The Brain Hack
Synopsis
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2015 - Thrill Strand
Details
- Year
- 2015
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 19 mins
- Director
-
Joseph White
- Producer
- Charlotte Walls
- Co-Producer
- David Stafford-Clark
- Editor
- Joseph White
- Screenwriter
- Joseph White
- Director of Photography
- Dan Stafford Clark
- Production Designer
- Hela Dondertman, Sophie Jacobs, Bridget Murton
- Sound
- Sound Re-recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor: Jake Roberts
- Composer
- Al Hardiman
- Principal cast
- Edward Franklin, Alexander Owen
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Catalyst Global Media
Charlotte WallsLWH Entertainment
20 Gloucester PlaceLondon
W1U 8HA
Sales Company
c/o Catalyst Global Media
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