I began making short films about ten years ago when I was in college and since then have made films across several genres from music videos to horror. I am inspired by French film makers such as Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Francois Truffaut and like more surreal or avant garde styles. I have recently come back to film making after a break and am working on a couple of new projects.

Recently I filmed and edited Re-View Textiles and my company, Beat City Images collaborative day at the Bed-In at the Bluecoat. We created a wall hanging of people's dreams of peace and the short film I made captured the feeling and enjoyment that everyone involved experienced on the day.

My current project is an arts documentary based in Liverpool and I also run Beat City Images with Emma Gilmour

Some other inspirations and things I like:

A lovely cup of tea! (with soya milk, no sugar of course)

Film:

"Jules et Jim" 1962, "Amelie" 2001, "All About My Mother" 1999, "Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead" 1985, "Shutter Island" 2010

TV:

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "The IT Crowd", "Rosemary and Thyme", "Poirot", Documentaries

Music:

Oasis, Greenday, X-Ray Spex, The Raveonettes, Gossip, Feeder, Foo Fighters, Blondie, Ladyhawke, The XX, Hole/Courtney Love