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Charlie was born in Kensington, London, and travelled across the UK and Europe with family for most of her early years, before settling back in her native London to train and pursue a career in acting. She is a passionate conservationist, with a special love for herpetology (the study of reptiles and amphibians) and dedicated to constantly furthering her acting training.
After dipping her toe into the British crime film world with parts in several successful British movies, Charlie has had no shortage of film and theatre offers come her way -from playing hard-hitting police officers in the chart topping 'The fall of the Essex Boys' to her favourite role of Lucy Westenra in a sold out performance of 'Dracula' at the Leicester Square Theatre opposite Primeval star Andrew Lee Potts and Carrie Marx.
She continues to reside in West London.- Writer
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James Crow is an English writer and director from Kent, who has carved out a successful career as an independent film writer in a wide range of genres, including films sold to Lionsgate and Studio Canal. His first feature film as writer GBH (Riot) featured the legendary Steven Berkoff, and was selected for both the London Independent Film Festival & European Independent Film Festival respectively. It also won Best International film at the Underground Cinema Festival in Ireland, before going on to receive a limited cinema release and going on sale in stores nationwide, staying in the virgin media player top 5 for over a month. The film was re-brought and re-released by Lionsgate the following year. Since then James has written the first film of the He Who Dares action franchise, which was featured on the front page of IMDB's hottest new trailers, and wrote the story for WW2 action film Allies featuring Julian Ovenden and Matt Willis. His first solo film as director, Countrycide, was a short anti-drink driving black comedy that made judge's shortlist at the Theatre Royal Margate, as part of the 2 Days Laughter Festival (with Vanessa Stevenson being nominated for best actress). This was followed straight after by Among Angels being nominated for best matinée film at the 10th Anniversary of 2 days later. His next short horror film, Death Machine 666, was selected in the top 5 films of the Colchester 48 hour film challenge, and went up for best film at the Colchester film awards 2013. James also recently made his first debut as a theatre writer and director, with his first play Vampires, Witches & Antidepressants being nominated for 6 awards and winning best costume.- Now recognizable worldwide as 'King Regis' from the epic 'Final Fantasy' franchise, Jon was born in Hull, Yorkshire and originally an Aerospace engineer & part-time DJ. Always keen to act at 12 Jon's Mam arranged for him to join a local amateur group leading to Hull Truck Youth Theatre at 16, where he performed in many groundbreaking productions, an experience that shaped his decision to pursue acting professionally. In '89 aged 23 Jon left Hull after being awarded a full grant and a 3 year place at the prestigious Birmingham School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art.
A professional Actor since '92 Jon has embraced many 'other' jobs including presenting, face painting, living statue work & treasure hunt designer, to a year at the QE Hospital working in the operating theatre as an O.D.O. Bizarrely Jon would have a major thyroid operation in the same hospital theatre in '93. After his full recovery Jon moved to London settling in Streatham where he spent the next few year gaining as much theatre experience as possible via the amazingly diverse & challenging London fringe. He also toured the south west as D'Artagnan (Three Musketeers) and Alex (A clockwork orange) to exceptional reviews and acclaim. He turned his attention to film in 2010 landing a lead in the dark, indie feature 'Dead End' and his iconic Train stopping cameo in 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'.
Jon's reputation as an easygoing, fun loving down to earth actor with a passion for his art, an eye for details and a commitment to the long game, together with his unique yet versatile look have help fuel a solid career that is steadily rising. Including appearances in Jonathan Creek & Doctors, commercials for Budweiser, Ted Baker, Specsavers and Ford, music videos for Trent Reznor, Elbow, Amber Run & The Feeling, and with his recent pivotal lead role as King Regis in the latest epic Final Fantasy XV film installment 'Kingsglaive', that rise continues.
t @joncampling - Born and bred in Dublin, Big Joe, as he is affectionately known, got his first ring baptism of fire when he fought the national junior champion Steve Collins. In Joe's second fight against Collins he proved that he'd come on in leaps and bounds. By the age of 24 he had recorded over 80 wins, 7 Irish titles and he was a Golden Gloves Champion. Joe fought 11 times wearing the green vest of Ireland and he attracted even more attention when he went the distance with Lennox Lewis and beat the future WBA champion Bruce Seldon. The fight had it all and enthralled those at the ringside.
Joe was encouraged by Floyd Patterson to try his luck in the USA, so Joe joined Mike Tyson's training camp in the Catskill mountains with the great Cus D'Amato. Joe became like a brother to Mike Tyson, who once said of Joe after a particularly vicious sparring session, that Joe was the Toughest White Man on the Planet. The two became the firmest of friends.
