Award winning actor Toby Richards decided to pursue his interest in the television and film industry after several years as a sucessful businessman. He appeared alongside Craig Fairbrass and Kierston Wareing in Julian Gilbey’s "Rise of the Footsoldier" which is now one of the best selling British independent DVD’s of all time, Jake West's comedy horror "Doghouse" alongside Danny Dyer and BAFTA award winner Noel Clarke and, most recently, Nick Moran's feature "The Kid" with Rupert Friend.
Best known for his role as Johnny Depp's first mate in the Oscar winning 'Pirates Of The Carribean' films, Kevin McNally is one of Britain's highly revered actors. An artist able to portray a fantastic range of characters from the humurous and much loved pirate Joshamee Gibbs to the British politician Kenneth Clarke in the feature length television drama 'Margaret' (2009). Kevin frequently collaborates with some of the world's most esteemed and exciting filmmakers and is often included in prestigious ensemble casts for example starring alongside Tom Cruise, Kenneth Brannagh, Tom Wilkinson and Terrence Stamp in 'Valkyrie'; with Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johannson and Charles Dance in Woody Allen's 'Scoop' and with Kevin Kleine in the Golden Globe nominated musical biopic 'De-Lovely'. Kevin has an impressive television career spanning over 30 years and his credits read as a catalogue of Britain's best loved programmes and memorable dramas from classic 80's 'Doctor Who', 'Shackleton', 'Life On Mars', to the more recent 'Wuthering Heights' with Tom Hardy and the upcoming 'Law & Order'. Kevin is currently starring alongside Jude Law in the Donmar West End Theatre production of 'Hamlet' directed by Michael Grandage.
Jaime Ryan attends Artemis Studios Performing Arts school part time. He has been acting since he was 7, and has appeared in many commercials and films as well as numerous stage shows. Christmas 08 saw him take the title role of Tiny Tim in panto in Windsor, and at Christmas he was awarded a scholarship to the Barbara Speake stage school full time from September.
Gillian has appeared in many films and stage productions including Sondheim's "Into the Woods", "Cabaret", "Romeo and Juliet", "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" and she even played Lucifer in "In the Beginning". The first film she appeared in was the British independent "The Winter Sun is a Lie" which won the Best Feature Film award at the 0110 International Digital Film Festival 2005. Since then she has appeared in "The Sickhouse" with Gina Phillips, "Three Minute Moments" with Belinda Lang and "The Other Woman". In 2008 Gillian wrote the screenplay for the black comedy action film "Hit Girls" in which she also stars with Rosie Fellner and Joey Ansah.
Multi award winning actress and filmmaker Emily Corcoran has recently played the lead in the comedy feature film 'Sisterhood', which was shot in London and New Zealand. She has a varied on screen career playing a variety of different roles - from the New Zealand farm girl in 'Sisterhood', the chain smoking Greek receptionist in the feature comedy 'Moussaka and Chips' and the Russian prostitute in the feature film 'Conversations by Twilight'.
Femi played one of the leading roles in Noel Clarke and Menhaj Huda’s award winning movie “Kidulthood” and the sequel “Adulthood”. He has a Law degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. His T.V appearances include I.T.V’s “Golden Hour” and Channel 4’s “The Ghost Squad”. His theatre debut at the Hackney Empire in a two-hander called “Basic” was critically-acclaimed, with the Evening Standard describing his performance as “firecracker” and The Stage declaring that he has a “fierce stage presence” and is “100% believable”.
Will has spent his entire adult life making films. In Julian’s first feature “Reckoning Day”, he was stunt coordinator and performer, actor and additional cinematographer. Will co-wrote the BAFTA nominated film “Rollin’ with the Nines” and worked as the second unit director. He also co-edited the film. The success of British gangster thriller “Rise of the Footsoldier”, both domestically and worldwide, demonstrated the powerful effect of the brother’s extraordinary partnership. William and Julian recently successfully edited the horror/comedy feature “Doghouse” starring BAFTA winner Noel Clarke, Danny Dyer and Stephen Graham. William also re-edited “Boogie Woogie” starring leading names Gillian Anderson, Heather Graham and Christopher Lee.
Toby has worked as a Producer on the hugely popular Rise of the Footsoldier and the forthcoming comedy horror Doghouse, starring Danny Dyer and Noel Clark,to be released in spring 2009 by Sony UK. He demonstrates a great talent for bringing individuals together to create successful and rewarding collaborations.
Rupert has four completed feature length screenplays ranging from teen drama to the psychological thriller Black Sheep- the script that secured him an agent. Since then,Rupert has turned his hand to writing shorts – enjoying the challenge of creating big ideas in a small format. His first short script, Backroads was filmed in late 2007 with assistance from Wandsworth Film Fund and screened at the Curzon Soho as part of their 2008 showcase. It was recently picked up by the British Council who are helping with festival distribution. In 2008, Rupert was selected for the Guiding Lights mentorship scheme and has been teamed up with the screenwriter, Peter Straughan (How To Lose Friends and Alienate People, The Men Who Stare at Goats, The Debt).
Ali is the Director of Photography on a diverse range of films both in Europe and Britain, including the BAFTA nominated Rolling With The Nines, Rise Of The Footsoldier, the soon to be released Doghouse and he has just completed filming on the forthcoming feature Dead Man Running starring 50 Cent and Danny Dyer.
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