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Team

DAN FREEMAN

Writer / Director

DAN FREEMAN

Multi award-winning writer, director and producer. He is also a BBC scriptwriting tutor, author and hit playwright, and pioneered the audio movie and webcast forms for the BBC. Stephen Fry described his work as "exquisite", and Brian Blessed calls him "a ****ing genius!".

ANEIRIN KARADOG

Bard / Welsh Language Consultant

ANEIRIN KARADOG

A poet, broadcaster and linguist who has published several volumes of poetry and adapted volumes. Aneirin co-hosts a monthly Welsh language poetry podcast with Eurig Salisbury.

MICHAEL RILEY

Producer

MICHAEL RILEY

One of the UK's most prolific and respected independent film producers, having made over 30 feature films with actors such as Harvey Keitel and Rupert Everett, and including hits such as Fear The Invisible Man.

AMANDA THOMAS

Costume & Creatures

AMANDA THOMAS

Hugely experienced Head of Department and maker who has worked on legendary productions from Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr Fox to Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride and Frankenweenie.

EURIG SALISBURY

Bard / Welsh Language Consultant

EURIG SALISBURY

A poet and novelist, Eurig has published three collections of poetry and was Bardd Plant Cymru, a Hay Festival International Fellow, and won the Prose Medal at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 2016.

AARON HOUGHTON

Armourer

AARON HOUGHTON

A Blacksmith from Eryri with over a decade of experience in the craft. He runs Royal Oak Forge, specialising in historic commissions and blacksmithing tuition, and serves as Chairman of the Black Crow Historical Society. He is a sword and buckler instructor at the North Wales HEMA Academy and works in film and television armoury and fight choreography.

NEIL PATRICK

Commercial Strategist

NEIL PATRICK

One of Wales' most successful business innovators and strategists. He co-founded Wales' largest-ever venture capital-backed startup, and serves as an advisor to multiple public and private sector organisations. As Chair of Finance and Performance Committee for The Aneurin Bevan University Hostpital Board he has oversight of a £2BN annual budget.

GEORGE DIXON

Platform and Audience Strategy

GEORGE DIXON

An expert commercial strategist and one of the worlds must succesful leaders in identifying and backing world-class scripted content. His hits include Luther, Black Mirror and Top Boy. He has regularly handled budgets of >£600m.

DAVID PALSER

Production Designer

DAVID PALSER

Acclaimed Slade School-trained bestselling contemporary artist. He has created the visual style of scores of films and TV and stage shows. He has been Artist in Residence at the ICA and lectures internationally on fine art.

Paul Thomas

Director of Animation

Paul Thomas

Hugely experienced animator whose hits include Rastamouse, Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget and BAFTA winning Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.

KENAN ALI

Fight Director

KENAN ALI

Equity Registered Fight Director, accredited BADC combat tutor and dedicated martial artist. He has a growing list of theatre and film credits and currently teaches dramatic combat at conservatoires and universities across the UK, including LIPA, the Royal Northern College of Music and Leeds Conservatoire.

Adam Ford

Head of Interactive

Adam Ford

Adam lives on Ynys Mon, dodging monsters and making innovative websites and interactive systems.

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