G.M.
Synopsis
'G.M.' was inspired by the work of magician and film pioneer Georges Melies (1861-1938), whose most famous film - 'Le Voyage Dans La Lune' - was exactly one hundred years old in 2001.
Details
- Year
- 2001
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running time
- 8 mins 30 sec
- Format
- Digital Betacam (available as a 35mm print)
- Director
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Martin Pickles
- Producer
- Kate Fletcher
- Executive Producer
- Maggie Ellis
- Editor
- Brian Marshall
- Screenwriter
- Martin Pickles
- Director of Photography
- Paul Nash
- Production Designer
- Don Rothwell
- Sound
- John Pattison, Robert Urquhart
- Music
- John Pattison
- Principal cast
- Neil Edmond, Leslie Cummins, Isobel Rocamora
- Wall Spirits
- Lisa Duncan, Carolyn Williams, Pat Reid, Dave Sag
- Assistant Director
- Mick Pantaleo
- Focus Puller
- Jason Ellis
- Stills Photographer
- Kalpesh Lathigra
- Gaffer
- Mark Johnson
- Lighting Technician
- Dean Holton
- Runners
- Kevin Feeney, Chet Khere
- Production Designer
- Don Rothwell
- Costumes Designer
- Vicky West
- Set Dresser
- Melanie Ford
- Set Painter
- Dave Grey
- Make Up & Hair
- Francesca Antoniou & Adele Croker
- Post-production Supervisor
- Brian Marshall
- Digital Compositing
- Martin Pickles
- Advising Digital Colourists
- Matt Ramsay, Stuart Elliot
- Funding
- Film London and Portable Whole
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
G.M. Film
223 Crystal Palace RoadLondon
SE22 9JQ
www.gmfilm.co.uk
Sales Company
G.M. Film
223 Crystal Palace RoadLondon
SE22 9JQ
www.gmfilm.co.uk
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