Chris Barfoot (born Christopher John Barfoot on 7 September 1966) is a British multi-award winning writer/director and producer of film productions.
Barfoot [1] was born in Southampton to Eileen Ann a company secretary and John Montague a carpenter and surveyor. Barfoot has two brothers (Paul and Timothy) and one daughter (Bianca). Chris is a member of BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts [2] [3]).
Barfoot attended school in
Swanmore,
Hampshire. He left in 1983 and entered the world of construction erecting steel, working in
Scandinavia and the
Canary Islands with his father (John) for the
Oil companies. When he returned to the UK he attempted to realise his primary ambition - to become an actor or a Television presenter. Naive, he failed a
RADA audition and sought out
Lee Peck (another
RADA failure and an ex TV presenter living in
Southampton). Peck advised Barfoot to start at the bottom, by joining a hospital radio station - so Barfoot signed up with
Winchester's
Hospital Radio. He presented for a year and then quit to go back to college on a two year media course as a mature student. He enrolled at
Highbury College,
Portsmouth, where lecturer
Andy Birtwistle was a big influence - it was Andy who inspired him to become a filmmaker.
Barfoot graduated in 1991 and immediately began producing short films with Alastair Vardy (Special Effects Supervisor)
[4] and Peter Dobson of then ScreenTrax (now
Carnyx Films)
[5]. Barfoot picked up work as a regular extra/actor on the
Ruth Rendalls, and featured in a few movies such as
Sudden Fury,
Fit For Nothing and
Distant Shadow. Barfoot and Dobson also created TV Sketches for
Jeremy Beadles
Hot Shots
[6] in 1994 before casting
Prunella Scales in the Sci Fi mini-thriller
Phoenix in 1996.
Winning two 'Platinum Remis' (for
Phoenix
[7] and
Hellion
[8] (starring Martin Hobbs and Katherine Blackburn)
[9], two 'Gold Remis' (for
Dead Clean
[10] (starring
Andrew Sachs and
Shane Richie)
[11] and
The Reckoning
[12]
[13] (starring
Mark Hill,
Mark Chapman,
Susie Lumley,
Lex van Delden and
Katherine Blackburn)
[14] in the US led Barfoot to write several feature scripts. His first to become a full feature
Fall of the Roman Empire (2009) is a contemporary crime thriller set in London
[15].
Barfoot also won an Honourable mention at the
Dragon Con
Film Festival (US) for
The Reckoning in 2003
[16].
The Reckoning also won
Sky Movies 'Top Ten Short Films of All Time' and was followed by an interview with
Richard Jobson. It played out with
NBC Universal's
Sci Fi Channel until 2008, where it received the highest
Sky Movies viewing figures of all time!
Barfoot also achieved 'First Place' at the
Dragon Con
Film Festival for
Helix starring
Prunella Scales and
Robert Pulvertaft in 2006
[17].
Helix was the (re-cut) joining of edits
Hellion and
Phoenix.
Other feature screenplays he has written are Banshee, Knights of Delirium, Hellion (work in progress), The Bump and the Grind (work in progress) and Hell's Gate (shortlisted for best script 2006 at the Beverly Hills Film Festival) [18].
Barfoot's companies are
ANGLO AMERICAN PICTURES
[19] and
CHRIS BARFOOT Productions
[20]
http://www.spike.com/video/phoenix/2667448
http://www.spike.com/video/hellion/2667452
http://www.spike.com/video/dead-clean/2667735
http://www.spike.com/video/reckoning/2667736
Chris Barfoot (born Christopher John Barfoot on 7 September 1966) is a British multi-award winning writer/director and producer of film productions.
Barfoot [1] was born in Southampton to Eileen Ann a company secretary and John Montague a carpenter and surveyor. Barfoot has two brothers (Paul and Timothy) and one daughter (Bianca). Chris is a member of BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts [2] [3]).
Barfoot attended school in
Swanmore,
Hampshire. He left in 1983 and entered the world of construction erecting steel, working in
Scandinavia and the
Canary Islands with his father (John) for the
Oil companies. When he returned to the UK he attempted to realise his primary ambition - to become an actor or a Television presenter. Naive, he failed a
RADA audition and sought out
Lee Peck (another
RADA failure and an ex TV presenter living in
Southampton). Peck advised Barfoot to start at the bottom, by joining a hospital radio station - so Barfoot signed up with
Winchester's
Hospital Radio. He presented for a year and then quit to go back to college on a two year media course as a mature student. He enrolled at
Highbury College,
Portsmouth, where lecturer
Andy Birtwistle was a big influence - it was Andy who inspired him to become a filmmaker.
Barfoot graduated in 1991 and immediately began producing short films with Alastair Vardy (Special Effects Supervisor)
[4] and Peter Dobson of then ScreenTrax (now
Carnyx Films)
[5]. Barfoot picked up work as a regular extra/actor on the
Ruth Rendalls, and featured in a few movies such as
Sudden Fury,
Fit For Nothing and
Distant Shadow. Barfoot and Dobson also created TV Sketches for
Jeremy Beadles
Hot Shots
[6] in 1994 before casting
Prunella Scales in the Sci Fi mini-thriller
Phoenix in 1996.
Winning two 'Platinum Remis' (for
Phoenix
[7] and
Hellion
[8] (starring Martin Hobbs and Katherine Blackburn)
[9], two 'Gold Remis' (for
Dead Clean
[10] (starring
Andrew Sachs and
Shane Richie)
[11] and
The Reckoning
[12]
[13] (starring
Mark Hill,
Mark Chapman,
Susie Lumley,
Lex van Delden and
Katherine Blackburn)
[14] in the US led Barfoot to write several feature scripts. His first to become a full feature
Fall of the Roman Empire (2009) is a contemporary crime thriller set in London
[15].
Barfoot also won an Honourable mention at the
Dragon Con
Film Festival (US) for
The Reckoning in 2003
[16].
The Reckoning also won
Sky Movies 'Top Ten Short Films of All Time' and was followed by an interview with
Richard Jobson. It played out with
NBC Universal's
Sci Fi Channel until 2008, where it received the highest
Sky Movies viewing figures of all time!
Barfoot also achieved 'First Place' at the
Dragon Con
Film Festival for
Helix starring
Prunella Scales and
Robert Pulvertaft in 2006
[17].
Helix was the (re-cut) joining of edits
Hellion and
Phoenix.
Other feature screenplays he has written are Banshee, Knights of Delirium, Hellion (work in progress), The Bump and the Grind (work in progress) and Hell's Gate (shortlisted for best script 2006 at the Beverly Hills Film Festival) [18].
Barfoot's companies are
ANGLO AMERICAN PICTURES
[19] and
CHRIS BARFOOT Productions
[20]
http://www.spike.com/video/phoenix/2667448
http://www.spike.com/video/hellion/2667452
http://www.spike.com/video/dead-clean/2667735
http://www.spike.com/video/reckoning/2667736