Crew

The Director - Gregory Mandry

Critically acclaimed by the national press as ‘a talented young gun' and ‘a star to follow', Greg has directed theatre productions, worked for the BBC and had films screened at BAFTA and Edinburgh Film Festival as part of ‘the most promising new talent' screenings.

The Writers - Mike Bell and Max Waller

After a successful career as a production designer working alongside Alex Mcdowell (‘Minority Report', ‘The Terminal') Mike became an award-winning director of music videos and commercials, where his burgeoning talent for writing developed. He recently formed a writer/director partnership with David Yates (Director of ‘Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix'.).
Max's previous work includes being an Opera Producer working with BAFTA award winning Composer Geoffrey Burgon.

Max and Mike are currently two of the UK 's hottest writer partnerships, with an imposing roster of projects in the pipeline, spanning varied genres and themes.  

The Producer - Rob Weston

Mentored by Former VP of 20th Century Fox, Tim Hampton (Producer of Aliens, Chariots of Fire), Rob is an up and coming UK Producer. Running his own production company Straightwire Films, Rob has built the organisation into an award winning, acclaimed and prolific film and music video production company, working with budgets of up to £49m.
His next film as Producer will be the £5m UK / German/ South African co-production ‘Sabina', Executive Produced by Martin Scorsese and starring Alan Rickman.  

The Producer - Simon Sharp

Simon has led a varied career spanning music, TV and film, which commenced at ‘The Worx', before moving onto ‘Telewest', Michael and Ellie Foster (two of the UK's most influential television producers) and onto many independent films and TV programmes as 1st Assistant Director. He also produced the ‘Burt Bacharach and Hal David' concert at The Royal Albert Hall.
Last year, Simon produced and directed the UK 's biggest dance project. He has also produced and directed a major release for Universal Pictures, and had much success as a producer and director on an array of music videos.

Director of Photography - Tom Jenkins

The Costume Designer - Hayley Nebeaur

Hayley is a highly talented up and coming Costume Designer. Her talents have already seen her work on some of the world's largest films including ‘The Producers', ‘Ghost Rider' and ‘ Munich '. Most recently she worked with award-winning Director Mark Jay on the contemporary feature film ‘Dolphins'.

The Production Designer - Tony Noble

Tony is one of the UK 's most successful Production Designers and Art Directors holding numerous credits from working in TV and film. Tony has worked alongside some of the most famous film directors in the world, including Ridley Scott, Tony Scott and Alan Parker. Most recently Tony worked alongside Roman Polanski on the 50m EUR budgeted ‘Oliver Twist' starring Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley.  

The Composer - Mark Hill

Mark Hill, a 4 times Ivor Novello Award Winner Previously of ‘Artful Dodger' fame is undoubtedly one of the world's top producers, re-mixers and song writers. He is producer of the multimillion selling recording artist Craig David as well as producing for both: his own and otherartistes' music including Jennifer Lopez, Tom Jones and Madonna.  

The Editor - Mark Towns

Mark Towns is an award winning film editor, having worked in the industry for over 12 years. He has worked on numerous high profile TV projects, including documentaries for the BBC, ITV, Discovery and Channel 4. He was part of the BAFTA winning editing team on the hit BBC show ‘The Apprentice'. Mark's film credits include the award winning British feature film ‘Underground' and ‘The Battersea Ripper' starring Danny Dyer. He has recently completed work on the British feature ‘Bodyguard: A New Beginning' starring Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. 

Post Production Sound - Crossfade

Oscar winning Crossfade are headed by Dean Humphreys, and are one of the worlds most highly regarded post production sound companies. Based at Twickenham Film Studios, their credits include such films as ‘The Pianist', ‘Donnie Brasco' and ‘Resident Evil', to name a few.

Music Supervision – Seven Webster and Steve Burton

Seven is well known within the music industry for managing and launching the careers of artists the like Dido , DJs Sasha , Digweed, and Carl Cox , through to new rock acts like McQueen. Seven has always been heavily involved in music placement into Film syncing music from his publishing companies into everything from Trainspotting to Epic Movie. In recent years he has also found time inbetween managing, consulting and publishing to supervise films including the Dennis Hopper Asia Agenta Film the Keeper. Seven worked with Steve Burton also from his management company 7pm management on sourcing all additional music for Gnaw. Contact seven@a7music.com