Joe's dreams of continuing as a boxer were cruelly shattered when he was forced to quit following a serious road accident on the night of his second pro fight. Changing fortunes saw him struggle to get his life back on track. His personal life hit the headlines after his former glamorous fiancée Lisa Murphy left him for Lord of the Dance (1997) Michael Flatley. The downward spiral continued with a new pub business venture pitting Joe against organised protection racketeers armed with guns, axes and machetes. Joe was shot and later charged with attempted murder.
In May 2004, after an absence of 12 years, Big Joe Egan made his ring comeback at 38 years old. In 2008, Joe broke into acting and was asked personally by Guy Ritchie to appear as himself "Big Joe Egan" in Ritchie's new film; Sherlock Holmes (2009).
Joe still is involved in the world of boxing to the very day with involvement in Boxing Clubs, Events and attends Fights. - Director
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James Bushe is known for Cannibals and Carpet Fitters (2017), Predator Dark Ages (2015) and Blackout (2012).- Actress
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Dani Thompson was born in Penrith, Australia. Her family moved to Norwich, England when she was age 2.
Dani worked as a model for 6 years appearing in most of the British lads magazines and newspapers before going to The International School Of Screen Acting to do a Post Grad Diploma in Screen Acting.
Dani now lives in London with her pet hamster Kylie and is known as an actress who works mainly in the horror genre or a scream queen.- Producer
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Stuart Brennan is a BAFTA winning actor, multi award winning Producer, director and published writer.
He has regularly appeared on stage and screen since 2001, working on productions around the world.
He was made an honorary World Boxing Champion by the WBC (World Boxing Council) for his role in Risen, for which he also won the coveted BAFTA Cymru award for Best Actor (the first Englishman to do so and the youngest ever recipient at the time).
He became an ordained Reverend for his role in The Reverend and has gained a reputation for significant weight gain and loss for his acting roles, dropping down to 126 pounds for Tomorrow and putting on over 80 pounds for his following role.
He writes for stage and screen, regularly working with top authors to adapt their work, as well as creating original content, including franchise material.
As a producer he has championed first time directors including Martha Pinson, David Izatt, Neil Jones and others, whilst working with established industry professionals like Martin Scorsese, Roger Taylor and Terry Deary. He has run a VFX and animation studio in China, negotiated numerous finance deals and landed lucrative distribution deals.
In 2016 he won the Horrorhound Best Director award for Plan Z, whilst also being nominated for Best Actor and Best Film. The movie also picked up Best Foreign Film at the Canada International Film Festival and was selected for numerous other festivals before its release.- Actor
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Lee Bane is an actor, director and film producer originally from Swansea, South Wales, UK.
After Graduating from Gorseinon College in Swansea, he went on to gain a place at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. He has played notable supporting roles in high profile TV productions such as 'Belonging' and 'Doctors' for the BBC, along with many diverse roles in Theatre. The feature films for which Lee has appeared in, have seen commercial release throughout numerous countries worldwide, such as the UK, North America, Canada, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Peru and the Philippines.
Lee's producer debut film was the ultra low budget horror feature 'The Curse of Robert', which opened at #25 in the National UK DVD Chart and at #1 in the HMV New Releases Chart. The film was released in North America by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and 4Digital Media in the UK, and went on to become a financial success on DVD and digital platforms in both territories. Lee continues to produce successful feature films, the last of which was the comedy creature feature 'Jurassic Predator', which reached No 1 in the UK DTV charts and No 22 in the UK DVD charts, only four places below the $120m blockbuster 'Jurassic World'. Lee is the managing director of the newly appointed film production company Eternitarian Productions Ltd.- Writer
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Andrew Jones was a prolific independent film producer, screenwriter, director and editor.
Born on 6th October 1983 in Swansea, South Wales, Andrew was educated at Olchfa Comprehensive School and later attended the University of Glamorgan. At the age of 27, he founded UK production company North Bank Entertainment to produce independent genre films with a similar aesthetic to the work of American luminaries Roger Corman and Charles Band. Andrew went on to become one of the most prolific independent film producers in the UK with an established track record of commercially successful titles. Andrew's feature films, most of which he also wrote and directed, regularly received distribution in numerous territories around the world including the UK, North America, Canada, Germany, South America, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, the Philippines, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Distribution companies he worked with include Lionsgate, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Universal Pictures and 4Digital Media.
In North America, Andrew's independent titles regularly appeared on the DVD shelves of retail giants such as Walmart, generating a high level of physical sales which consistently defy the odds. In the United Kingdom, nine of Andrew's films reached the Top 30 of the national DVD chart, thirteen of his films placed in the Top 5 of best selling Direct-to-Video titles in their first week of release and four of his films reached the Number 1 position on the HMV DVD Premiere Chart.
