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Travis Reeves - Director/Camera Operator
Travis Reeves was born in Australia in 1968, and emigrated to Scotland with his family at the age of 12. He studied painting and filmmaking at Edinburgh College of Art. His prize-winning first film as director-designer, Sad to Say but Sammy is Dead, recreated suburban Australia in a warehouse in Edinburgh. His second short drama, Waterloo was his first collaboration with Funny Kinda Guy producer Wendy Griffin.
In 1999 he directed and appeared in A King is Born, a short film made for Glasgow's international arts festival, Glasgay! introducing drag king Travis T. During the filming, Travis met Simon de Voil, marking the start of a friendship and a shared gender exploration which led to the making of Funny Kinda Guy. He continues to explore gender issues, and has worked as make-up artist on Diane Torr's Drag King Workshop. Since the completion of the film, Travis has embarked on his own gender transition. Funny Kinda Guy is Travis' first documentary and first feature.

 

Wendy Griffin - Producer
Wendy Griffin has produced or production managed numerous Scottish short drama films of the last ten years, under renowned schemes Tartan Shorts, 10x10 and Prime Cuts; films which have featured prominent actors like Kevin McKidd (That Old One) or have often been early work of emerging directors like David McKenzie (Marcie's Dowry.) A founding director of independent production company Sprocketeers, Wendy has long-favoured unusual stories, and directors and writers with unconventional attitudes to storytelling. In 1995 Wendy produced Morag McKinnon's first feature Three, which won the audience-voted Best Feature at the Wurzburg International Film Festival. Most recently she was Line Producer on feature film Festival directed by Annie Griffin. Her television Production Manager credits include series Tinseltown, Still Game and Shoebox Zoo for BBC Scotland. Funny Kinda Guy is Wendy's first non-fiction production.

 

Bert Eeles - Editor
An editor of 27 years' experience in both drama and documentary, Bert Eeles has edited many award-winning short films including Morag McKinnon's Birthday and BAFTA-winning Home; David Cairns' Cry for Bobo, Bernard McLaverty's Bye-Child, Becky Brazil's Best Man and the 2005 BAFTA Best Short nominees Amy Neil's Can't Stop Breathing and René Mohandas' Elephant Boy. He edited this year's Berlinale Golden Bear Best Short Film winner Milk, directed by Peter Mackie-Burns. His non-fiction credits include feature documentaries Through Hell and High Water directed by Elly M Taylor, and The Ring directed by Angus Reid. For BBC television, he edited acclaimed music series The Transatlantic Sessions.
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John L Cobban - Post Production Sound
John Cobban is a dubbing mixer of award-winning drama, animation and documentary films, both for cinema and television. His creative soundscape design and attention to detail has made him the dubbing mixer of choice for many of Scotland's independent filmmakers; productions made under schemes Tartan Shorts, Tartan Smalls, Eight-and-a-Half, New Found Land and This Scotland are frequently brought to John. His work on prize-winning shorts includes Birthday, Cry for Bobo, Bye Child, Best Man, Can't Stop Breathing, Elephant Boy, and Milk. Other notable credits include Neil Jack's BAFTA-winning animation The Tree Officer, and David McKenzie's first feature The Last Great Wilderness.
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