Steve is the writer and director of Zombie Hood, which is his first full length feature film. Steve has always had a love of everything film related, creating 3 short films before his 18th birthday. Steve previously worked as a Film and TV tutor at The Pauline Quirke Academy for Performing Arts and is now a tutor at the Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies in Nottingham.He is currently working on a number of film projects in and around the East Midlands including a TV series Survival.



Steve Best - Writer, Director & Editor

 

Susan started making short Videos for the Local Nottingham Community Channel 5 back in 1998. Having Graduated from Ravensbourne college London in 2003; Susan went on to work in the television industry; being involving in programmes such as Big Brother, Hells Kitchen, Design Wars and Channel 4 documentary series ‘under the knife.’ After 2 years working as a Gallery Producer for Bid TV and Price Drop, Susan changed her career path and became a PA / Events coordinator for Haymarket Media, where she continued to stay behind the camera and produce corporate videos. Now back in Nottingham, she wants to continue to produce films and video content, as well as working with the creative talent that the East Midlands has to offer!



Susan Hayes – Producer & Camera

 

Paul comes from North Notts with his my day job involving working for a local NHS Trust.
Being a horror junkie, he jumped at the chance of being a zombie extra in aPint's first experimental project and has stepped up to a more senior role in this feature film, primarily as the as a Producer and the On-Site Manager.



Paul Whale - Site Manager & Production Manager

 

Jayne is a Special Make-up & Physical Effects Artist who relocated to Nottingham from South Wales around 3 years ago in order gain experience in film. Since training at Shepperton Studios in 2004 she has worked on numerous short films as well as theatre, music videos and live events. Having formed a good network with several crews in the East Midlands she has branched out from her primary role as an SFX artist and has worked in set design, stills photography, costume and other areas, having a passion for any creative challenges which present themselves."



Jayne Hyman - Production Manager, 1st Assistant Director, & Make-up SFX Lead

 

Dwyz aka David Wayman, Zombie Hoods cinematographer and sound/music director. A music producer from Nottingham, he releases tracks through his label Team Chameleon. His solo work is currently making waves on the back of some self produced music videos. A film maker himself, it has put him in good stead to make sure Zombie Hood will visually and sonically impress. www.teamchameleon.net www.myspace.com/dwyz

 

Dwyz - Camera, Cinematographer & Music Score

 

Darren was born and raised in Nottingham. He is a chef by trade, but his real passion is music, writing music and having a strong interest in producing music for films and games. Darren hopes to follow that path further in the future as well as his newly found enthusiasm for acting.

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Darren Maffucci – Sound Manager & Music Score

 

Gavin has been a Driving Instructor for 8 years, living with his cat Izzy in Nottingham. His main interests are film, gaming and travel! Let’s get our zombie on!!



Gavin Mawditt – Assistant Director

 

Pete is mainly involved with all aspects of lighting, but can also be found on camera, helping with sound, set creation and numerous other roles on the film. A multi-tasker who never complains, but just don't make him angry!



Peter Bakewell - Production Manager, Camera & Lighting Assistant

 

Cathy has had aspirations to be a special effects make-up artist for a long time and therefore made the decision to follow the route through university rather than a specialised make-up school, feeling she could concentrate more on the special effects side of the profession. She has also, for the past 15 years, used her skills to produce a variety of designs with face painting and special effects wounds, which kids love. Cathy studied Fine Art at the University of Derby where she specialised in 3D form and digital media.



Catherine Terzza – Production Manager - Make-up

 

Clare looks after the cast and ensures continuity, not only with make-up but also with their costumes. She also enjoys sticking twigs in crew members ears on shoots in between takes.



Clare Gregory - Cast Make-Up

 

Steve is a 3D artist based in Sheffield, where he produces animations and presentations for a local digital media company. He has worked on music videos for Emilie Simon and The Wombats, as well as idents for E4 and Granada TV. He is also a certified CGI trainer and can teach basic to advanced classes in 3D animation and digital compositing.
Outside of the day job, he has a keen interest in film making and currently has two short films in production with fellow film maker Melanie Tighe.



Steve Askey - CGI

 

Craig studied TV and film production at university, but didn't follow up his passion for film making until almost 10 years later by helping film 'Ay up me duck of the dead'. He has now turned his sights on helping to produce the film while also assisting with the cinematography. Craig is also scared of zombies.



Craig Newson - Camera

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Lauren has two degrees in film but still has no idea quite what kind of film related job she wants to pursue. After a brief stint in production at channel four, Lauren turned to film journalism. Her articles have appeared in the Metro and Total Film magazine and she is a regular contributor to the Nottingham Evening Post and Shock Horror magazine. With little previous sound training Lauren is now rather fond of her boom stick.

