A Friend of Dorothy
Synopsis
Academy Awards 2026 - Best Live Action Short Film - Nomination
Details
- Year
- 2025
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 21 min 24 sec
- Format
- 2K Digital
- Director
-
Lee Knight
- Producer
- James Dean, Scottie Fotré, Max Marlow
- Executive Producer
- Lee Knight, Harry Burnett Rae, Charles Gordon, Nicky Hale, Elliott Linger, Soumia Majumdar, Nichola Martin, Ingrid Tarrant
- Editor
- Phil Hookway
- Screenwriter
- Lee Knight
- Director of Photography
- Vanessa Whyte BSC
- Production Designer
- Amanda Bernstein
- Sound
- Josh Robinson-Ward
- Composer
- Stuart Hancock
- Principal cast
- Miriam Margolyes, Alistair Nwachukwu, Oscar Lloyd, Stephen Fry
- Make Up and Hair
- Nicola Sacks
- Costume Designer
- Francisco Rodriguez-Weil
- Casting
- Tom Payne, Lucy Allen
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Filthy Gorgeous Productions
Lee KnightBradbury Stell Accountants
Unit 2 Beverley Court
26 Elmtree Road
Teddington
TW11 8ST
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