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Colin Hives

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About Me

I am an Independent Filmmaker from Liverpool, England. I was born in Anfield two weeks before Christmas 1968, it snowed I am told.Been making films since about 1989 after my dad bought me a VHS video camera and have enjoyed every last minute of it.I've composed a fair bit of music over the years under many different names and in many different places, I have contributed to some good, bad and damn right ugly movies all over the world.Love writing but prefare editing because everything's filmed then...If you know what I mean. Usually feel Ill when working with actors...Especially Alex.Every year I vow to make better films and it seems to be going well at the moment.Big fan of Liverpool Football Club, the greatest team that ever grased the earth. I'm also a huge fan of the city of Liverpool, love everything about her.Life is good, well, apparently it beats death.
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My Interests

Below you will find a selection of short films we have made over the years (All less than 10 mins). If you would like to see any of our longer films drop us a line and we'll send you some. Enjoy and pass comment if you can. Souled Down The River ObsessiveA Brief Case StudyMurder Consumed Housebound Don't Get Caught Blind Trust Red Handed The Men Who Knew Everything Out For The Count Road Work

Powered by eSnips.comLive for film but I am also interested in the econemy of small African countries with a population of less than 235. I write too many scripts that never get made but what the hell can you do. Love to perform incredible stunts on my back while on the way to work...Usually ending in traction and cat scans.

I'd like to meet:

Everyone at some point but not all at once. A couple of scenes from our 2004 movie "The Waiting Game" which sees Alex, Taylor, Faulkner & Dave Cook in fine form.

Music:

I am a big fan of Nashville based singer/songwriter Michael (Smooch) Dawson. The man has always been an inspiration to me. Mike Oldfield, Tangerine Dream, Johannes Schmoelling, Claudio Simonetti, Ennio Morricone, Fabio Frizzi, Tomoyasu Hotei, Kitaro, Francesco De Masi (R.I.P.) The Police, Mystic Knights Of The Oingo Boingo, The Jam, Adam And The Ants, Human League, Blondie, Danny Elfman, Sex Pistols, Pink Floyd, Peter Baumann,*

Movies:

Wizard of Speed And Time, Escape From New York, Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter, Project "A", Oldboy, This Is Spinal Tap,, Rififi, Zebra Force, Battle Royal, Take The Money And Run, Eating Raoul, The Seven Samurai, The Human Tornado, The Odd Couple, Yojimbo, Police Story, Memento, Incubo sulla città contaminata, Wheels On Meals, Audition, Disco Godfather, Jackie Brown, Once Upon A Time In The West, Double Indemnity, Forbidden Zone, Escape To Victory, Chinatown, Anchorman, First Blood, The Thing, The Happiness of the Katakuris, Repoman, Le Samourai, Dirty Harry, Tenebre, Rabid Dogs, An Eye For An Eye, To Live And Die In L.A. Dragon's Forever, The Beyond, Holy Grail, Meet The Feebles, Vertigo, Top Secret, Up In Smoke, Unforgiven, Faceless, The Seventh Seal, The Dollar's Trillogy, Death Race 2000, Hard Boiled, An American Movie, Three Businessmen, Rat Phink A Boo Boo, The Gauntlet, Il Grande Silenzio, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Mystic River, Suspiria, Bad Taste, Halloween, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Pulp Fiction, Manhattan, Kung Pow, CopLand, Dellamorte Dellamore, The Roaring Twenties, The Ninth Configuration, Master Of The Flying Guilotine, Citizen Kane, El Mariachi, Blood And Black lace, Play Misty For Me, The Searchers, Magnum Force, Sleeper, Taxi Driver, Kill Bill, Fist Of Legend, The Godfather 1&2, Biloxi Blues, Young Master, Hudson Hawk, Jaws, Love And Death, Dead And Buried, Rocky, Coogan's Bluff, The Exterminator, The Killer, Scarface, Lone Wolf McQuade, They Live, Angels with Dirty Faces, Nighthawks, The Man With Two Brains, The Fog, Bananas, Goodfellas, Strange Behaviour, The Naked Gun, Assault On Precinct 13, The Hunter, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Carlito's Way, Scanners, Drunken Master 2, Duel, The French Connection, Trading places, Memento, The Jerk, Big Trouble In Little China, Hannah And Her Sisters, Casino, The Warriors, Kung Fu Hustle, Frenzy, Shogun Assassin, Inglorious Bastards, M, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, Battle Creek Brawl, The Italian Job, The Last Dragon, Mad Max 1&2, 48Hrs, Great Escape, They Live, Armour Of God, Johnnny Come Lately, Plan 9 From Outer Space^

