Tutors

BRIGHTON FILM WORKSHOPS TUTORS

Toni Harman (Producer / Director)

The workshops are run by Brighton based filmmakers Toni Harman & Alex Wakeford, an award-winning professional filmmaking team with broadcast and internationally distributed short films, feature film and documentary credits.

Toni and Alex both trained at the London Film School. Since graduating 15 years ago, Toni has been working as a freelance producer/director on numerous broadcast factual programmes and documentaries and Alex as a freelance cinematographer and has been DOP on feature films, short films, documentaries and commercials.

Their first feature film CREDO a feature length psychological horror has sold internationally including a U.S. release by Hollywood Studio Lionsgate and a UK release by Guerilla Films.

Through their company Alto Films Ltd, Toni and Alex have also produced and directed a 60 minute documentary – DOULA! that has sold around the world – making many times its original budget. They have also produced a 3 part series which is being released as a 3 DVD boxed set called REAL BIRTH STORIES which is currently being distributed internationally by Espresso TV, an international DVD distributor.

Alex Wakeford Camera / Editor

They have also made a string of successful short films including 35mm film Daddy’s Boy which won the Silver Melies Award for Best European Short Film and played in over 20 major international film festivals. Their trilogy of three short films  Tube Hell, Bus Hell and Taxi Hell have been broadcast in over 40 countries worldwide.

Toni and Alex are currently working on a cross-platform global feature-length documentary and online documentary about the politics of birth called ONE WORLD BIRTH:  http://oneworldbirth.net

They are also developing their next feature film, a psychological thriller set to shoot in 2013.

Brighton Film Workshops Tutors: Alex Wakeford (left) & Toni Harman (right)