Dad Was
Synopsis
Details
- Year
- 2020
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 12 min
- Director
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Barnaby Blackburn
- Producer
- Barnaby Blackburn
- Executive Producer
- John Bryan
- Editor
- Ed Line
- Screenwriter
- Barnaby Blackburn
- Director of Photography
- Robbie Bryant
- Production Designer
- Lili Lea Abraham
- Sound
- Jonny Platt
- Composer
- Hugo Blackburn
- Principal cast
- Seylan Baxter, James Harkness, Cameron Kerr, Malcolm Shields
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Dark Glass Films
130 Shaftesbury AvenueLondon
W1D 5AR
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