Now

Updated October 2026. What I am working on and thinking about at the moment. I update this page every month.

Researching

Reading on community filmmaking, educommunication and how people learn by making films together.

Making

Community filmmaking workshops, and contributing to short films in Newcastle.

Exploring

Branching 360° video for teaching, and printing film frames on thermal paper.

Reading

Currently reading Educating Film-Makers: Past, Present and Future by Duncan Petrie with Rod Stoneman, and Shamanism: A Concise Introduction by Margaret Stutley.

Recently read:

• The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer
• A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
• Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey by Richard Ayoade

My reading diary is on StoryGraph.

Watching

Films I liked or gave four stars or more in my Letterboxd diary, 28 September to 28 October 2026, most recent first. ♥ liked · ★ my rating · rewatch

• Resident Evil (2026) · ♥"Unexpected fun"
• Digger (2026) · ♥
• Phantom Thread (2017) · ♥ · rewatch