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The Quicksilver Team have produced a number of Nominated and Award Winning short films, and are currently raising finance for a slate of three independent British feature films. Located in the heart of Soho, the centre of the UK film industry, Quicksilver Films is comprised of emerging and established talent whose credits include a vast array of international feature films. We are dedicated to producing exciting British feature films with commercial potential and creative merit. Testament to this is the cast, sales, distribution and finance arrangements we have attached to date.
The Company:
Over the last few years, the company has developed relationships with, been supported by and is currently working alongside a number of major figures in the film industry including producers, film financiers, sales agents and distributors. We have been supported by companies such as ICM, ARRI Media, Lip Sync Post, Unit Post, AFM Lighting, One8Six and many other companies and important individuals within the British Film Industry.
The Team:
Rebecca, Alex, Lance and Mark have together written, directed and produced a series of short films including: Kitchen Sync (nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2006 Rushes Soho Shorts Festival and Best Film at the 2007 Court Metrange Film Festival; it was shown in VUE cinemas throughout the UK during 2006); Mouse Party starring Toby Kebbell (Dead Man's Shoes - Toby is attached to play the role of Austen in Matchstalk Man) and Worth, sponsored by ARRI and Pinewood Studios and shot on the ARRI D20 camera (the same format we are looking to use for Matchstalk Man). All of our shorts are being distributed internationally. The team have also produced a mood piece for Matchstalk Man starring Leo Gregory (who is attached to play Jack in the feature film) with LipSync Post. It can be viewed on the Matchstalk Man info section of this site. Our shorts can be seen on www.acceberfilms.com. Email us if you would like a DVD copy.
Executive Producer:
Christopher Figg is a leading UK film producer whose producing credits include Dog Soldiers (Darren Morfitt, Sean Pertwee); The Truth About Love (Jennifer Love Hewitt, Dougray Scott); Trainspotting (Ewan McGregor); Hellraiser; Hellraiser II; Hellraiser III; Heidi; Fast Sofa; Greyfriars Bobby and Dolphins. Christopher recently established the Limelight Fund to cashflow the tax credit for a small number of UK films.
Producer:
Rebecca Long has produced numerous short films and music videos for Acceber Films with the other members of the Company's team. Rebecca completed her masters at RADA and King's College, London and began producing theatre before making the transition to film by working for the prolific American Producer David Winters where she gained experience in script development, funding, casting, production, sales and distribution. Rebecca's producing credits include Worth (short film); Kitchen Sync (short film); Measure for Measure (short film); Parasite (feature film); Present (short film) and One Night At (a music pilot for music satellite channels) as well as numerous music promos for worldwide TV distribution. Rebecca was recently part of the film panel for CIDA where she spoke about film finance.
Director:
Alexander Holt has worked in the UK, USA, Gulf, Far East and South Africa in Theatre, Television and Film. He has directed over 35 productions for the London stage as well as touring internationally. Alex's directing credits include the UK premiere of Neil Simon's London Suite starring Christopher Cazenove and the world premiere of Matchstalk Man (Bedlam Theatre Edinburgh). He is the recipient of the Stage One/Society Of London Theatre New Producer's Bursary. He has recently been working with some of the UK's biggest names on a series of masterclasses entitled Brief Encounters including Jeremy Irons, Julie Walters, Juliet Stevenson, Robert Lindsay and Steven Berkoff. In respect of films, Alex worked as Production Designer on the location Feature film Welcome to Ibiza and on the sci-fi thriller Parasite. He has worked as assistant to Royal Shakespeare Company director John Barton in New York on a new film version of Playing Shakespeare for PBS. He worked as associate producer on a documentary The Show Must Go On with Sensation Pictures for PACT which was aired in Houses of Parliament and Cannes. Alex has directed a number of shorts, including Kitchen Sync and Mouse Party (with Lance Roehrig); Worth and Cassandra's Clock starring Judi Bowker. Dame Judi Dench has been Alex's patron for a number of years: "Alexander Holt is a first class director and I am proud to be a Patron."
