Chris Payne

Director, Editor, DV camera op

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What I do: Director, Editor
Company: Freelance
Website: http://www.winterblood.com
Where I work: I am an individual working from home
Technical Skills: Directing, camera operating, lighting, editing, compositing, titles, DVD menu design
Resources / Expertise: DV Camera, lights, homemade dolly, CG/Edit workstation
Availability: Paid Work or Collaboration

Films I wish I had made: Lord of the Rings, The Crow, The Matrix, The Princess Bride, Crouching Tiger.
I cried watching: Lord of the Rings, The Crow, Gladiator, Troy, Big Fish... I love the emotional rollercoaster effect. If a film doesn't move you, what's the point?
I left the cinema during: Never have. But Dungeons and Dragons was the worst film I ever paid to see.
Directors I love: Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro, David Lynch, Terry Gilliam, Alex Proyas, Sam Raimi, Ridley Scott, Tim Burton, David Fincher, Ang Lee, Euros Lyn.
Actors I admire: Johnny Depp, Eric Bana, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, Christian Bale, Ewan MacGregor, Paul Bettany.
Writers I respect: Joss Whedon, Stephen Moffat, James Moran
My desert island discs: Wish - The Cure (music to be lonely to), The Cyprus Recordings - Manuskript (bouncy pop-goth), er...some Levellers, some Mission, and Howard Shore's Fellowship score.
Books I have given my friends: McKee's "Story", The Guerilla Filmmaker's Handbook, Rodriguez's "Rebel Without A Crew", Zelazny's Amber series.
My death row meal: Steak and chips, followed by coffee ice-cream.
The best thing I own: My wedding ring, of course. But beyond that, it'd have to be the Xbox 360.