Our Team
Chloe Beale - Producer
Chloe is a film producer based in Manchester, and was a part of the BFI Film Hub North Creative Producer Lab 2021 cohort. She has recently moved into producing for film, after multiple credits in theatre as a freelance producer, director and writer. She likes to tackle narratives which are largely unheard, and advocate for perspectives which are not often showcased or explored. Chloe’s other projects include Ground Zero, about the zero hours working culture amongst young people, a two-woman comedy show Men Chase Women Choose, debunking gender myths in science interlaced with an exploration of our societal relationship with female sexual pleasure and The Joy of Cam, looking at webcam sex work.
Chloe is a film producer based in Manchester, and was a part of the BFI Film Hub North Creative Producer Lab 2021 cohort. She has recently moved into producing for film, after multiple credits in theatre as a freelance producer, director and writer. She likes to tackle narratives which are largely unheard, and advocate for perspectives which are not often showcased or explored. Chloe’s other projects include Ground Zero, about the zero hours working culture amongst young people, a two-woman comedy show Men Chase Women Choose, debunking gender myths in science interlaced with an exploration of our societal relationship with female sexual pleasure and The Joy of Cam, looking at webcam sex work.
Phil Wall - Creative Director
Phil is an ambitious filmmaker with experience in education, directing and writing. His most recent film 'Woodland' was commissioned by the BFI National Lottery. Previous works include: developing a dialogue-driven role playing game 'Charm Offensive', a choose-your-own sci-fi adventure, a one-shot graphic novel 'Can I Help You?' set in a grungy urban-fantasy Manchester, following the lives of two people working in retail. His most recent project, animated short 'Patricia and the Witch', follows a young girl as she embarks on an unlikely friendship with her town's witch, commissioned by CIT and Cosgrove Hall Films Archive with support from Arts Council England and Waterside, Sale.
Phil is an ambitious filmmaker with experience in education, directing and writing. His most recent film 'Woodland' was commissioned by the BFI National Lottery. Previous works include: developing a dialogue-driven role playing game 'Charm Offensive', a choose-your-own sci-fi adventure, a one-shot graphic novel 'Can I Help You?' set in a grungy urban-fantasy Manchester, following the lives of two people working in retail. His most recent project, animated short 'Patricia and the Witch', follows a young girl as she embarks on an unlikely friendship with her town's witch, commissioned by CIT and Cosgrove Hall Films Archive with support from Arts Council England and Waterside, Sale.
Ben Gardener - Art Director
Ben is an obsessive scribbler and film trivia bore. Brought up on a steady diet of 90s cartoons and Calvin and Hobbes, Ben has dedicated his life to breathing life into the various oddities that inhabit his brain. Ben has worked with Anthem Studios, London, with Manchester University on their MIDAS project and on the short film Patricia and the Witch, creating storyboards and working on visual development. Currently, he also works at Brown Bag Films as a Storyboard Revisionist.
Ben is an obsessive scribbler and film trivia bore. Brought up on a steady diet of 90s cartoons and Calvin and Hobbes, Ben has dedicated his life to breathing life into the various oddities that inhabit his brain. Ben has worked with Anthem Studios, London, with Manchester University on their MIDAS project and on the short film Patricia and the Witch, creating storyboards and working on visual development. Currently, he also works at Brown Bag Films as a Storyboard Revisionist.
