Infamy

Crew

1. • Writer & Director
   • Producer
   • Director of Photography
   • Editor
   • Composer
   • Costume Designer

2. Garrett David Millerick, Writer & Director

   Garrett made his directing debut with a production of Ben Elton’s Popcorn at the 2004 Edinburgh Fringe. Popcorn’s short run proved a resounding success both critically and commercially, sell-out performances gaining five star reviews from leading critics at the festival. Following its run at the Edinburgh Fringe Popcorn enjoyed a sort tour of the South Coast.

   Garrett was educated at the University of Southampton and graduated with a BA in Modern History and Political Science. Following his graduation Garrett founded Schadenfreude Productions Limited as a platform to develop film and theatre projects.

   Garrett’s first production under the Schadenfreude banner was David Mamet’s Oleanna. The play ran for a total of 25 performances at the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival at the historic Clerk Street Odeon.

   In 2006 Schadenfreude returned to the Fringe with a production of Anthony Neilson’s Normal, the story of Peter Kurten: The Dusseldorf Ripper. The dark subject matter of the piece presented a significant challenge to the company, and was a departure from the work previously undertaken by the director. The play was awarded five-star reviews from The Scotsman and The British Theatre Guide and described in On Stage Scotland as a genuinely chilling production of an endlessly thought provoking play.

   Following Normal, Garrett began post-production work on Basketcase his short film writing and directing debut. Basketcase was first shown at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.

   In late 2007 Garrett began work on Infamy: a cautionary tale of television in the 21st Century. The film marked Garrett’s first collaboration with producer Roopesh Parekh. Infamy stars Neil Newbon and Henrietta Clemett and is surrounded by an exceptional supporting cast which includes, Johnny Lyne Pirkis (Martin Scorsese’s Young Victoria), Johnathan Rhodes (Confetti), Kevin Eldon (Jam, I’m Alan Partridge, Brass Eye) and Carol Smille (Strictly Come Dancing, Changing Rooms, The Peoples Court).

   2008 will see Garrett return to the Theatre with a production of David Mamet’s A Life in the Theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

3. Roopesh Parekh, Producer

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   Roopesh wrote and directed his first, full-length stage play The Innocence for the Leicester Haymarket Theatre at the age of 15. Having subsequently founded and run a successful youth theatre group, Roopesh began his film career as screenwriter of the British Asian feature film, Chicken Tikka Masala, which subsequently screened at Cannes, New York, Raindance and Philadelphia film festivals and was nominated for a British Independent Film Award.

   Having graduated from the London College of Communication with a first class honors degree in Film & Video, Roopesh has gone on to produce 23 short films to date, under his company Rivers & Talent Productions, including 10 Bulls (Best Experimental Film, Da Vinci Film & Video), Love Is Like (Official Selection: Hampton's Film Festival) and Call Me Harry (Official Selection: Clarmont-Ferrand Festival). Most recently, Roopesh won the Triangle Media Group award for Producer of the Year 2006 and was accredited as one of the top 10 achievers in the UK in Global Mainstream Media.

   Other work includes Sales and Marketing agent for award-winning director Kim Bour’s film 10 Bulls, co-production of a feature with Script to Screen Films and occasionally writing reviews for Close-Up and Six Degrees film magazines.

   As well as producing the forthcoming British feature, Retreat, Roopesh is currently Director of Business Affairs for Pandelic Films, the new UK-US film production company founded by Steven Alan Green & Julian Kranin (producer of Robert Redford’s Quiz Show). Roopesh is also the managing director of Market Films, a corporate UK production company specializing in video production for large corporations.

4. Mike Muschamp, Director of Photography

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   Mike has worked extensively in both Europe and Asia for over twenty years as a director of photography. His distinctive visual style can be seen in broad range of features, shorts, television and commercials across both continents.

   Selected Filmography: The Rainbow (Dir Virichai Rabruen, Prod Co: Tai ent), Mean Street Blues (Dir Kidd Suvanassra, Prod Co: SahamongKol), Where is Tong, Headless Ghost (Dir Thanit Jitnukul, Prod Co: Phanakorn Films), 1st Flight, Chicken Tikka Massala (Dir Harmage Kalirai, Prod Co: Seven Spice), Little Things (Dir Stephen Green, Short), Out There (Dir Ed McGough, Short).

   Examples of Mike Muschamp’s work can be viewed Online.

5. Brett Irwin, Editor

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   Brett graduated in Film Studies at Stirling University for 4 years before moving onto the Northern Media School in Sheffield and specialising in Fiction Film Editing. Graduated with Distinction and briefly taught for Avid before spending last 12 years editing in the Television, pricipally in the documentary genre where he has worked on many flagship strands such as Storyville, Cutting Edge, Equinox. He also helped establish (to his shame) several of the most popular "reality formats" most notably the early series of Faking It and Wife Swap for which his episodes have won Greirson, RTS and Bafta awards.

6. JD Marsters, Composer

   JD Marsters has worked with Schadenfreude Production for several years on a variety of both theatre and film projects. He has designed the lighting and written original scores for all of their recent fringe projects and received critical acclaim for his work. Previously, he has worked at length with both the Rattlesnake Theatre Company and the Nuffield Theatre as a lighting designer and consultant pyrotechnical.

