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Unstoppable creative. Disabled filmmaker. BAFTA Breakthrough, Broadcast Hot Shot 🎬

Derbyshire
Joined November 2009
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On Friday the assisted suicide bill returns to the Commons It's acknowledged by many bodies as a bad law eg a Dr can suggest assisted suicide as an option to a patient The potential for coercion, mistakes & abuse is too great The only effective safeguard is for MPs to vote NO
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Celebrating a year since our @NetflixUK doc #BAND was released! Enjoy this BTS peek at how we made it. BAND is a short doc about what happens when a passion for music tips into something darker. Watch the full film on YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=uoNc0AVf…
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Winning the #netflixdocsfund with @davidchabeaux & @wdment was a career highlight. Thanks to our team! BTS: @wolfffhaley BTS Editor: @bobbyeccles Main team: @tommartin_dop @mattgilooly @eskalia23 @backinthelab @djwillgold @mayaavidov @davidincephotography @molinarepost @derbyuni
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"Without allies and idealists, we’ll get nowhere." Great interview from @BAFTA about the future of the industry: bafta.org/stories/in-convers…
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👽🍓 The aliens landed at @strawberry_fair! Joined the #Cambridge parade with Elizabeth Tooth & the wild Samba band for the fair's 51st (Area 51!) anniversary. I was the MIB telling everyone to delete their photos 😂 #strawberryfair2026 📸 3: eyecapturepixels 4: _wilkieworks_
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I’m a BAFTA Breakthrough! How did this happen?! In a year of professional highs, this is the top of the mountain. @bafta @bbc @netflix @bbcone @bbceastenders @netflixuk
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Brilliant night giving advice to talented #Leicester #filmmakers at @PhoenixLeic #ukfilm #indiefilm
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I'll never forget the audience reaction as BAND played on the biggest screen I've ever seen my work on. I was so happy I forgot to be nervous during the Q&A 😂 @TIEfestival, thank you SO much for hosting us. Me & @davidchabeaux will be back!!!
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This is the week where my dreams come true! I've just been included in the Broadcast Hot Shots list 🥳 broadcastnow.co.uk/hot-shots… #hotshots2025 #NetflixDocFund #broadcast #Raindance #Netflix #EastEnders #Walford #bbc #hotshots
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WORLD PREMIERE! 🎬 My #NetflixDocFund short BAND is screening at @Raindance — UK’s biggest indie film fest — on June 26 🎉 Then it drops on @NetflixUK’s YouTube (9M subs!) BAFTA & Oscar eligible. Big love to the team + @davidchabeaux Let’s gooo. 🔥 #Raindance #BANDfilm
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My first headline!!!
#EastEnders fans in tears as soap airs 'beautiful' VE Day episode - with heartbreaking twist mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/east…
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Whoop!! @derbyuniarts @DerbyUni BA Film & HE alumnus Writer/Director @owentooth directed all episodes of @bbceastenders this week including today's #VE80Day special. Well done Owen, a fantastic achievement & lovely touch intercutting archive footage w EastEnders locations! 👏🎥📺
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Our latest Filmmaker in Focus interview is with director @owentooth — proud wheelchair user and alumnus of @networkfhm Midlands Directors Lab Owen's first directing block of @bbceastenders including a special episode for VE day airs this week Read More bit.ly/FIFOWEN
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I’ve directed a full week of #EastEnders from May 5th inc a standalone #VEDay special on May 8th I was given freedom to really the boundaries of the show’s storytelling visually and thematically, with a number of never-before-seen techniques! #walford @bbceastenders @BBCOne
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*push - I somehow missed that word 😅
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