JOE BINKS

Bio

Joe has been producing commercials, branded content and animation for over a decade. His varied background producing in-house at agencies and production companies, as well as a few years freelancing has enabled Joe to build up a talented network of creative filmmakers who can be harnessed to respond to any brief. Some of his highlights include producing work for Lexus, Amazon, Scania, Nokia, Facebook, Sony, Gillette and Nike.

Prior to starting Glass Onion Films in 2020, Joe completed a diploma in Producing at the NFTS and so Glass Onion was set up with an added focus on developing fiction and non-fiction projects. His films have received funding from the BFI’s Doc Society Made of Truth fund (THE ELVERMEN) and BFI NETWORK.

Currently working on

In post-production on SOULMATE and various short form content and commercials.

Barnaby Blackburn

Bio

In 2017 Barnaby shot his first short film and directorial debut, WALE, described by The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw as an “intriguing Hitchcockian thriller”, which was shown at over 50 film festivals around the world, shortlisted for the 91st Academy Awards and nominated for a BAFTA.

In 2019 he completed his second short film, DAD WAS, which he describes as a eulogy for his father whilst he’s still alive. The film was shortlisted for a BAFTA in 2021. In the summer of 2022 he shot his third short, PYLON, a film about a gang of boys who force a younger boy to climb an electricity pylon.

Currently working on

In post-production for PYLON. Barnaby is also pitching his first feature film FAUNA - about an art curator at the Royal Academy who sets out to discover the identity of a painter who anonymously submits a work for the Summer Exhibition made from human remains - and working on a new feature script about a family of Ukrainian refugees who find themselves living with an English family in a picturesque countryside village.

Producer

Produced the BFI NETWORK-funded short film US & IN BETWEEN

Based in: Reading Contact: gareth@flyerfilms.org

Gareth Brown

Bio

Gareth is a creative producer known for hard-hitting female-led storytelling based on real world stories. He is currently Head of Production at Flyer Films. Combining experience in strategy development and project management from the automotive and airline sectors, Gareth founded Flyer Films in 2018 alongside filmmaker Katia Shannon. Under his guidance the company has produced a slate of short narrative films alongside UK service production and co-production facilitation for international productions, specialising in the UK-Canada market.

Currently working on

Currently in development with a slate of long form series and feature projects. Actively seeking relationships with those interested in developing cross-border projects through co-production or service production partnerships.

Writer-director

Wrote and produced the BFI NETWORK-funded short film DAYLIGHT RULES

Based in: Bedford Contact: info@alexbrowning.tv

Alex Browning

Bio

Alex’s genre-bending short film DAYLIGHT RULES, commissioned by Sky Studios and BFI NETWORK, will be touring film festivals before a broadcast premiere on Sky.

Prior to this, he has directed and written a number of shorts with multiple international festival selections, including at BAFTA-qualifying Aesthetica and London Short Film Festivals, a Best Short nomination at the ScreenNation awards, and broadcast on Channel 4 and screened at cinemas across London.

Alex’s stories are anchored by elements and nature, meditating on faith, spirituality and power.

Currently working on

Alex is currently developing projects in the UK and US including the feature film version of DAYLIGHT RULES and a TV drama mini-series that plays with time, memory and perspective.