Me? I wish. But a HUGE congratulations to Daniel Kaluuya for winning the best actor BAFTA for his performance in GET OUT. A few years ago we all witnessed his amazing potential as he played the character, Mac in the BBC3 horror series, THE FADES. If you never saw that show, check it out. I had the distinct pleasure of storyboarding it. It was my first ever gig as a storyboard artist for live action. clearly Daniel has gone on the great things as have many of the rest of the cast; Natalie Dormer, Tom Ellis, Iain DeCaestecker among others. It was a breakthrough show written by Jack Thorne, who’s recent show Kiri, starring Sara Lancashire hit our screens. Not only that but THE FADES was directed by Farren Blackburn. Since then, Farren has been headhunted for his particular directing chops to work for the BBC on Doctor Who, The Interceptor and Marvel shows; Daredevil, Iron Fist and The Defenders, the movie Shut In starring Naomi Watts and has just directed a new NETFLIX show called The Innocents (starring Guy Pearce), due to hit the screens later this year. From those early days of working with Farren he has called me back in to work with him on Doctor Who, The Interceptor, Shut In and The Innocents. I owe that man a lot of beer 🙂
