A brief history
My best known short film is Pride, which premiered at the London Film Festival and was shown on Channel 4's Shooting Gallery, where it was introduced by Shane Meadows.
My other shorts include Rachel's Confidence, a Rohmeresque story of unrequited love, Me, My Swami and I, about a self-styled guru who claims to have the power to levitate, and the no-budget slapstick comedy borborygmus.
My other shorts include Rachel's Confidence, a Rohmeresque story of unrequited love, Me, My Swami and I, about a self-styled guru who claims to have the power to levitate, and the no-budget slapstick comedy borborygmus.
Pride
I was one of the first filmmakers to win funding from the National Lottery for my short film, Pride, a comedy about a youth who fools his parents into thinking he’s a merchant banker while working as a lavatory attendant.
10 min Super 16/35mm drama, funded by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of England, North West Arts Board, Liverpool Moving Image Development Agency
UK Theatrical Release through Metro Tartan distributors, 3 weeks supporting Love and Other Catastrophes, Metro Cinema London & Arena 7 Cinemas Manchester; 1 week supporting Conspirators of Pleasure, 051 Cinema Liverpool; 2 weeks supporting The Full Monty, Rio Cinema London; 2 weeks supporting Gallivant, Everyman Cinema London; supporting Drifting Clouds, Riverside Cinema London; supporting Smoke, Ritzy Cinema London; 1 week supporting The Full Monty, Metro Cinema Derby; supporting The Full Monty, Phoenix Arts Cinema Leicester; supporting The Full Monty, Forum Cinema Northampton; 1 week supporting Regeneration, Waterman’s Arts Centre Brentford; supporting The Full Monty, Cornerhouse Cinema Manchester.
Premiered at the 40th London International Film Festival, Dublin Film Festival; Gala Screening North London Short Film Festival; Avanca International Film Festival Portugal; Portobello Film & Video Festival; New British Expo Edinburgh International Film Festival; 11th Annual Leeds International Film Festival; Flipside Film & Video Shorts Festival Nottingham; Welsh International Film Festival; Best of British Brief Encounters Short Film Festival Bristol; 6éme festival du Court Métrage <Images en Région> Vendôme France; Kinofilm Manchester International Short Film & Video Festival.
Broadcast on The Shooting Gallery, Channel 4 Television; featured on Laughing Matters Granada Television; screened as part of Ken Loach night Film 4; featured on Granada Tonight, ITV; featured on Art Waves, BBC Radio Merseyside.
- premiered at the 40th London International Film Festival
- UK theatrical cinema release through Metro Tartan distributors
- winner Best New Talent Award, Merseyside Arts and Entertainment Awards
- broadcast on The Shooting Gallery, Channel 4 Television and on Film 4
UK Theatrical Release through Metro Tartan distributors, 3 weeks supporting Love and Other Catastrophes, Metro Cinema London & Arena 7 Cinemas Manchester; 1 week supporting Conspirators of Pleasure, 051 Cinema Liverpool; 2 weeks supporting The Full Monty, Rio Cinema London; 2 weeks supporting Gallivant, Everyman Cinema London; supporting Drifting Clouds, Riverside Cinema London; supporting Smoke, Ritzy Cinema London; 1 week supporting The Full Monty, Metro Cinema Derby; supporting The Full Monty, Phoenix Arts Cinema Leicester; supporting The Full Monty, Forum Cinema Northampton; 1 week supporting Regeneration, Waterman’s Arts Centre Brentford; supporting The Full Monty, Cornerhouse Cinema Manchester.
Premiered at the 40th London International Film Festival, Dublin Film Festival; Gala Screening North London Short Film Festival; Avanca International Film Festival Portugal; Portobello Film & Video Festival; New British Expo Edinburgh International Film Festival; 11th Annual Leeds International Film Festival; Flipside Film & Video Shorts Festival Nottingham; Welsh International Film Festival; Best of British Brief Encounters Short Film Festival Bristol; 6éme festival du Court Métrage <Images en Région> Vendôme France; Kinofilm Manchester International Short Film & Video Festival.
Broadcast on The Shooting Gallery, Channel 4 Television; featured on Laughing Matters Granada Television; screened as part of Ken Loach night Film 4; featured on Granada Tonight, ITV; featured on Art Waves, BBC Radio Merseyside.
Me, My Swami and I
10 min digital comedy/drama
Anita meets a guru at the supermarket. She is amazed when he levitates in front of her. But is he really a fakir or just a fake?
