Based on a comic strip by Nicholas Gurewitch, One More Day is my fourth attempt at directing, and being a black comedy, was the perfect opportunity for me to work on my straight drama. Starring Mitchell Smith in his acting debut, the film was shot on a budget of favours over a single weekend.
I directed this one. Not my best effort, but a great laugh, and not bad for improvisation.
Written, shot and edited (including original musical score) in only a weekend as part of a 48hr Film Challenge, The Last Temptation of Jeff was a pretty accomplished film, all things considered!
All the dialogue was ad-libbed by the immensely talented Colin Cuthbert (Jeff) and the sadly missed Iain Etchells (Tarquin) and the score was written and performed at 3am by Dave the Happy Singer.
This was my graduation film, shot on 16mm film and earned me my first class. I wrote and directed it, with Ellie Land producing, Emma Dalesman as DoP and Mike Pentney editing.
I knew that once I had graduated, it wouldn’t be quite so easy to experiment, so I wrote a script that contained all of the cool stuff I’d seen in making-of documentaries – stunt work, fight sequences, make-up, visual effects, costume design and set-building.
It was fantastic fun, and a real baptism by fire for an inexperienced director!
My first short film and directorial debut, shot on 16mm in my second year at University. Michael Pentney was DoP and Emma Dalesman was Camera Operator.
We actually shot the film twice due to a processing blunder that destroyed about 90% of the rushes. Fantastic performances by Adrian Hopper (Dennis) and Colin Cuthbert (Dwayne) hold it together despite the flimsy story line!
Directed by Michael Pentney, Oceanic is a weird art-house film shot on a budget of favours back in 2005, and starred the late Iain Etchells. I Produced the film, and also created the opening titles.