Nathan Russell-Raby
Producer - Writer - Director
Joe & Gramps
Joe & Gramps is about two characters: Joe and Gramps Joe is a radio DJ who has his own breakfast show. All that matters is his hair. (Actually it's fur, he's a camel) He reads a poem to his friend 'Gramps', but will he hear it...
Winner of the Young Filmmaker of Mann Competition, 2004.
The Toffees
What would you go through for your best friend? Gramps has ran out of Toffees and asks his friend, Joe, to go and get him some more. What will Joe go through to get some more Toffees?
Winner of the Young Filmmaker of Mann, 2005.
Screened at the National Museum of Film & Television in Bradford, as part of the Co-operative Young Filmmakers Festival 2006.
Lycanthrope
A ferocious beast is terrorising a small community. It is up to Reverend Harp to vanquish the curse that has befallen the village - but all may not be as it seems…
Winner of the Young Filmmaker of Mann, 2007.
Car Trouble
Two complete strangers suffer car trouble, and are picked up by a passing driver who offers them a lift. As the journey progresses, it may be all is not as it seems...
The Alzheimer’s Society
A short Drama commissioned by the Department of Health & Social Services: Unable to cope with the stress and overwhelming responsibility of being his wife’s sole carer, Ronald Brown battles with an agonising decision faced by thousands of families in Britain every day…
Winner of the Young Filmmaker of Mann, 2010.
Fame
Mockumentary short: These days everybody wants to be famous - but we've met radio presenter Paul Simpson, a man whose extraordinary fame cripples his everyday life.
An Insight into the Mind of Steve Black
Now the Art Director for Scientific American, Steve Black was sacked from his first job on a Porn Magazine for “not having his mind on the job” We visited Steve’s personal Bees Yard to discuss his career in graphic design and publishing… and he doesn’t once mention the bees!
College Project.
Best Documentary at the Isle of Man Short Film Competition 2010.
DMT
A reformed drug lord’s past comes back to haunt him when a new wave of organised crime figures seeks his help… and won’t take no for an answer.
College Project, produced as part of the Film-Noir & Neo-Noir Unit at College; the heavy short packs in all of the narrative tropes of the genre and was heavily inspired by the works of Chris Nolan.
4 Minute Warning
Alan Walsh is faced with the nightmarish reality of a Nuclear Attack on his home town.
Made in under 48 hours for the 2 Days Later Horror Festival - including writing, filming and editing.
Screened by the Festival at the Theatre Royal in Kent.