BreakThru
Films works closely with a small group of exciting new writer /
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Leech - writer / director |
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| James
studied animation at Central Saint Martins School of Art, and
then animation direction at the National Film & Television
School. During his time at the NFTS, he became deeply interested
in mise-en-scene, drama, and the importance of script writing.
His graduation film “Instrumental” brought an eerie
animation sensibility to live action drama. The film was screened
at several international festivals and won the Grand Prix at
the Split (Croatia) Film and Video Festival. Since graduating
he has worked closely with BreakThru Films, developing several
films exploring London life. The first fruit of this collaboration
is the short film “Accident”, funded by UK Film
Council via Film London’s “Pulse” digital
scheme. The film recently won the Bronze Bear at the Festival
der Nationen, Ebensee, and is nominated for the International
Media Art Award 2004, on the theme of Science and Art Showing
the inVISIBLE. James is now working with BreakThru on a feature
film script entitled “Happy Hour”, a low budget
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| Geoff
Lindsey – writer / director |
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graduate in directing from Bournemouth Film School, Geoff
Lindsey was selected for the Carlton Screenwriters Course
on the strength of his screenplay "Farewell Tristan".
This led to his scripting the anthology “Inspector Morse
RIP” for Carlton, and to episodes for TV series including
"The Bill" and “Eastenders”. For "Family
Affairs" Geoff wrote the UK's first ever interactive
soap episodes. Geoff has directed Michael Palin in the short
"Coconuts" for Monty Python, and Graham Fellows
(BBC's “John Shuttleworth”) in the short "The
Band Parts", which he also wrote. Geoff is developing
his film career with BreakThru Films, who have produced his
short “The Clap” for NESTA and the UK Film Council,
premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival 2005 and a finalist
in TCM Classic Shorts 2005. He and BreakThru are currently
developing "Sh", an innovative 25 x 3 minute horror
film for the download market, and the feature film "Twelve
Tone Lizzie's House of Horrors", which was selected for
the European Pitch Point at the Berlin Film Festival 2004.
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| Ruth
Meehan – writer / director |
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Ruth
graduated from the full-time screenwriting course at the National
Film & Television School in 2000. During her time at the
school a number of her short films were made, including “Numb”,
which was produced by Hugh Welchman and received a special
commendation at the Edinburgh Film Festival. In 2002 she wrote
and directed the BreakThru Films short “And The Redman
Went Green” for Universal Studios. The film has won
four prizes, including the Special Jury Prize at the Tehran
Film Festival and the Prix Canal+ at Brest. She is currently
developing two feature films with BreakThru Films. “West
of Eden” is participating in the EAVE Development Workshop
2004; and “Music by Water” has received development
funding from the Irish Film Board. Meanwhile Ruth has forged
a career in documentaries and drama for Irish television.
Currently she is directing a five part series shot in Central
America, India and Africa about poverty and globalization,
to be broadcast later this year by RTE. Earlier this year
she directed the Proteus episode for “Imagining Ulysses”
for BluePrint films, which was broadcast by RTE on Bloomsday
to celebrate the centenary of Ulysses.
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| Suzie
Templeton – animation director |
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BAFTA-winning
director Suzie Templeton burst onto the international animation
scene with her multi-award winning film Stanley, a surreal
and darkly comic story of a man who falls in love with a cabbage.
She followed this with the phenomenally successful Dog, a
heart-breaking and chilling film about a boy coming to terms
with the death of his mother. This film has won many of the
animation world’s top prizes, including a British Animation
Award and a BAFTA. In collaboration with BreakThru films,
Suzie is now developing on a new half-hour adaptation of Prokofiev’s
classic Peter and the Wolf, for cinemas and television.
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