According to the annual BFI Research and Statistics booklet North Bank Entertainment regularly maintained a Top 10 spot on the list of production companies involved in the greatest number of commercially released British feature films each year. Andrew's top selling titles include the Robert (2015) franchise which to date has generated five films, culminating with Robert Reborn (2019) all of which have been released in dozens of territories worldwide.
Andrew was married to artist and filmmaker Sharron Jones and resided in his hometown of Swansea in South Wales until his passing in 2023.- Actress
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Eileen Daly was born on 1 June 1963 in Surrey, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Razor Blade Smile (1998), Witches Can Be Bitches and Mr Crispin (2013).- Actor
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Nicholas Vince is best known for his roles as The Chatterer Cenobite in Clive Barker's Hellraiser & Hellbound: Hellraiser II and Kinski in Barker's Nightbreed. In 2016 he was awarded the London Horror Society Award for Outstanding Contribution to UK Independent Horror and in 2018 a Lifetime of Torment Award at Texas Frightmare, plus a Dedication to Horror award from the Liverpool Horror Club.
He stars in the independent feature films, Hollower (dir. MJ Dixon) and The Offer (dir. Chris Griffiths & Gary Smart), with others from the Hellraiser films; and features in The Black Gloves (dir. Lawrie Brewster), Book of Monsters (dir. Stewart Sparke), Fuck You Immortality (dir. Federico Scargiali), Heckle (dir. Martyn Pick) and Paintball Massacre (dir. Darren Berry). He's worked on numerous short films including the award winning Mindless (dir. Katie Bonham).
Nicholas has also written and directed three short films; The Night Whispered, Your Appraisal and Necessary Evils. His two collections of short stories, What Monsters Do and Other People's Darkness are both available on amazon sites; and his short story 'Prayers of Desire', a new origin story for The Chatterer was recently published as part of Hellraiser: Anthology - Volume 2 published by Seraphim Inc.- Actor
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Reece Shearsmith originates from Hull and is a talented writer and performer. Having graduated from Bretton Hall Drama College with a BA(hons) in Theatre Arts, he is a quarter of the award-winning comedy team The League of Gentlemen and has appeared in a variety of television shows and films. He has also written and performed in London's long-running weekly satirical show Newsrevue. He has two children, Holly and Danny, with wife Jane.- Writer
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Alex was born in Leeds, England in 1979.
At school he was something of a geek, a studious young man who carried his books around in a briefcase, which was a source of constant amusement to school bullies.
During a stint as the lead singer of a student band while studying for his A-Levels, Alex discovered that he preferred talking to the audience and telling jokes in between the songs more than actually singing them. It was this that lead him to try out Stand Up Comedy. He soon found success, earning a place in the finals of the So You Think You're Funny competition at the Edinburgh Festival in 1998.
Meanwhile, Alex had earned a place to study medicine at London's UCL (his parents were keen on him fulfilling his potential and becoming a Doctor). He moved to London, and lived in the Halls of Residence in Camden for a while, still gigging on the comedy circuit, and dj-ing on student radio stations.
Alex's demo tape was picked up by London indie music radio station XFM, and he was given a graveyard shift. He decided to take a gamble and give up his studies and dedicate all of his time and energy into a career as a performer.
Alex was signed up in 2002 as a new presenter of MTV:UK. He fronted their flagship show TRL as well as having the opportunity to use his knowledge and love of film to present MTV's movie show Screenplay.
Alex currently hosts Popworld on Channel 4.- Actress
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Emily has appeared extensively in UK television/film for decades, starting young as a presenter on popular video game review show 'Bitz' in 1999. This strong start to a career in presenting led on to landmark shows such as 'The Big Breakfast' before find her home more recently on The Horror Channel where she has been established as an important part of their brand, in addition to becoming a horror-culture aficionado.
In addition to a highly successful career as a presenter, Emily has appeared extensively in film and TV in various roles. Most recently appearing as one of the leading roles in Shed of the Dead, due for release in 2018.- Director
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Tony Jopia was born on 6 June 1966 in Iquique, Chile. He is a producer and director, known for Cute Little Buggers (2017), Crying Wolf 3D (2015) and Creatures (2021).- Actress
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Leggy, brunette-maned pin-up actress Caroline Munro was born in Windsor, Berkshire, England, and lived in Rottingdean near Brighton where she attended a Roman Catholic convent school. By chance, her mother and a photographer entered her picture in a "Face of the Year" competition for the British newspaper The Evening News and won. This led to modeling chores, her first job being for Vogue Magazine at age 17. She moved to London to pursue top modeling jobs and became a major cover girl for fashion and television commercials while there.
