Robyn Davies
Posted by LSFF on June 29, 2012
Robyn Davies is a standout on any big day at Porthleven’s hallowed reef, a proving ground for the UK’s bravest and boldest. She has been at the forefront of the British surf scene as a 5X national champion, international surf traveller and free spirit. She was the first female to grace […]
Meet the Filmmaker: Mikey Corker
Posted by LSFF on June 15, 2012
Last year Mikey Corker’s short ‘Footpaths, Peelers and Caves’ won the LS/FF / National Trust surf trailer competition. Produced by Wavedreamer, his 30-second short was showcased across the three nights of the London Surf / Film Festival and captured the essence of what the conservation charity means to surfers. “As surfers we are blessed […]
Meet the filmmaker: Mark Waters
Posted by LSFF on May 21, 2012
Mark Waters is part of the award winning team behind ‘Uncommon Ideals’ – the short film that touched the global surfing consciousness in late 2011 winning big from the London Surf / Film Festival to San Sebastian as well as being shortlisted for the Surfer Poll Awards and international Vimeo […]
Meet The Filmmaker: Anthony Butler
Posted by LSFF on January 3, 2012
It’s fair to say that Anthony Butler, aka Mr B, is one of the UK’s most established and respected surf filmmakers. His output includes four groundbreaking surf films that have captured UK and Irish surfing at it most cutting edge. His titles include Performing Monkeys, Driven, Substance and 21 Days […]
Meet The Filmmaker: Tim Boydell
Posted by LSFF on December 14, 2011
Mr Tim Boydell doesn’t feel like a new face, an emerging presence. He seems to have been on the scene longer than that; to have achieved. Yet in a land where it’s hard graft being an independent filmmaker, he’s managed to bring a lot to the table in a relatively […]
Meet the Filmmaker: Tim Davies
Posted by LSFF on December 6, 2011
It’s a healthy time for UK surf filmmaking. Tim Boydell’s Innersection is out there on the world stage representing, Uncommon Ideals by Chris McClean and Mark Waters is up for a Surfer Poll award and Mickey Smith has established a reputation as a cutting edge creative of the highest order. […]
Meet the Filmmaker: Chris McClean
Posted by LSFF on October 26, 2011
When the crew here at the London Surf / Film Festival came up with the concept for The Shorties, our aim was to create a springboard for UK talent, a vehicle to help push our homegrown filmmakers out onto the world stage. We have been blown away, not only by […]
Tom Tagholm
Posted by LSFF on July 5, 2011
Tom began his career as an advertising writer. The move towards directing began in 2001 he was asked to join Channel 4 to help set up their fledgling creative department, 4Creative. Since then he has written and directed numerous award-winning spots for Channel4, heading up the department, managing a team […]
Greg Martin
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Greg Martin, surf photographer extraordinaire, started surfing almost 20 years ago when he lived in Somerset. He grew up watching films like ‘Gripping Stuff’ and ‘Green Iguana’, but his all time favourite piece of footage was the start of ‘Bunyip Dreaming’. Following a stint as a freelance surf hack he […]
Danny Webb
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Danny Webb has been a professional actor since graduating from RADA in 1978. He has appeared in films, TV and theatre constantly since then. Science fiction fans may recognize him as Professor Edwin Hobb in the recent hit series Humans, Morse the only survivor in Alien 3 and as Jefferson in […]
Sarah Bentley
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Sarah Bentley grew up in South Wales, was sporty but hated sports. That was until she found surfing. Hooked from the start she would squeeze as many surfs out of a week as was humanly possible and spend the rest of her time watching surf films and dreaming of long […]