CLUTCH (feature; development)
A cross between Million Dollar Baby and Days of Thunder… on superbikes.
A mechanic trying to live up to his father’s racing legacy teams up with an ex-motorcycle racer who quit after the death of her own father for one last shot at winning the British Superbike Championships. (action, racing, family)
In association with Minoan Pictures, Screencrib, Nomad, and CineAero; with stunt consultation by Jim Dowdall.
ORTOLAN (proof of concept, 2023)
Winner of BEST PROOF OF CONCEPT at BIFA-Qalifying Brighton Rocks Film Festival and BEST DRAMA and BEST MISE-EN-SCENE at Hastings Rocks International Film Festival. On the night of their mother’s wake, three estranged sisters divide their childhood home over a pot of magic mushroom tea while a family secret boils to the surface. ORTOLAN is a genre-bending dark comedy/psychological thriller about the tenuousness of memory, buried trauma, food… and psychedelics. A 24-minute proof of concept for the feature of the same name.
Written, starring and produced by Kate Winter of One-Inch Punch Films, script edited and directed by Tracy Mathewson; in association with MINOAN Pictures and FLIP Narrative. The ORTOLAN screenplay won Best Short Screenplay at the Seattle Movie Awards and is a finalist at Paris International Short Film Festival. The £12,000 ORTOLAN Kickstarter campaign was fully funded in 2 weeks, surpassed its stretch target of £14,500, and was selected by Kickstarter as a #ProjectWeLove for its creativity. ORTOLAN premiered online with DirectorsNotes.
PASSIVE LIGHT - Vaughn Daniel (official music video, 2022)
CALIFORNIA (short, 2021)
Awarded BEST DIRECTION from London Rocks and Show Low Film Festival, BEST ACTRESS from London Rocks and Los Angeles Rocks Film Festival, BEST DRAMA from BIFA-Qualifying Brighton Rocks Film Festival, BEST MADE IN LA SHORT from Los Angeles Rocks and EXCEPTIONAL MERIT from WRPN Women’s International Film Festival. CALIFORNIA screened at 17 festivals across the US, UK, Europe and Hong Kong.
Calli, a young woman trying to make it in LA, wants to have a relationship with her father back in England but has to come to terms with the phone call that changed everything for her. A story about family, responsibility, and how Love is not turning your back on someone even when they’ve failed you. Starring Sophie Birnie Smith. DOP: Yannick Hausler .
JET GO (experimental music film, 2020)
Creation facilitated by Isolate // Create // Collaborate : a cooperative platform where artists are randomly paired and given 5 days to create something during the Coronavirus Lockdown. Music by Samuel Organ. Music and video inspired by our mutual yearning for THE CLUB and bodies in space. I wanted to convey the sense that isolation feels like we’re going nowhere, waiting for time to pass, but that we are still growing, and that we still can.
APPELLATION (short, 2016)
Winner for BEST DIRECTION at Berlin Sci-Fi FilmFest and nominated for the Directing Award at Underwire Film Festival and Best Genre Film at London International Story First Film Festival, Appellation has been selected for 13 festivals across the US, UK, Europe, and Australia. Ex-government scientist James Rampton's secret research could have deadly consequences when a neighbour reports his suspicious behaviour to the ruthless investigator tasked with finding and terminating "extremists" like himself.
HOMEOSTASIS (short, 2015)
In a world oppressed by fear and consumerism, a young boy attempts to reclaim the memory of his parents' affection. This film was shot and produced in 48 hours as part of the Sci-Fi London 48hr Film Challenge.