* selected for more than 20 festivals across Europe, Asia and North America
* US premiere at the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival
* semi-finalist at Japan’s prestigious CON-CAN movie festival
* more than 40,000 views on jaman.com
Screened at Raindance East, Cutting East (London), Digital Barcelona Film Festival (DiBa) (Spain), Short Cuts Film Festival (Hyderabad, India), Portobello Film Festival (London), TromaFling Film Festival (Edinburgh), Stratford-upon-Avon Digital Film Festival, Walthamstow Festival (London), Mocha Film Club (Mumbai, India), Los Angeles International Short Film Festival (USA), Festival de Curtmetratges Baumann V.05 (Terrassa, Spain), Bite the Mango Film Festival (Bradford), CON-CAN Movie Festival (Japan), SoCal Independent Film Festival (USA), CAN 2005 Leicester International Short Film Festival, Kino Karno Film Festival (London), International Izmir Short Film Festival (Turkey), * Dec 2005 Elefest Elephant & Castle Film Festival (London), Portobello Film Festival Videocafé – Christmas Comedy Special (London), Mood Indigo (Mumbai, India), Festival du Cinéma de Paris (France), Halloween Short Film Festival (London), Cinequest Online Viewers’ Voice Competition (San Jose, California), Spiritual Film Festival (Goa, India), Chili Film Festival as part of the Brick Lane Festival (London), AOL Moviefone Short Film Festival (USA), Performance Channel Encounters season 271 Sky 312 Telewest in association with Encounters Short Film Festival (UK Television premiere), London Film Makers’ Convention, worldwide internet release (rental/download) by jaman.com (more than 40,000 views), propeller TV Sky channel 195, released in Japan on mobile/cell phones by NTT DoCoMo, broadcast on cable TV in Japan (video on demand), Phangan Film Festival (Thailand)
Anita meets a guru at the supermarket. She is amazed when he levitates in front of her. But is he really a fakir or just a fake?
* selected for more than 20 festivals across Europe, Asia and North America
* US premiere at the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival
* semi-finalist at Japan’s prestigious CON-CAN movie festival
* more than 40,000 views on jaman.com
Screened at Raindance East, Cutting East (London), Digital Barcelona Film Festival (DiBa) (Spain), Short Cuts Film Festival (Hyderabad, India), Portobello Film Festival (London), TromaFling Film Festival (Edinburgh), Stratford-upon-Avon Digital Film Festival, Walthamstow Festival (London), Mocha Film Club (Mumbai, India), Los Angeles International Short Film Festival (USA), Festival de Curtmetratges Baumann V.05 (Terrassa, Spain), Bite the Mango Film Festival (Bradford), CON-CAN Movie Festival (Japan), SoCal Independent Film Festival (USA), CAN 2005 Leicester International Short Film Festival, Kino Karno Film Festival (London), International Izmir Short Film Festival (Turkey), * Dec 2005 Elefest Elephant & Castle Film Festival (London), Portobello Film Festival Videocafé – Christmas Comedy Special (London), Mood Indigo (Mumbai, India), Festival du Cinéma de Paris (France), Halloween Short Film Festival (London), Cinequest Online Viewers’ Voice Competition (San Jose, California), Spiritual Film Festival (Goa, India), Chili Film Festival as part of the Brick Lane Festival (London), AOL Moviefone Short Film Festival (USA), Performance Channel Encounters season 271 Sky 312 Telewest in association with Encounters Short Film Festival (UK Television premiere), London Film Makers’ Convention, worldwide internet release (rental/download) by jaman.com (more than 40,000 views), propeller TV Sky channel 195, released in Japan on mobile/cell phones by NTT DoCoMo, broadcast on cable TV in Japan (video on demand), Phangan Film Festival (Thailand)
Rachel's Confidence
30 min 16mm drama, funded by Kodak Bursary
The summer heat and shared disappointment in love draw Rachel and Richard together but is this the real thing or simply an act of revenge?
* premiered at the BBC British Short Film Festival, UCI Empire Leicester Square
The summer heat and shared disappointment in love draw Rachel and Richard together but is this the real thing or simply an act of revenge?
* premiered at the BBC British Short Film Festival, UCI Empire Leicester Square
borborygmus
13 min 16mm drama
One of my first films, borborygmus, hailed by the Leeds Film Festival as “a terrific no-budget comedy”, was broadcast on ITV's The Last Laugh Show presented by comedian Peter Kay, and screened at numerous festivals internationally.
“A terrific no-budget comedy in which two obsessive rivals compete in a maniacal quest to complete a crossword.” (Leeds International Film Festival)
Screened theatrically for one week supporting Clerks, Rio Cinema London; Halloween Society Festival of Comedy London; East End Film Festival London; British Short Film Festival London; 9th Annual Leeds International Film Festival; Noir & Mystery Festival, Courmayeur Italy; Cinergy London; Films That Make You Go Hmmm… at the Stoke Newington Midsummer Festival London; Cinergy at the Edinburgh Film Festival; Halloween Society at the Perth Festival Australia; Halloween Society touring film programme to Australia & New Zealand; featured on Hotel Babylon ITV; featured on The Last Laugh Show, Granada Television
One of my first films, borborygmus, hailed by the Leeds Film Festival as “a terrific no-budget comedy”, was broadcast on ITV's The Last Laugh Show presented by comedian Peter Kay, and screened at numerous festivals internationally.
“A terrific no-budget comedy in which two obsessive rivals compete in a maniacal quest to complete a crossword.” (Leeds International Film Festival)
Screened theatrically for one week supporting Clerks, Rio Cinema London; Halloween Society Festival of Comedy London; East End Film Festival London; British Short Film Festival London; 9th Annual Leeds International Film Festival; Noir & Mystery Festival, Courmayeur Italy; Cinergy London; Films That Make You Go Hmmm… at the Stoke Newington Midsummer Festival London; Cinergy at the Edinburgh Film Festival; Halloween Society at the Perth Festival Australia; Halloween Society touring film programme to Australia & New Zealand; featured on Hotel Babylon ITV; featured on The Last Laugh Show, Granada Television