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Lauren Parker - Media, Sound Assistant & Clapper

 

Dan is simply known as the 'man who can', creating real time effects for the film and managing all aspects of fight choreography and film realism.



Dan Brand - SFX Lead, Make-up & Fight Choreographer

 

Kim graduated from NTU in 2002 after studying Media and Cultural Studies and has always had a keen interest in film, especially the Horror genre. She decided to embark on a career in Make Up a year and a half ago after doing the Level 2 Fashion and Photographic Make Up Diploma. Her proudest achievement so far is doing the make up for Miss England 2011. Kim has recently started her Level 3 Diploma in Make Up Artistry. http://www.facebook.com/KymChapmanMua

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Kimberly Chapman - Make-Up

 

Laura decided to study makeup Artistry level 3 at college straight from leaving school! She quickly became interested in special effects makeup and the film industry. Laura is very grateful to have been given this early opportunity to contrubute and be part of the crew, which has given her valuable experience in an area she hopes to continue in.



Laura Daws - Make-up

 

Patrick has had a great intrest in fx makeup since he was 18 and has been working at it as a hobby. He has recently joined the make-up team on Zombie Hood, giving him the opportunity to learn new skills and improve his portfolio.



Patrick Plummer – Make-up

 

Cat's latest projects with John Schoonraad of Lifecast LTD; include working on this year’ s Channel 4 “ FrightFest” viral, on the prosthetics crew for “ The Human Centipede (Full Sequence)” (2011), SFX makeup artist and SFX co-ordinator for Count & Sinden ft Bashey ’ s forthcoming video for “ Addicted to you” , and X-Men: First Class. (2011)
According to Cat, she became involved with Zombie Hood for the same reason you’re checking out this website!



Catherine Mednick – SFX & Make-up (scene 2)

 

Rich is a 3rd Year Theatre Design student at Nottingham Trent University. Originally he is from Sidcup, Kent and moved up to Nottingham in 2008 to start his first year at university. He has a few Lighting designs under his belt already, and is looking forward to expanding these to include his first film. Rich's other interests include Set & costume Design, as well as construction for both.



Rich Hall - Lighting

 

Luke is a 18 year old student currently studying Interactive Media at New College Nottingham. He had an interest in digital graphics from an early age and taught himself to create websites from the age of 13. He is constantly working to improve his skills and is hoping to continue on to university where he would like to gain the experience needed for a career in digital graphics. Luke is very excited to be involved in zombie hood and can't wait to see the final film.



Luke Allcock - Web Designer & Lighting Assistant

 

Steven is our 'Zombie Specialist' dealing in anything related to the Undead. This guy eats, breathes and sleeps zombies. He's been a fan of horror films since his early teens, but over the last 4 years has been getting involved with every zombie related film and event that his day-to-day job will allow time for. He's done make-up and Zombie extra work for a number of short films, two feature length, two web based Series' and thee documentaries - including House Party Of The Dead 5, Zombie Undead, I Am Tim, Zomblogalypse, and Ay Up Me Duck Of The Dead, Dead End and most recently OUTPOST 2. Steven also designed and ran our 'Zombie School' for the zombie extras.



Steven Uden - Zombie Guru

 

Originally from Exeter, Devon, Clare moved to Nottingham in 2007 to start her Fine Art degree at Nottingham Trent University. Having specialized in moving image Clare is actively gaining onset experience. Since graduating in the summer 2010 she has worked on film production teams across the UK, to support her Cinematography MA application later in the year.

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Clare Harris - Camera

 

Filipe was born and raised in Recife, North east Brazil. His first degree is in Journalism. He moved to Nottingham in 2009 to become a Television Journalism MA student. In 2010, Filipe produced a short documentary called 'Solving Problems', about independent horror movie filmmakers in England, which is currently receiving acclaim at many film festivals.

Filipe Maciel - Camera (scene 2)

 

Mel is a Sheffield-based filmmaker, co-founder of 'They Say That Productions' and a dab-hand at zombie make-up.
She's currently working on a horror short 'Losing Weight in Sheffield 8'.



Melanie Tighe - 1st Assistant Director (scenes 2 and 3)

 

Mike is a third year Media Production student at the University of Lincoln. Mike has always loved watching and talking about films and comedy. Mike especially loves a good story, saying that he would love to be a film or TV writer one day. He makes short comedy sketches with his twin brother Jacob on his YouTube channel, Fratocrats.



Mike Trueman - Runner

 

Pedram Karimfazli - Co-Writer

 

Sarah Kelly - Audio

 

Callum Snell - Sound Engineer (scene 2)