Adam Smith

Adam Smith
Director Adam Smith is the creator of punchy, quirky, slick visuals for the likes of The Streets, The Chemical Brothers and Jamie T. More recently he has directed 5 episodes of C4's Skins.

Martha Fiennes

Martha Fiennes
London-based director of the award-winning Onegin and Chromophobia, as well as numerous music videos. Belongs to 'that' British film dynasty. Watch the interview here.

Christine Vachon

Christine Vachon
Tough, Funny, Smart, Producer of over 30 exceptional indie films and author of 'A Killer Life - How an independent producer survives deals and disasters in Hollywood and beyond'. read the interview here.


Cara Mertes

Cara Mertes
Director of the Documentary Film Program at the Sundance Institute. We are delighted to have Cara as a patron of our Documentary Network.

Peter Biskind

Peter Biskind
Film Writer, author of Down and Dirty Pictures, Easy Rider Raging Bulls. One of our New York based patrons. Read interview.

Mike Figgis

Mike Figgis
Director of TimeCode, Hotel, leaving Las Vegas, Internal Affairs etc. Pictured at a Shooting People party. Our original patron, thanks Mike! Read Mike's recent thoughts on distribution.


Stuart Beattie

Stuart Beattie
Writer of Collateral and story writer of Pirates of the Caribbean. Pictured with Shooters founder Cath Le Couteur. Read interview.

Danny Boyle

Danny Boyle
Director of Trainspotting, Shallow Grave, 28 Days Later, The Beach. Pictured talking at a Shooters event.

Penny Woolcock

Penny Woolcock
Director of documentary Tina Goes Shopping, feature film Principles of Lust and film opera The Death of Klinghoffer.


Peter Biskind

Richard E Grant
Actor, Writer and Director, pictured here after the Shooters interview on his Directorial Debut 'Wah-Wah' with interviewer Mike Figgis.

Kevin Macdonald

Kevin Macdonald
Director of Touching the Void, One Day in September. Patron of the Documentary Network.

Albert Maysles

Albert Maysles
The great American documentary director. Another of our New York patrons and the man who gave Jess at Shooting People his spare glasses frames - www.albertmayslesglasses.com


Tom McCarthy

Tom McCarthy
Writer/director of The Station Agent, actor (lots of things). Our first New York patron.

Nick Park

Nick Park
Animator, director of Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit, Creature Comforts. Patron of the Animation Network.

Morgan Spurlock

Morgan Spurlock
New York based director of Supersize Me and very funny man. Read interview.


Sally Potter

Sally Potter
Film Artist, Choreographer, Performance Artist and Writer who Directed 'Orlando', 'The Tango Lesson', 'The Man Who Cried'. Read Sally's blog and view videos on her website.

Stepheh Woolley

Stephen Woolley
Producer and Exec Producer of over 40 films including In the Company of Wolves and The Crying Game. Read shooters interview here on what it was like to direct his first film Stoned.