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I think the secret to a good writer has to be the migraines, a distaste for warm weather and the sun, bad eyesight, and a dizzying feeling in public places. If you can harness it all, you're on the yellow brick road.

In between penning something that will never get published I like to drink...a lot...because I'd die from dehydration if I didn't.

THIS BALL'S LIFE WAS SCREENED AT LEEDS HYDE PARK PICTURE HOUSE - SUN 3rd DECEMBER

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Check out the vids:

My Show Reel (Mini Version) (27secs)
Sundown Trailer and Bloopers (4mins30secs approx.)
Trouble With Mr. Goldman (10min 20 secs) ( READ / WATCH )
Mr. Goldman Bloopers (1min 24 secs)

My Interests

My Film Journal - Get yours at www.filmjournal.net

Watching films, playing guitar, writing, and keeping up to date with the best sport in the world - yep - American Baseball.

I'd like to meet:

Apart from other filmmakers, musicians, and artists on MySpace, here's the short top five: Alfred Hitchcock, John F. Kennedy, Stephen King, Robert Rodriguez, and Michael J. Fox.

Music:

Blind Melon, Explosions In The Sky, Pavement, Jimmy Eat World, The Cure, Radiohead.

Movies:

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Television:

League Of Gentlemen, Quantum Leap, The X-Files, Red Dwarf, Bottom, Extras, Most Haunted, Family Guy, Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends.

Books:

Stephen King's It, Harlan Coben's Gone For Good, Robert Evans' The Kid Stays In The Picture, Robert Rodriguez's Rebel Without A Crew, Michael J. Fox's Lucky Man.

Heroes:

Bill 'we're on an express elevator to hell' Paxton!

My Blog

Unofficial but shouldn't be: Stop The Jokes, Oasis Best-of

Even Noel doesn't want anyone to buy the music exec's cash-in record that, while featuring some of Oasis' greatest songs (including the largely unheard - outside of die-hard fans and owners of the B-s...
Posted by Dan on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 07:29:00 PST

Trouble with Trouble With Mr. Goldman

You learn from your mistakes. Last year I learnt the art of bad sound recording. This year I learnt several of the things I should have learnt in 2005, namely, rehearsals, script editing, production d...
Posted by Dan on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 07:00:00 PST

Trials and Tribulations of Fashion Show Cameramen

Waking up at the obscenely early time of 11am to get to the Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield, I was out of breath before the show had even started. As I sat with my trusty producer/director te...
Posted by Dan on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 02:57:00 PST

Sundown Trailer and Blooper Reel

In the Spring of 2005, three disillusioned students from the University Of Huddersfield put their guitars and snooker cues down long enough to concoct a little short film to go on their CVs. Having...
Posted by Dan on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 01:46:00 PST