The Team

Each member of our team has over a decade of experience in our specialised fields, we are dynamic, inspired and innovation driven.

We have extensive experience ranging from independent feature films and documentaries to commercials, music videos through to digital strategy, mobile application development,social and experience design.

Our award winning films have been distributed globally and we are among the youngest and most successful union of creative talent in Europe.

Stuart Kershaw

Stuart Kershaw

Director

Stuart was trained as an editor in the United States at Penn State University before moving from the East Coast to Los Angeles where he made the leap into Marketing with Paramount Pictures and later honed his experience with 20th Century Fox. Stuart returned to the UK in 2003 where he set up In the Dark Productions with Samantha after receiving a 1st class honours degree in Film at the University of Wales.

Stuart's directorial film slate has been distributed around the globe. In the Dark's comprehensive, in-house production facilities allow him to work independently or as part of a team, providing competitive rates without ever compromising on artistic vision.

Samantha Fazackerley

Samantha Fazackerley

Producer

Originating from the Theatre, Samantha has worked on over 25 productions over the last eight years, transferring the skills she acquired in classical performance to the unpredictable and fast paced nature of modern cinema.

Samantha has performed a variety of roles in both classical and digital environments from Set Designer through to Production Manager, in performances and productions as far and wide as Australia and Alaska to Burma and Palestine.

Sam has served as producer on The Virgin Trade, The Calling and In the Dark's latest project Ocean's 14 and has a proven track record with international sales in territories on every continent.

In 2003 Samantha formed In the Dark with Stuart Kershaw, forging a creative alliance that has grown into one of the most innovative and successful in the country.

Endaf Jones

Endaf Jones

Editor

Endaf is a highly skilled, creative TV editor with an MA degree in TV Production. Leaving his home in rural North Wales, Endaf moved to London to pursue a career in TV editing and has since worked with numerous high profile clients including BBC, MTV, Warner Brothers and S4C.

His professional life is now divided between Wales and London.

Matteo Mescalchin

Matteo Mescalchin

Cinematographer

Matteo began his career working as a camera operator for Italian television in 1995. Since then he has worked as a director of photography for national television, directed live multi-camera set-ups and been employed internationally by organisations including Canal+, Roland Garros, Sky TV and the Cannes Film Festival.

Matteo specialises in location and set lighting at his studio outside of Venice but is comfortable performing a variety of production roles that he has gained experience in over the last decade. As both a freelancer and with Digital Movie, Matteo has worked extensively across four continents in regions as diverse as Sudan, the USA, Yemen and most of Europe.

Anna Corcoran

Anna Corcoran

Composer

Since graduating from Goldsmith College, University of London in 2005 with a Bachelor of Music (Hons), Anna has been performing internationally as both a solo artist and with an array of wonderful musicians complementing her live set.

Her original material and folk inspired adaptations of classic songs are currently receiving nation wide acclaim. 2011 will see Anna complete her debut album. With her time spent performing live Nationwide, and Internationally she will be composing and recording as she goes.

Derrick Swanepoel

Derrick Swanepoel

Associate Producer

Derrick mixes his time between his ranch in South Africa in the heart of the Drakensberg Mountains and Los Angeles, California, where he works as our associate producer on Cannibal.

Derrick has been instrumental in bringing the new feature project to the silver screen and will be on location in Tonga to keep a watchful eye on his impulsive creative accomplices!

Andrea Mescalchin

Andrea Mescalchin

Still Photographer

Since 1997 and the foundation of Digital Movie, Andrea has been at the forefront of the digital revolution. Andrea's dictum has been communication through imagination. With his fully integrated Studio that he runs with his brother Matteo, Andrea seeks to empower our clients, fueling their need for expression with images and sound.

Andrea has over fifteen years experience in the media industry and has worked on numerous documentaries, commercials and scientific expeditions around the world.

Gruff Vaughan

Rob Chalmers

Digital Strategy

Rob has worked in the digital industry for the past 4 ½ years. Rob’s focus is in digital strategy involving anything from Application Development through to Social & Experience design. Clients have ranged from content production companies such as the BBC through to technology firms such as Google.

Gruff Vaughan

Gruff Vaughan

Media Producer

Gruff has been involved in multimedia production for the past 4 1/2 years. Gruff's skills and career path have given him unique outlook on media production. Gruff has worked in a variety of different areas of digital media with past clients including: BBC, The Discovery Channel and the Welsh Assembly Government.

Awards

Adventure Film Winner
Adventure Film
De Reel
Global Film
Global Peace
Stories
Lottery