Television:

I have a few of these hanging around the house but don't really use them much. British TV is so bad at the moment I'd rather watch a 1977 Chuck Norris movie (Breaker! Breaker!) than fall into the grasp of Big BrotherSix Million Dollar man Starsky And Hutch Incredible Hulk Porridge The Young Ones Open All Hours Minder Miami Vice Police Squad Fall Guy Kolchak Cheers The Professionals It's Gary Shandling's show Quantum Leap Monkey Moonlighting 24*

Books:

I love the works Of Poe, King and Pratchet but don't get to do it as much as I should.

Heroes:

Johannes Schmoelling, John Carpenter, Bruce Campbell, Bruce Lee (R.I.P.), Umberto Lenzi, Neil Hannon, Mike Oldfield, Jackie Chan, Chuck Norris, Edgar Froese, Chow Sing Chi, Lucio Fulci (R.I.P.), Liu Chia Hui, Lee Majors, Danny Elfman, David Warbeck (R.I.P.), Simon Boswell, Don Dohler (R.I.P.), Tom Savini, Jerry Goldsmith (R.I.P.), Antonio Margheriti (R.I.P.), Takashi Mikke, Stephen King, Robert Ginty, Mike Jittlov, Enzo G. Castellari, Lewis Collins, Dario Argento, Wings Hauser, Jesus Franco, Sonny Chiba, Larry Cohen, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Roger Corman, Joe Satriani, Shane Black, Francesco De Masi (R.I.P.), Claudio Simonetti, Alfred Hitchcock (R.I.P.), David Soul, Ennio Morricone, George Romero, Mario Bava (R.I.P.), Paul Haslinger & Francis Hives (R.I.P.)

My Blog

The Jimmy Riddle!!!

Well the amazing adventure of Jimmy Wilde are well and truly back on the road. Okay, it took getting a RADA trained actor to kick us up the backside but we are all the better for it.Shaun Scott, who p...
Posted by Colin Hives on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:12:00 PST

MEMORY MAN

Hello all interested partiesWe are currently developing scripts for our up and coming online series called "Memory Man". The show will star Alex McGrath as Marty McGoohan, a man with a pretty incredib...
Posted by Colin Hives on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 08:26:00 PST

Where's Jimmy Wilde?

A few people have asked what is going on with our feature film "Jimmy Wilde". Well, let me tell you. Jimmy was going very well until one of our main cast members, Paul Faulkner, was struck down by a m...
Posted by Colin Hives on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:24:00 PST

Festival Season

Well it's been awhile but we finally have a film for the festival season. Scope Noir was locked and loaded last Sunday and we spent the rest of the week showing it to the cast and getting a little fee...
Posted by Colin Hives on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 04:46:00 PST

Scope Noir

Filming of our short for TCM "Scope Noir" will finish on Sunday as we complete the last scene in Michelle's house. I've been editing like a mad man  so we don't have to rush to meet the dealine. Garet...
Posted by Colin Hives on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:55:00 PST

Templar?

Who the hell are Templar and why the hell are they here?Well, Templar are the name I go under to bang out nutty synth works. Synth Music Direct insisted I give myself some sort of chance by not makin...
Posted by Colin Hives on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:31:00 PST

A FEW MOVIE REVIEWS

BRUCE LEE, THE KING OF KUNG FU (1980) directed by Bruce Le Starring Bruce Le, Shih King & Yang Tze After the death of Bruce Lee in 1973 many imitators leapt onto the screen to try and make a quick...
Posted by Colin Hives on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:24:00 PST

Beginner

Hello one and allWell I finally got my shit together and decided to get onto this Myspace thingy. I'm hoping to use this in conjuction with the Shivilenco Blog and the website to keep everyone upto da...
Posted by Colin Hives on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:54:00 PST