Leyla Pope has an Iranian mother and English father. She grew up in Tehran, Dubai and Saudi Arabia, before moving to London at the age of 10. Her latest short…
Phil Hawkins is the two-time winner of Best Feature Director at the New York Independent Film and Video Festival. His feature, The Butterfly Tattoo (based on a novel by Philip Pullman, author of The Golden…
Lee Sales has spent the last 12 years living in East London. After school he attended art college and went in to graphic design before travelling around India for a couple of years. He recently…
Born and raised in Glasgow, Bryan O’Neil has long been passionate about film-making and began writing scripts in 2004. Inspired equally by his love of graphic novels and indie cinema, Booked Out was the perfect…
Gavin James is an American filmmaker living in Los Angeles, CA. He recently finished writing and directing his first feature film,Footsteps, starring Brendan Sexton III (Welcome To The Dollhouse, Boy’s Don’t Cry). He is currently…
Luke’s second short film Mixtape, starring Bill Milner (Son of Rambow), was nominated for a BAFTA in 2010 and won the Grand Prize in the Virgin Media Shorts competition. He is currently in post on his…
Iranian-born Tina’s short film Closer was selected for Sundance, and her production Mother/Country, in which she returned to her mother’s house in Iran, was broadcast on Channel 4. Tina’s first feature, I Am Nasrine, is currently in post-production; thanks…
After starting his career as a session musician, Mike Le Han soon discovered a love for filmmaking and made his directorial debut with a 15-minute short entitled Walkabout. Since then he has directed projects for both film…
British director Robin Schmidt is the winner of the recent 14 Islands Film Challenge, in which 14filmmakers were tasked with making a five minute short capturing the true spirit of the Bahamas. You can see…
Mark McCombe is a director hailing from the small town of Newcastle in Northern Ireland, but now based in London. He has just finished his first short film Lover’s Jump, which stars up-and-coming Brit actor Laurence…
