The Crew

Milton Kam

Director of Photography

Milton Kam’s work as a cinematographer includes “Vanaja”, a rural drama set in India which received a 2008 Independent Spirit Awards nomination for Best Cinematography and the award for Best Cinematography at the Rhode Island International Film Festival.

His ongoing collaboration with British director Simon Rumley includes “Red White & Blue”; “Johnny Frank Garrett’s Last Word”; “Fashionista”; and the upcoming “Crowhurst” and “Once Upon A Time In London”.

His television credits include Amazon Prime’s “American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story”, Netflix’s “Roman Empire - Reign of Blood” NatGeo’s “American Genius” and The History Channel’s “Kingpin”.

Giovanni Spinelli

Composer

Giovanni Spinelli lives and works in New York where he composes music for film, television, theater and dance.

His soundtracks vary from the lyrical minimalism of “Bis Gleich” (winner of more than thirty awards, including at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, and included in the “shortlist” for the 2016 Oscar awards), to the heavy metal score for “Tamburlaine”, to his music for the choreo- graphies of Martha Graham Dance Company, to his score for solo electric guitar performed live for the classic silent film “Sunrise” by F.W. Murnau (defined by the San Francisco Examiner as an “astounding mix of Hendrix, Badalamenti, Vaughn and The Edge”), to his multi- genre filmscores for the feature documentaries “American Cheerleader” and “Pop Star On Ice”.

Suzanne Barnes

Costume Designer

Suzanne Barnes has over 20 years of experience in both the UK and US film industries. At the 2019 Sundance Film Festival Suzanne was part of the Grand Jury Prize Dramatic winning film, ‘Clemency.

Other film work includes “Apartment 407” formerly known which won Best Indie film at the 2016 Raindance film festival in London and the ECU - European Independent Film Festival award 2017 for Best Film - Non-European.

Suzanne co- designed the Thriller “Never Here” written and directed by Camille Thoman. Shot in New York in 2014 with a stellar cast including the late Sam Shepard.

Rudolf Buitendach

Editor

South African born, Rudolf has edited several features including “Gallowwalkers” starring Wesley Snipes, 5th Passenger starring Doug Jones and “Her Only Choice” that was nominated for a Satellite Award in 2019.

As a film director Rudolf has an award winning body of work including “Indoor Fireworks”, the world’s first fully digital film and four features: “Dark Hearts” (Lucas Till - “MacGuyver”, “X-Men”, Goran Visnjic - “Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”), “Where the road runs out” (Isaach De Bankolé - “Casino Royale”). “Selling Isobel”, and “Hex” (Ross McCall - “Band of Brothers”).

David Bekkevold

production sound mixer

David Bekkevold is an AMPS Production Sound Mixer and Recordist based in South Wales. After working for some years as a documentary sound recordist, David began mixing on feature films and television drama, recording for films directed by Esther May Campbell, Niall Johnson, Paul Hyett, Peter Stray and Simon Rumley among others.

Astrid Schulz

Set photographer

Award winning photographer Astrid Schulz is known for creative portraits and documentary work. Originally from Hamburg, she has been based in London since 1994. With a background in costume design for film & TV she studied photography at London College of Communication from 2003-05.

Her work appeared in various book publications as well as magazines including British Journal of Photography, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, f-LIP Magazine, Chaeng Magazine, Fitzrovia Journal, Soho Journal, CNN Magazine, South-Pacific Magazine and Lonely Planet. Internationally recognised, she exhibits at festivals, solo shows and group exhibitions.