SCOTT JAMES BASSETT
Writer/Producer
With more than twenty feature film production credits to his name, including Saul Dibb’s electrifying debut “Bullet Boy” for BBC Films and Sally Potter’s experimental culture clash romance in verse, “Yes”, Scott has worked at the cutting edge of the UK film industry for over ten years.
Currently a Line Producer, Scott entered the industry through the locations department, moving up quickly through managing a series of award winning shorts for the National Film & Television School. Notable credits from the last few years include Oliver Irving’s Slamdance Jury Prize winning comedy “How to Be” with Twilight’s Robert Pattinson, and Sarah Gavron’s adaptation of Monica Ali’s best-selling novel of the same name “Brick Lane”.
Recently Scott has Line Produced Sallie Apprahamian's romantic feature film debut “Broken Lines” starring Paul Bettany, the acclaimed and controversial documentary “Return to Tiananmen” which was filmed undercover in mainland China for the BBC, and “Scratch”, Jacob Rorvik’s vibrant drama set against the backdrop of the Hoxton Shoredich art scene for Breakthru Films.
Currently Scott is finishing work on visual artist Clio Barnard’s highly anticipated first feature film “The Arbor” for Film4, The UK Film Council and Artangel. In addition to “Hunger” he has recently Produced the short “Hands Solo” for the UK Film Council and 104 Films; a film which premiered at the 2009 London International Film Festival and is now on general release as a part of the portmanteau feature film “The Magic Hour”.
Scott’s first passion is for screenwriting and he means to combine his extensive production know how with writing talent in order to generate innovative and original film projects for the partnership.
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STEPHEN JOHNSON
DIrector/Producer
With a background in fine art and photography, Stephen knows how to communicate ideas through the image. Whilst studying for a degree in Graphics & Film, he sought to broaden his experience through working as a police photographer and corporate video editor, before entering the film industry.
Moving from light entertainment television into commercials and music promos, Stephen played an instrumental role in setting up the UK division of multi-award winning commercials production house MJZ in 2002; a company which has subsequently won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Lions Festival three times in the past four years. Working initially as a Director’s Assistant to high profile international figures, Dante Ariola and Rocky Morton, Stephen has remained with MJZ whilst seeking to develop projects of his own. As MJZ’s Production Manager, Stephen has worked on commercials across the globe, setting up challenging shoots in conditions as diverse as the mountains of Argentina and the Sahara desert.
His credits include some of the most influential commercials of recent years, such as Sony “Balls” for Fallon, where 130,000 rubber balls were dropped across the streets of San Francisco and “Tipping Point” for Guinness, where a giant domino run of cars, fridges and other objects was constructed in the streets of an isolated South American village. Stephen has worked with the largest clients in the business, including Shell, Playstation, Coca-Cola, Stella Artois, Motorola, Orange, Volkswagen, Land Rover and Adidas.
One of his most recent projects was the "Dancing Eyebrows" ad for Cadburys, which became an internet phenomenon and one of the most successful online campaigns of all time.
Stephen made his exceptional directorial debut with the partnership’s short film thriller “Hunger”. |
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