Decorative bit parts came her way in such films as Casino Royale (1967) and Where's Jack? (1969). One of her many gorgeous photo ads earned her a screen test and a one-year contract at Paramount where she won the role of Richard Widmark's daughter in the comedy/western A Talent for Loving (1973). She first met husband/actor Judd Hamilton filming this movie but they later divorced. Also in 1969, she became the commercial poster girl for "Lamb's Navy Rum", a gig that lasted ten years. She had no lines as Vincent Price's dead wife in The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) and Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) which, in turn, led to a Hammer Studios contract and such low-budget spine-tinglers as Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) and Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974). More noticeable roles came outside the studio as the slave girl/love interest in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973), the princess in At the Earth's Core (1976), and a lethal Bond girl in the top-notch The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). Her voluptuous looks sustained her for a bit longer but the quality of her roles did not improve with higher visibility. Later 70's and 80's roles included the lowergrade Starcrash (1978), Maniac (1980) and Slaughter High (1986), the last-mentioned written and directed by second husband George Dugdale, whom she married in 1990. He died in 2020.
Following her marriage, she was less seen. The septuagenarian continued to perform sporadically on camera, primarily in England and often in the horror genre. Subsequent lead and supporting movie roles have included Heaven's a Drag (1994), Domestic Strangers (1996), Flesh for the Beast (2003), Vampyres (2015), Cute Little Buggers (2017) and House of the Gorgon (2019) which also featured her daughter, actress Georgina Dugdale.- Producer
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Steven began his career at 16, working on films such as Four Weddings and A Funeral, and Television like Lovejoy.
He produced his first feature film Time of Her Life that screened at Cannes in 2005 and went on to produce features Haunted (Ghosts), Haunted 2, Haunted 3, Haunted 4, Haunted 5, Hooligans At War: North Vs. South and I Am Hooligan.
He wrote and directed Essex Boys: Law Of Survival. He was an Associate Producer on the award winning My Feral Heart.
He has since produced Invasion Earth, Remember Me, and Whisper, The Howling, The Doll Master, Borstal. He wrote and directed The Haunting Of Borley Rectory (Which won Best Thriller and the National Film Awards 2021), Alfred The Doll, Doll House and Dead Again.
He has just completed The Ghosts Of Borley Rectory.- Actor
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Simon Phillips is an award winning British actor, probably best known Netflix show FUBAR with Arnold Schwarzenegger and The Witcher Season 3. He has also cited and won awards for his gruesome portrayal of Santa Claus in Christmas Horror features Once Upon A Time At Christmas and The Nights Before Christmas. His Feature film Butchers, garnered high praise from The Guardian Newspaper stating "It's Phillips' performance that keeps the film's pulse going. His Owen is exhilarating unpredictable, alternating between moments of meticulous villainy and sheer lunacy - one moment he will be refitting a spooky music box while eyeing his oblivious prey, next he will be whacking his victim bloodily, channeling a kind of biblical righteousness that makes him slippery, fascinating and, most importantly, terrifying to watch." He has appeared in feature films with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Mark Hamill, Robert Englund, Rutger Hauer, Richard E. Grant, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, John Malkovich and Mel Gibson.- Actor
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Dominic Brunt was born on 15 April 1970 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Evie (2023), Emmerdale Farm (1972) and Before Dawn (2013). He has been married to Joanne Mitchell since April 2003.- Producer
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He was only 10 years old when he first picked up the camera and started self shooting independent short films that would turn into some of his controversial and often challenging features.
After a few shorts as a child Jason went to study media at Bedford College at the age of 16 in which he gained a GNVQ, A/S and BTEC National Diploma while making a variety of student films, his final assignment being the heavy art house short 'The Evil Within' that was the start of the self harming and inner demon battle theme that has become very common ground in his work.
Straight after studying he left and became a freelance filmmaker at the age of 19 in which he wears many hats including directing, producing, writing, cinematography, acting and editing.
Due to lack of funds and most of the early films being self funded he took most of the production crew roles on himself and would even end up acting in many short and feature films to fill the roles which ended up him being cast in other peoples movies!
In 2004 at an early stage of his filmmaking career he won best film for the zombie themed flick - 'Zombies in the Wood'. After 2 years of making many short films and finding success in gaining festival and TV screenings of the various shorts he moved on to make his first full length feature film 'Sick Bastard' that has ended up with a number of DVD distribution deals.
Jason has carried on to make a great deal more short and feature films in which most are available world wide. He has created a lot of work in the horror genre in which he has become most known for but also created some very hard hitting social dramas.
Jason continues to be a self shooting filmmaker and has quite a raw DIY approach to filmmaking. He has directed for TV shows & music videos as well as his own films, and has also collaborated and been a director of photography & editor for other projects. He has put many of his short films together to create anthology works of horror and ended recycling quite a lot of his old footage in other features he has made, something he gained a bit of a reputation for.
As well as all this filmmaking he undertakes Jason also works a facilitator, camera operator & editor for film workshops across the UK giving the opportunity to other people to learn the art of bringing your vision to life using moving image.