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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.
www.berteeles.co.uk
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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