Project Detail

The Rain Collector

Synopsis

A film about the women who confounded ideas of what was appropriate or expected, and got involved in science in Victorian England. This is the story of Vanessa Kentworth and the rain.

Based on true events and the work of the British Rainfall Organisation.

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Details

Year: 2016
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 12 mins 30 secs
Format: HD
Director: Isabella Wing-Davey
Producer: Theodora Dunlap, Emily Leo, Emilia Reid, Isabella Wing-Davey
Co-Producer: Tom Mucklow
Executive Producer: Andy Elton, Lucan Toh, Oliver Roskill
Editor: Matthew C Hart
Screenwriter: Isabella Wing-Davey
Director of Photography: Neus Ollé
Production Designer: Antonia Lowe
Sound: Scott Hirsch
Composer: Katya Mihailova
Principal cast: Celine Buckens, Hermione Norris, Max Bennett
Costume Designer: Charlotte Espiner

Genre

Climate / Environment Woman Director Comedy Drama Science

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Wigwam Films

3rd Floor
121-125 Charing Cross Road
London
WC2H 0EW

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