Gavin Toomey – Director & Producer

Gavin is an award-winning director of short drama and promo films with a 12 year history in the industry. In 2010 & 2011 he directed two IVCA award winning films, “We are ARK” & “Media Trust Stories”.

In 2009/10 he directed a number of drama shorts & 7 films commissioned by the V&A Museum for their Small Spaces exhibition. His self-penned short film “Drop” stars Russell Tovey (“Being Human”) and was screened in a number of festivals including (shortlisted in Best Short category) the 2009 Rushes Soho Shorts festival and Cannes SFC in France. In 2008 his 35mm film “Trace” screened at the UK’s top shorts festival Encounters, in “Best of British” category.

Prior to purely directing, Gavin was a visual effects designer/supervisor on over 30 feature films such as Harry Potter and Charlie & the Chocolate Factory link to IMDB credits and received a D&AD yellow pencil for VFX work on Jonathan Glazer’s Guinness “Surfer” ad in 2000.

Recent Awards:
IVCA Clarion (Advertising & Promotion) – “We are ARK” promo film 2010
IVCA Highly Commended – “Media Trust Stories” 2011

Natasha Wilkinson – Editor

As well as “Drop” & “Trace”, Natasha has edited a number of award-winning films.
As a freelance editor she has edited a range of BBC & Channel 4 Documentaries including the high profile 30 minute, “Bus Pass Bullfighter” (dir. Molly Clarke), a number of features for “The Culture Show” (BBC), and 8 x 3 Minute Wonders (Channel 4). In 2007, Natasha was Additional Editor on Molly Dineen’s BAFTA winning 75 minute Documentary, “Lie of the Land”.

Before making the leap into the film world, Natasha gained a degree in Architecture, but then followed her true passion for editing by assisting in the cutting rooms of high profile Film and TV drama such as David Yates’ “State of Play”. IMDb Credits