About Us

Toni Harman

Alex Wakeford

The workshops are run by Brighton based filmmakers Toni Harman & Alex Wakeford, the writer / director / producer team behind Credo, a feature length psychological horror that has sold internationally including a U.S. release by Hollywood studio Lionsgate and a UK release by Guerilla Films.

Toni and Alex both trained at the London Film School. Since graduating 15 years ago, Toni has been working as a producer/director and Alex as a cinematographer, but more recently he has written two feature films (Credo being the first to be produced) and works alongside Toni as a producer.

They have also made a string of successful short films that have played in film festivals worldwide, including Daddy’s Boy which won the Silver Melies Award for Best European Short Film.

Toni and Alex are currently developing their next feature film, a psychological thriller set to shoot in 2010.

Why come on these workshops?

• Now is one of the most exciting times to be a filmmaker. With the Internet opening up a wealth of funding and screening opportunities, there’s never been a better time to get your films made, seen and sold.
• If you have a great idea and the know-how to make a good movie, then your work could be seen by millions of people around the world. And if you do it right, you could even make some money!
• With traditional avenues of film distribution being in dire straits and with very few titles ever seeing a theatrical or DVD release (less than 10% of all films ever make it into the shops, less than 1% make it onto cinema screens), now is the time for indie film-makers to seize new and emerging opportunities.
• We believe that as the next generation of writers, directors, producers we will be stronger if we work together, learn from one another and inspire each other.
• And that’s why we want to run these workshops. By making short films and our first feature film, CREDO, we found we got a lot of things right, but we also got lots of things wrong; mistakes that cost us dearly. We will never make those mistakes again and by coming on our workshops, you’ll never make those mistakes either!
• We want to share all that we’ve learned so hopefully you will be inspired to make your own films and, as a result of coming on our workshops, your films will be better, more successful and more profitable.

What people have said about our previous workshops

• Best workshop I’ve attended so far! Good practical experience and tips. A much cheaper workshop than other workshops.
  Frickin’ amazing workshop!
• I think the cost is just right as we’re using industry equipment.
  It’s lively. Toni & Alex are great people. I loved them both. They know what they’re doing.
• I think it’s the best decision I’ve had for years and years! it was absolutely amazing, revealing, experiential and billions of other things! Thanks for the great time!
• A lot was covered in a relatively short space of time. Led by experienced film-makers with full film equipment.
• Not enough workshops like this, so very worthwhile. Thoroughly enjoyed it for your enthusiasm and energy.
• Because it’s a comfortable environment, nice people with kind instructors, I just want to thank you.
• I enjoyed and appreciated the chance to shoot a scene as it was the first practical experience I’ve had.
• It was good value for money because of the equipment we had access to throughout the day and the chance to work in different roles.
• I found having to act quite difficult although I know how important it is for a director to understand what it’s like for actors.
• I got to create a scene in which we could be creative and put a spin on it and tell actors what we wanted.
  It was very good experience and in-depth.
• I learnt to deal with actors in high pressure situations.
• My expectations were definitely met. I now know how to work with actors!
  It was definitely good value for money & I learnt a lot!