Everyone Writes Memoir - Our Production
Mark Solter - Co-Director | DoP | Sound Design | Editor
Mark Solter is a cinematographer and director working in narrative, commercial, and branded creative. Mark has collaborated on a number of autonomous films worldwide, including Tus, Fear Abides Nightly Glistens, The Moon Smells Like Gunpowder, Tin Matchbox Empty, Twins and Wives, Fear Up Harsh, and Most People Think Other People Die.
A multiple film festival award winner, he is currently developing several scripted properties including Gentleman Crook, Or Current Resident, A Pen For The Blind In The Knife Drawer, Wolf of Seven Young, and Total State Machine.
marksolter.com
Alexander Campbell - Co-Director | Writer | Editor
Alexander trained at the School of Fine Arts, Auckland University, New Zealand, MFA Hons., and the Drama Action Centre, Sydney, Australia. He has a broad range of experience as a director in the areas of documentary and dramatic filmmaking, mix media performance art, and experimental film. Alexander has also worked for many years as a professional actor, training and working both in Australasia and Europe.
He was the director of the visual art video production company, Constructur/list [production], NZ. 1990—94, producing media-artist work and producing and directing documentaries on the visual arts. He established the actors’ training organization, Act_World_Wide, in Paris, 2000—2005. He lectured at the School of Visual and Performing Arts at Charles Sturt University, NSW, Australia, teaching Directing for Film and TV, Screen Acting and Devising Theatre, 2008.
Norman Skipp - Composer
Norm Skipp is a NZ/UK composer/sonic artist and video artist based in Manchester, UK. Norm devotes himself to creating innovative sound and visual compositions in collaboration with a diverse range of artists. His wide and varied body of work often involves multi-artist works that blend sonic art, butoh, theatre, video art and instrumental performance such as ‘Safe In Sound’ and ‘Feast’. Large scale collaborations with Australia based director/dancer/choreographer Gabrielle New, Creature and The Thing with Feathers, had successful seasons in Melbourne. Norm’s film soundtrack work includes 45 RPM and the award winning short film The Moon Smells Like Gunpowder His regular collaboration with new music ensemble Vonnegut Collective began with the creation of '...tiny lights...' in 2015, inspired by the writings of Haruki Murakami.. He completed a Music degree (composition) in New Zealand in 1994 studying with Jack Body, Ross Harris, John Elmsly and John Rimmer. In 2007, while in residence at the Centre Création Musicale Iannis Xenakis (CCMIX) in Paris, he was fortunate enough to study with Gérard Pape, Jean-Claude Risset, Trevor Wishart, Curtis Roads, Harry Halbreich, Agostino di Scipio and Makis Solomos
International performances of his video and sound work have taken place in New Zealand, Australia, U.S.A., U.K., France, Canada, and Iceland as part of festivals such as NextWave, Soliton, Pulsefield, RAFLOST 2011, Festival Licènces and Synthèse. In 2008 he formed _scape with his brother Rod Skipp to create various improvised live electronic works. Large scale works ‘(arc)’ and ‘open’ were created with a number of notable Manchester musicians.
More information at normanskipp.com