ACRE
Interview
The Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS) at the University of Birmingham
is currently involved in ACRE, a major EU research project, involving researchers,
people working in creative and knowledge-based industries, and policy-makers,
in 13 cities across Europe.
Interview by Caroline Chapain
Filmshed
Interview
Here's a brand new Q&A interview with Filmshed about the making of "Whatever
Happened to Pete Blaggit".
Interview by Craig Clark
BBC
Online Pete Blaggit Interview
We've been busy promoting the Pete Blaggit trailer since it appeared on Youtube.
The response and feedback so far has been really, really positive and has
given us fresh impetous
to get the film completed. BBC Online have done another nice little feature
about the film, after the trailer recently appeared online.
Interview by Chris Osbourne
BBC
Online Interview
I was recently invited to take part in a BBC Online interview with journalist
Chris Osborne. The feature is now online and is very funny and tongue in cheek,
and details my progression as a filmmaker and making 'Pete Blaggit'.
Interview by Chris Osbourne
Julia
Jones Book Interview
This is the first interview for 'Pete Blaggit' and is intended for a future
book written by Julia Jones that focuses on how mental illness is portrayed
on the silver screen. In the interview, myself
and lead actor Rob Leetham discuss the character of Pete Blaggit and his psychosis.
Interview by Julia Jones.
Rogue
Cinema Q&A Interview
This is my first Q&A Interview of 2006. In the interview I discuss my
filmmaking adventures to date, and how what I have learnt so far will help
improve my filmmaking skills for Sepia Films' next feature: 'Whatever Happened
to Pete Blaggit?'.
Interview by Duane L. Martin.
This
is Derbyshire Q&A Interview
Here's my last Q&A interview of 2005, in which I discuss my filmmaking
heroes, how I struggled to fund: 'The Boy with a Thorn' and how I'm spanning
the age gap for all male losers out there!
Interview by Claire Foulk.
Budget
Filmmaker Interview 3
Here's the latest in my series of Q&A interviews with the guys from Budgetfilmmaker.com.
This interview is about: 'The Boy with a Thorn in His Side' and I finally
get to reveal the true identity of the real life Billy Heinlickburger!
Interview by Hakan Besim.
Making
the Film Interview
Here's a Q&A interview that I did for Making the Film. It's quite an in
depth interview about the problems I faced when shooting: 'The Boy with a
Thorn in His Side'.
Interview by Michael Bartlett.
Budget
Filmmaker Interview 2
A second Q&A interview for Budget Filmmaker.com from a few years ago,
this one is all about: 'Blind Man Freddy'.
Interview by Hakan Besim.
Budget
Filmmaker Interview 1
This is a Q&A interview I did a few years back about my short films: 'The
Money Tree', 'Death by Chocolate' and 'My Necrophiliac Bride'.
Interview by Hakan Besim.
Filmshed
Interview
Here's a Q&A interview for: www.filmshed.com. The interview is mostly
about the making of: 'The Boy with a Thorn in His Side' but also mentions:
'The Illuminati'.
Interview by Jordan Brown.
Pete
Blaggit Fuji Film Magazine article
Back in December, Fuji Film magazine published a two page feature on 'Pete
Blaggit'. In the article, our DOP Charlie Stanfield is interviewed and he
discusses the visual style we went for when shooting Blaggit, including the
new Fuji film stock we used and what advantages that gave us.
Article by Ruth Elizabeth
Boy
with a Thorn Metro Article
This is a really cool Metro article about: 'The Boy with a Thorn in His Side'
which appeared in the West Midlands edition on August 16th.
Article by David Vincent.
Digital
Production Buzz Interview
This interview was for Digital Production Buzz, and was a live interview for
their US Talk Radio Show. It was a really fun, relaxed interview in which
we discuss my short films, The Boy with a Thorn and my next feature.
Interview by Philip Hodgetts and Michael Horton.
Understated
Interview
An interview I did for Matthew Revell's web-site: Understated. Matthew and
I discuss the difficulties with being a filmmaker in a region not known for
having a great arts community, and how I became interested in making films
in the first place.
Interview by Matthew Revell.
Cinema
Minima Podcast - Post Cannes Interview (12/06/05)
This is my second interview with Bongo Vongo for the LA based independent
filmmaking web-site: Cinema Minima. This interview is all about my Cannes
experience and what I got up to over there.
Interview by Joe Jabbar.
Cinema
Minima Podcast - Boy With a Thorn Interview (28/04/05)
Here's a link to the interview I did for cinema minima about the whole filmmaking
process of 'The Boy with a Thorn in his Side'.
Interview by Joe Jabbar.
Blip
tv interview live at Cannes
This is my video interview I did with for blip tv. It's a brief but interesting
interview that was conducted at Cannes 2005.
Interview by Dina Kaplan.
Microfilmmaker
review of: 'The Boy with a Thorn in His Side'
This is the latest review of our first feature and is more like an essay than
an actual review! This is the most in depth review yet, and the review hails
the film as: 'a very unique movie' and: 'a remarkable achievement'.
Review by Monika DeLeeuw-Taylor
MicroCinema
review of: 'The Boy with a Thorn in His Side'
Another review of: 'The Boy with a Thorn in His Side', and the second review
by an American reviewer. It's a really positive review as well - giving the
film three out of five stars and discussing the characterisation on screen
in a mature and in-depth manner.
Review by David Greenberg.
Rogue
Cinema review of: 'The
Boy with a Thorn in His Side'
A second review of: 'The Boy with a Thorn in His Side' - which is a critical
but overall positive review - it also sheds light on how the film plays to
an American audience.
Review by Duane L. Martin.
Pulp
Movies review of: 'The Boy with a Thorn in His Side'
This is the first of hopefully many reviews of: 'The Boy with a Thorn in His
Side' and it's a very positive one at that.
Review by Paul Pritchard.
Rumour
Machine review of: 'My Necrophiliac Bride'
This is a really cool link to a review of 'My Necrophiliac Bride'. It's an
indepth and honest review, which is quite an enjoyable, read to those related
to the project. Review by Lee Bailes.