conejo en la luna
(rabbit on the moon)
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Jun 12, 2004, 15:34

Jorge Ram�rez-Su�rez, Writer, Director, Producer

Jorge Ramirez-Suarez was born in Mexico City and has lived in Germany
since 2000. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Photography
Diploma. He has a Film Studies degree from the Mexican Centro de
Capacitacion Cinematografica (CCC), one of the most prestigious film
schools in Latin America.

He graduated with, No Quiero Discutir/ I don't want to talk about it, the
first short film shot on 35mm in the history of the CCC. It was
nominated for an ARIEL (Mexican Academy Award). While studying at the
CCC, Jorge produced the multi award winning feature film, La Mujer de
Benjam�n/ Benjamin's woman, the first feature film directed by Oscar
nominated Carlos Carrera (El Crimen del Padre Amaro/The crime of father
Amaro).

Amongst the films Jorge has produced are, En Medio de la Nada/In the
middle of nowhere, directed by Hugo Rodriguez (Nicotina), Hasta Morir/All
the way, directed by Fernando Sari�ana and El Grito/Bloody Proof, directed
by top Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Beristain (ASC, BSC).

Jorge's short film, Pronto saldremos del problema/Our troubles will soon be
over, was awarded with a DIOSA DE PLATA (Mexican Film Critics Awards), CORAL
at Havana Film Festival, Official Selection at Toronto International
Film Festival and the Special Jury Award at San Juan Puerto Rico.

Conejo en la luna/Rabbit on the moon, is Jorge's second feature film. Selected as part
of the Berlinale Special section at the Berlinale 2005, the film
opened to rave reviews in Mexico. It was the most successful independent
film in Mexico in 2004. It was nominated for 3 ARIEL Awards (winning one)
and 8 DIOSAS DE PLATA Awards (Mexican Film Critics Awards). It also won
the Prix Rail D'oc at 17th Rencontres D'Amerique Latine, Toulouse, France.


Phil Hunt, Producer

From a background of working as an advertising and music photographer, Phil is co-managing director of Head Gear Films, a production and gap financing feature film organization. 2007 saw the launch of Bankside Films, an international film sales agency, which Phil is also Co-Managing Director of and co-founded by Hilary Davis and Stephen Kelliher, formerly of Beyond Films. Davis takes the title of co-Managing Director and Kelliher that of Director of Sales & Marketing.

Phil began producing feature films in the mid 1990’s with FAST FOOD (Douglas Henshall and Emily Woof), sold internationally by Vine International Pictures and released in the UK early 2000 by Optimum Releasing. This was followed by CHUNKY MONKEY directed by Greg Cruttwell, (Alison Steadman and David Threlfall), It has been termed a punk ‘Abigail’s Party’ and ‘An Edward Hopper painting commissioned by Monty Python’. Head Gear’s first investment that Phil also produced was a Mexican UK political thriller RABBIT ON THE MOON directed by Jorge Ramirez Saurez, which played in competition at amongst others, the Berlin, AFI and Toulouse festivals. It has had 11 award nominations. International sales by Capitol Films.

Head Gear Films and Bankside Films now provides finance for other producers as well as producing and executive producing and international sales. Five films have been financed via Head Gear Films: THE ALL TOGETHER starring Martin Freeman, GHOSTS directed by Nick Broomfield (opening film in competition at San Sebastian), SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL directed by Roger Spottiswoode, HOW ABOUT YOU starring Vanessa Redgrave and Imelda Staunton and NORMAL directed by Carl Besai, starring Carrie-Anne Moss and Kevin Zegers.


Greg Cruttwell, Producer

Greg is co-managing director of Head Gear Films. He comes from a creative background as an actor, writer and director. Greg trained as an actor at the London Academy Of Music And Dramatic Art - L.A.M.D.A. He spent twelve years working in the theatre and on television with many different companies before taking a leading role in his first feature film, Mike Leigh's NAKED. He subsequently had leading roles in, TWO DAYS IN THE VALLEY and GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE. He wrote and starred in, WAITING FOR SIR LARRY, a play about a terrorist desperate for an Equity card, which was presented at the Edinburgh Festival where it won a Fringe First Award. Greg wrote and directed his first feature film, CHUNKY MONKEY, starring David Threlfall and Alison Steadman. ("Deadpan, deranged, and, like the ice cream after which it is named, an instant cult classic" movie-gazette) After overcoming the threat of many law suits the film had a sell out world premiere at the Leeds International Film Festival in November 2004, where it returned as a festival favourite and packed houses on its release at the Everyman Cinema in London. It was released throughout the UK by Revolver Entertainment and on DVD in August 2005. It was released on DVD in the USA in April 2007. Greg also wrote and directed award winning short film, FINGERS X'D, about two football supporters contemplating a sex change as a thank you to the club they follow and produced RABBIT ON THE MOON(CONEJO EN LA LUNA), which played in competition at amongst others, the Berlin, AFI and Toulouse festivals, where it won the Prix Rail D'oc as best picture. It has also won a Mexican Academy Award and received eleven award nominations in all. Greg currently has a number of film and television projects in development with Head Gear including, a mockumentary and a football comedy which has David Threlfall attached to play the lead. Greg is also attached to direct Canadian/UK film, WHAT YOU NEED, in 2007 .












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