Director:
Lance Roehrig has been working as an Assistant Director in the Film industry for the last 10 years in countries such as Spain, South Africa, Turkey, India, Ireland and the U.K. He has worked on over 35 Feature Films including: Roland Emmrich's 10,000 BC; In Bruges with Colin Farrell and Ralph Fiennes; Mr Bean's Holiday with Rowan Atkinson and Willem Dafoe; How To Lose Friends And Alienate People with Simon Pegg and Kirsten Dunst; Celtic Leprechauns with Whoopi Goldberg & Randy Quaid; The Stone Merchant with Harvey Keitel, F. Murray Abraham and Jane March and; Hotel Rwanda, with Nick Nolte and Don Cheadle. Lance has also worked as a Production Manager and Assistant Director on over 100 commercials as well as producing the documentary The Show Must Go On for John McVay, Chief Executive of P.A.C.T (Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television). This last project highlighted the achievements of the British Film Industry and was shown in the House of Commons to Members of Parliament and by the Film Council at the Cannes Film Festival. Lance was also Associate Producer on the documentary The Angry Skies, which investigated the genocide committed by the Khmer Rouge Government. More recently Lance has produced and directed his first 35mm short film Karma Coma, which was nominated for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Won Best Edit at The Right Eye Film Festival South Africa. With Alex, Lance directed the short films Kitchen Sync and Mouse Party.
Writer:
Mark Underwood has had numerous plays produced on the stage in London, Edinburgh, the UK and the United States including Matchstalk Man, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Bad Omens, The Secret Arch and The Wordsmith's Lament (a trilogy,) all for Tenth Planet Productions as well as The Franklin's Tale and The House on Chorley Street. Mark was commissioned by Time Flies to write six short plays for Gatwick Airport and several radio adverts by Sh! Production Co. for Euphoria Bahrain. His Screenplays include Matchstalk Man, No Reason and The Last Olympian (for Quicksilver Films), Hit and Run (Talkback Thames), Everything But the Kitchen In Sync (short), Mouse Party (short), Getting To Glastonbury (for Acceber Films), BigFoot SmallBudget (for DogFace Films), The Conqueror (for Alpha Beta International Films), Rapunzel (for Tenth Planet Productions) and Curium Killed the Cat (for Handmade Films). He is a prolific songwriter and has written two musicals. He has numerous songs which have been recorded by indie band YETI and another two recorded by Tony nominee Euan Morton and released in the USA.
Legal & Business Affairs:
Steve Spence read law at Oxford University between 1998 and 2001. The following year he completed the Legal Practice Course and in March 2003 joined Slaughter and May, the City's leading corporate law firm. Having gained experience in corporate, corporate tax, insurance and employment departments he qualified into a corporate finance group in 2005. Much of Steve's work involved raising finance for large multinational companies through methods such as share issues, note programmes, securitisations and swap agreements. Steve has also helped advise numerous FTSE 100 companies including Standard Life, Abbey National and Diageo. Having always had a huge interest in film, Steve joined Quicksilver in 2007 to help the Company raise finance for its slate of features.
Casting Director:
Claire Saunders set up on her own as an independent Casting Director in October 2004. Since doing so she has been Casting Director on John Curran's: The Painted Veil which stars Naomi Watts and Edward Norton, a Warners Independent Film. Claire has also undertaken a UK Casting Search on the Meryl Streep film: The Devil Wears Prada as well as carrying out development casting on Stuart Urban's: Tovarisch and Rob Green's: Tourist Trap. Prior to setting up on her own she worked at Gail Stevens' Casting for 3 years, where amongst other films she was Casting Associate on: Woody Allen's Match Point and Andrew Adamson's: The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe. She has also cast numerous adverts for Specsavers, plus adverts for Lemsip Max, Kit Kat, Gavilast and NSPCC, and idents for Discovery Channel and Channel Four.