   JD is both a keen musical performer and an accomplished composer. His work as a jazz trumpeter has been featured in recordings by bands as diverse as Panama and Jellybass and his performances as a pianist have earned him a variety of festival awards. As a composer, the breadth of musical styles with which he has worked is considerable, from cathedral choral works to dance tracks that have received national radio airplay.

7. Florence Chow, Costume Designer

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   Florence graduated with a BA (Hons) in Design for Performance at Central St. Martins. During her time at St. Martin’s, Florence worked with Theatre Company Punchdrunk (2006) where she helped with set design and construction for their sell-out production of Faust, a critically acclaimed modern production and subsequently worked on their production Masque of the Red Death (2007).

   In 2007 Florence also collaborated with the University of Ohio, America, and designed the theatre production The Shape of Things, managing all aspects of design within the show. Florence has also worked with Soho Theatre and helped set design and construct the promenade piece called Moonwalking Chinatown (2007).

   Late 2007 saw Florence working on a short film called Romans 12:20 who was written by BAFTA Award Winning Writer Geoff Thompson, with Therapy Films, in the role of art department assistant. Furthermore, Florence has costume designed Little Things (Steven Alan Green), Out There (Edward McGowan) and Infamy (Garrett David Millerick), three high end short film productions, produced by Roopesh Parekh. Infamy began the collaboration between Florence and director Garrett David Millerick.

Cast

1. • Neil Newbon
   • Henrietta Clemett
   • Johnnie Lyne Pirkis
   • Jonathan Rhodes
   • Kevin Eldon
   • Carol Smillie

2. Neil Newbon, "Tom"

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   Neil’s film credits include Beyond the Rave, Good Times, Reverb, The Run, Are You Ready for Love?, Discovery of Heaven, Luminal, and The Naked Lunch.

   Neil’s television credits include The Bill, Casualty, Stranded, Honour of the Sword, Dream Team (series regular), As If, Queen of Swords, Goodness Gracious Me, Wycliffe, Cris Cross, London Bridge, Dalziel & Pascoe and Anchor Me.

   Theatre credits include Other People, Harvington Fair, They Shoot Horses Don’t They and Romeo and Juliet.

3. Henrietta Clemett, "Rebecca"

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   Henrietta trained at the Poor School in London. Since Graduating in 2002 she has appeared in various roles in television, film & theatre.

   Her film credits include: Run Fatboy Run, At Home with the Finkles, In a Day, Two Loves Television: The Bill (Thames TV), Much Ado About Nothing (BBC), Murder City (Granada), Ultimate Force (Bentley Prods), Family Affairs (Thames TV).

   Theatre credits include: Who’s Harry? (Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh – Fringe First Winner); Who’s Harry? (Pleasance Theatre, London).

4. Johnnie Lyne Pirkis, "Middmass"

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   Johnnie Lyne-Pirkis trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

   His film credits include, amongst others, Swing Kids (Buena Vista), National Treasure II (Walt Disney), The Young Victoria (Scorcese/Independent), Spooks (BBC), Jeeves and Wooster (ITV), House of Cards (BBC), Stalag Luft (Granada), House of Eliott (BBC) in TV. Troilus & Cressida and Midsummer Night's Dream (Open Air Theatre Regents Park), KEELER (Upstairs at the Gatehouse).

   Johnnie co-founded the award winning theatre503 in 2002.

5. Jonathan Rhodes, "Jeremy"

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   Jonathan trained at the Birmingham School of Acting after studying Theatre at Dartington College of Arts.

   His theatre credits include: One, Nineteen (Arcola Theatre) Holding Court (Watford Palace Theatre/Royal Court), The Cherry Orchard (Library Theatre Birmingham).

   Film credits include: Confetti (BBC Films), Bar Stewards (Pleased Sheep Productions), Towel Talk [Cannes Award Winner] (Wysiwyg Films), The Other Half [Cannes Award Winner] (The Winner’s Productions),Deadpan Valentine [Toronto Award Winner] (DPV Productions), and Life Translated (Visionary Films ). Radio and Voiceover credits include: Blake’s 7 Audio Adventures (B7 Media) and work for Monty Python, Fruit Pastilles, Parcelforce and Guinness.

6. Kevin Eldon, "Reality TV Judge"

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   Kevin is currently filming a regular character in a new comedy series for BBC 2 Nighty Night starring Julia Davies and Angus Deayton. He can also be seen as a lead actor in the recently released cult hit JAM DVD.

   Selected credits include Hot Fuzz, Brass Eye, I’m Alan Partridge, Big Train, Black Books and Green Wing.

7. Carol Smillie, "Joan"

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   Carol is one of the UK’s most sought after presenters for television programmes, award ceremonies, corporate events, advertisements and charity work. Those who know her primarily from Changing Rooms may be surprised by the range of her work on and off the TV. She has won a NATIONAL TV AWARD, an INDIE award and was nominated for a BAFTA.

   She recently appeared on a celebrity version of ITV’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing.

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