Bogdan Mirica (Class of 2007) has won the Best Short award for his film, “Bora Bora”, at the Transilvania International Film Festival – the film continues on around the festival circuit. Bogdan’s first feature, “Ho Ho Ho”, was distributed by MediaPro in 2009 and the same company is in post on Bogdan’s latest script, “Las…
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Jeff Nottingham (Class of 2010) has received Arts Council funding for his urban musical, “Lost in Mozart”. The stage show is a high-drama bromance set in the, factually-based “postal code wars” between the Mozart and Kilburn estates and pitches classical music head-on with the “spitting” scene of North West London. “Lost in Mozart” will premiere at…
“Condemned” Paul Joseph (Class of 2010) has optioned his graduation feature script, “Condemned”, to multi award-winning team, John and Shannon Jennissen, at Seeing Pictures. Earlier this year, Paul won the Raindance Pitchfest with his horror story about a condemned building that fights back. “Great script,” says John, “Can’t wait to get it out there.”http://www.seeingpictures.co.uk/index.htmlhttp://paulbjoseph.tumblr.com/
Julio Bonet (class of 2006) was post-production producer on Rocket Pictures/Disney’s “Gnomeo and Juliet” (James McAvoy, Emily Blunt), shepherding the movie to a number one spot at the UK and US box office. He also provided the voice of the Mankini Gnome. This May he returns to the bosom of David Furnish and Elton John’s…
Gemma Pascual (class of 2006) has just moved as Head of Development at Factotum, Barcelona, to be Head of Development at Desert Road in New Zealand. “Out of the Blue” from Desert Road Desert Road is an award-winning film and TV company with features and docs being distributed worldwide by the likes of Sony, Lionsgate…
The writer Victoria Pilkington-Miksa (class of 2010) has been commissioned by Slim Jim Films to turn her multi award-winning short, “Mosa”, into a feature. Ana Morena will direct. The budget will be around the Euro 1.5million mark. A South African/ German co-production is on the cards. Isaura Barbe-Brown is “Mosa” http://www.mosafilm.comhttp://www.slimjimfilms.com/indevelopment.html
Michael Madsen Kat Moon (class of 2011) is co-producing “Men Don’t Lie”. It shoots this April with Michael Madsen (“Reservoir Dogs”, “Kill Bill”) and Jean-Hughes Anglade (“Betty Blue”, “La Reine Margot”). Jane Spencer directs, and Lucy Shuttleworth, regular tutor on our programme, has scripted. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424859
Amy Ricker’s (class of 2010/11) feature production, “Island” with Natalie Press (“My Summer of Love”, & Oscar winning “Wasp”) opens at the Curzon Soho, London, on 25th April and goes wide that week. Her company, Finite Films, is also launching the TV show “Walk Like a Panther” starring Stephen Graham (“Snatch”, “This is England”) and…
Cecilia Frugiuele (class of 2009) is co-producing “Borrowed Time” through Parkville Pictures in partnership with Film London and BBC Films on the Microwave Scheme. Jules Bishop is directing. Production starts in April. Production still for “Borrowed Time” http://www.ceciliafrugiuele.com/about-parkville-pictures/
Brian de Vore (class of 2007) won an Award from the Visual Effect Society for Outstanding Effects on his pilot for the TV show, “The Mystery of the Full Moon”. “The Mystery of the Full Moon” http://www.vimeo.com/8405520