The Grinner - Writer/Director

Currently in Post Production

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Working around the 2020 restrictions of social distancing we produced another horror short cantered around a young woman attempting to erase a sinister figure that has haunted her since childhood.

 
 

Red Sky at Night (2020)

Writer/Director

Shot in late 2018 with a crew made up primarily from Goldcrest Films. A short that I have been working on since its inception in 2014. Due to its high production value and the amount we raised through crowd-funding, this has been my biggest short film to date.

 

Fever Dream - Writer/Director

Currently in Post Production

In comparison to Red Sky at Night, this short horror was shot in one day on a micro budget as myself and a colleague challenged ourselves to produce a frightening and atmospheric horror using minimal actors, props and locations to maximum effect.

 

Seize the Day (2018) - Writer/Producer

The first short film I produced after moving to London and starting work at Goldcrest Post Production which was a valuable asset for recording ADR and sound mixing for this production. A hugely enjoyable shoot with a skeleton cast and crew. It was also my first short made through crowd-funding which would prove as a useful predecessor to my next short film Red Sky at Night.

 

The Rizen: Possession (2019) - Set Runner

Sets of dark, maze-like tunnels, monster prosthetic’s and all in a large warehouse in the middle of winter. This was a unique experience as an on-set runner involving set painting, organising large groups of extras and cable bashing just to name a few.

Goodnight Jim (2015) - Writer

Back in 2014 myself and a group of seasoned film makers produced a short film to mark the 100 year anniversary of World War One. I was given the restrictions to keep the story contained to two characters isolated in a bunker to which I wrote a sombre drama about two old friends transporting themselves into a dream during an operation.

 


Fallen Soldiers (2015) - Production Assistant

My first job as a runner/production assistant on a feature film, involving a vast variety of roles including reading through lines with actors, extra work, alterations to sets and many more. This film was a great introduction for learning how a film shoot operates both on set and on location.

Samples of my scripts are available on request via: ben.daly1@hotmail.com