Walker-Rutter Production Services

I have set up a production company with my good friend Pepper Rutter. We worked together a couple of years ago on a short film in Yorkshire which was called Forty Thousand Reasons. We clicked and kept in touch over the past couple of years.

http://walker-rutter.jimdo.com/

Pepper used to run a company with her ex husband, but after their separation invited me to join her in re-branding of the company for 2010 onwards.

Pepper is a brilliant actress and singer, as well as producer extrodinaire! And between us, we have contacts in all aspects of the Industry, so can offer all services, from crew database, to headshots and agents for actors, upto producing any piece of media, from promos to feature films.

Its early days, of course. We've set up a website and email addresses for us, but we both feel that - sometimes you have to make your own luck! And this is our attempt to do that. We want to ultimately produce a film, and are already talking to some people about it. Big dreams, of course, but you never get anywhere unless you try!

So wish us luck, and watch this space!

Forty Thousand Reasons why you should watch this film

Forth Thousand Reasons, the short film I was 1st Assistant Director has finally been finished and released to the world. And you know what? Its bloody good!

I cant post it on here as the producer Conor Ibrahiem doesn't want it online yet. It's going to have a festival life, and has already been entered and accepted in the regional Bite The Mango short film festival. He hopes to enter it into many others next year as well. So good luck to us all that it gets some good exposure. And who knows, maybe catapults us all to greatness and glory! (A boy can dream, lol)

But it is good! Good music, great pace, and genuine atmosphere in it as well. The director Imy has done an excellent job, as did the cameraman Chen. The acting is uniformly excellent, especially my friend Pepper. And the extra playing "Tourist with backpack and camera", was frankly outstanding! ;)

I hope to be able to show it you at some point. Until then, here is the DVD cover, a few snaps from when we filmed it back in May, and a couple of important screen shots from the film! lol

Forty Thousand Reasons

I worked on a short move all this weekend. It came about from when I met some people at the recent Yorkshire crew events and gave out my new business cards lol.It is a kidnapped/ranson gone wrong flick, with double-crosses, shoot outs, blood (of course), and running. Lots and lots of running! lol


It was the first time production of a working actor called Conor Ibrahim from Bradford. He wrote it and his cousin Imran directed it. It was co-produced by a fantastic actress called Pepper Rutter, who with her husband Adi (senior thingamy-bob at the National Media Museum) are very well known and respected in the Yorkshire film world. Adi actually runs the Bradford Internal Film Festival for the NMM. Pepper is a working actress and recently got a part in the new Wuthering Heights big bucks production being filmed 15 miles from Harrogate, but just found out the part had been cut for budgety reasons!. Turns out me and Pepper clicked like a house on fire, and working with her has been a real joy this weekend! And don't let me forget to metion what a first rate actress she is, having been trained st the Sylvia Conte school. Along with Conor who has been on The Bill, and did a racial drama that praised in the Guardian, they did some really intense kidnapped scenes that were amazing to watch. Proper hairs on arms stuff. It was certainly proper no budget filmmaking, but it was treated with absolute professionalism. Great to be a part of!


And the crazy thing, I was invited on board in the role of Assistant director. To be honest, apart from generally managing things, I spent most of the time watching the director and cameraman discuss and set-up shots. But I did direct a couple of scenes! lol And I loved it! :)



So all in all, a fantastic and stimulating weekend. And I met some really great people who all work in the Biz.


Current mood. Tired but Happy ;)