home and WON! So many congratulations to […]
It’s been just over a month since we filmed GRID and it’s now in post production, but people have been very interested in the project and we have some exciting things to announce about it in the near future, but enough about that for now, at the moment I would like to share some reflections […]
Next week sees the second short film I will be directing over the August month (holidays, what holidays), and I am very excited to be bringing this particular project to life. However while producing any film is lots of fun, I think this short, along with the Pete & Aaron segment from ‘Checking In’, will […]
When we made BRINK back in 2014, I was very much invested in its content, the story we were telling, not only because I felt that it had to be told through the film medium, but also because the LGBT community has a very special place in my heart as well as being in my […]
You Are My Sunshine – Announced – Begins production Summer 2018.
It has been a very busy few months, especially since I’ve been juggling the first year of my MA, as well as finishing up on HOSD, CLONE and GRID and then prepping for WILLEM as well (more on that in the enxt blog). So while this is all amazing and fun and just truly stressful, […]
Last week I began researching the life if Willem Arondeus, and it is fascinating and helping me immensely with an idea for not only my university script, but also something I want to direct later this year! I always love writing a script, and pursuing an idea when in my head the visuals, the angles, […]
So, some of you know and some of you may not, but since last September I have been studying for my MA in Film Studies at Wolverhampton University, and I’m enjoying it immensely. To be talking film back in academic settings is something I have missed for a few years now, and the opportunity to […]
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