More exciting developments to share with you, now the news is finally out of the bag: BUTTER will be screening this weekend at the wonderful 38th Telluride Film Festival in Colorado. As if that didn’t send enough adrenaline coursing through my veins, I’m writing this post at the airport as I am about to depart […]
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Really exciting news: my film BUTTER will have its World Premiere at the 36th Toronto International Film Festival 2011. Here’s the official listing: Butter, World Premiere (dir. Jim Field Smith) Set in the highly competitive world of championship butter carving, Butter blends social commentary, outrageous comedy and heartfelt drama in telling the story of the […]
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The folks over at Dazed & Confused have been showcasing various short films as part of their presence at the Edinburgh Film Festival, in a programme called “Short Cuts to Bigger Pictures”, discussing with filmmakers how their short films acted as a springboard to features. Included in this programme, among some fantastic shorts, was my […]
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Did an interview and photoshoot as part of a piece on UK film industry creatives, in PROJECT – a pretty nifty new magazine designed exclusively for the iPad. Other people interviewed included Armando Iannucci, Joe Cornish, Kevin Loader and Nira Park. Click the image to enlarge and read the interview. To read the whole piece, […]
Read more "PROJECT Issue 3 – “Brit-Flick” article"Sure enough, I had barely written my previous post, promising more news on BUTTER, when Ion Cinema published their list of the Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011. And guess who sneaked in at #39… We’re big on this top BlackList screenplay (#3 in 2008) and think this might turn out to be a […]
Read more "Buttered up…"Okay, so it’s been almost a year since I last updated the blog, but in my defence I have been extremely lazy busy. Firstly, “She’s Out of My League” was released. We had great fun promoting the movie around the US and internationally, almost got stranded by snow in New York for the press junket, […]
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