Fraser Fortune
Writer, Director, DoP & Editor

Since being at college I've been interested in audio, photography and computers so putting it all together and having a go at writing was a natural progression. I'm inspired by a lot of foreign film I just find them much more imaginative than the Hollywood epics.

I love working on short films. I don't get bored or hung up on a particular scene and I think you can you can push the audience's imagination a bit not spelling out how the scene was established. They're not daft, let them use their own imagination to fill in the blanks.

Richard Hollingworth
Actor, Writer & Director

My fascination with horror, science fiction and martial arts films had me on stage at age 7, writing movie scenes at 10 years old and involved with the Drama society at the schools I attended.

Since gaining a BA (Hons) in Performance, developing a film company has always been a goal of mine and I'm truly take pleasure in creating and working on the projects at Operating Theatre Films.

I became interested in short film relatively recently but quickly became absorbed by the variety and quality of films out there. Having given up on my television over a year ago i started to watch more and more features and became fascinated what film can do.. especially on low or no budget.

I have a lot of experience in various other art forms, especially theatre and I'm also interested in incorporating short film into other types of visual and live performance.

I am now close to finished my watching films phase and will write and direct my first short film.