The Voorman Problem came about after a conversation with Baldwin (Producer), who told me he knew somebody willing to finance a film if he ever had a suitable project. I already had a draft of the script and once I showed it to Baldwin he didn't need any convincing to get involved. The film is about a psychiatrist (Martin Freeman)  who's invited to a prison to decide on the sanity of a prisoner (Tom Hollander) who believes he is a God and has convinced all the other inmates that this is the case. The film took about 6 months to develop, three days to film and another three years until I was happy with it. It turned out to be worth it obviously.

I did know the script was great. I remember it did receive a bit of attention from the old UK Film council but I don't think it was up their street or fit their remit for short films at the time. But we never lost faith in the story and knew that if we could get it under the noses of the right actors then they'd recognise the chance to be involved in something special. I don't think any film maker imagines awards when writing or producing a film, I can't anyway! But once it started gathering momentum we could sense good things might happen. It does come down to the script in the final analysis, write a good script, cast intelligent and sensitive actors and your halfway there as a director.

Full Time is a very different film in it's subject matter. It deals with a family on the verge of change due to illness. It does contain elements of situational humour that most families would recognise. The film stars Chris Langham (Black Pond. The Thick of it) and I have to say it's great to see him working again. He's such a massive talent and I've learned a great deal from the experience. It also starts a young actor called Kieran Hill who I've worked with at Bolton Octagon Theatre. It's one of his first ventures into film and something I knew he'd be great at. I'd spotted a real subtlety in his work in the theatre that I knew would translate to the screen.

Yes, I'm heavily into development on my first feature - which is a biopic, which is about as much as I can say at the minute... Other than that there is another short in the pipeline so hopefully I can secure the funding to make it next year. It has the potential to be as darkly humorous as Voorman. There's a also a number of other ideas which are kicking around, but their more like planes circling the runway the minute.