Joining me this week, Tim Auld

Tim is an award-winning filmmaker with over 15 years of experience across directing, screenwriting, and post-production. He has created work for leading brands including FujiFilm, Foundry, and Blackmagic Design, delivering compelling visual stories across commercial and creative projects. 

As a screenwriter, Tim's work has earned multiple international awards and attracted producer options, reflecting his ability to craft distinctive, cinematic narratives from concept to completion.

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Joining me this week, Felicity Wren

Felicity is a development executive, producer, and award-winning actor working in London and Los Angeles. After earning Honors and Master’s degrees, she co-founded Unrestricted View, a London-based production company and theatre (unrestrictedview.co.uk) now in its 29th year. The company also curates three (one BIFA-accredited) film festivals, spotlighting bold new voices in Independent Film at UVFF.co.uk. They have recently launched a publishing company and are supporting independent filmmakers through an initiative they founded: Open Screen London, and with the UVFF Film Fund hosted by Genera Films.
Felicity has produced nineteen film projects and won five performance awards. She currently serves as VP of Development at both Creative Screenwriter Productions and the International Screenwriters’ Association (ISA), where she supports top-tier screenwriting talent and cultivates meaningful industry connections.
She now splits her time between London & LA, and is interested in fostering partnerships and making introductions between UK filmmakers and Producers and her LA contacts.

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Joining me this week, Daniel Stafford-Clark

Daniel grew up in a filmmaking household (his father is a producer, and his mother worked with my dad on Honey magazine) and since he could pick up a video camera has been shooting with any family members and friends he could enroll.

 He has worked as a director of photography since 2009 when he graduated from the UK’s National Film and Television School. As well as working extensively in commercials he’s shot a number of acclaimed television series including Catastrophe, Industry, Extraordinary and Big Mood which has just been released.  He’s also shot a couple of award-winning features.  

He’s worked with Disney+, Netflix, Amazon Prime, HBO as well as Channel 4 and the BBC in the UK.  He has a passion for photography that is immersive, emotionally powerful and always in the service of the storytelling.

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Joining me this week, Tim Willrich

Tim is a UK-based producer dedicated to bold, distinctive, and genre-driven storytelling. With a background rooted in independent cinema, Tim has built a reputation for nurturing projects that combine strong creative vision with commercial appeal.

 2025 saw Tim & Limbo Produce action horror 'For the Good of the Herd' in association with Screen Anthology, as well as World War II action drama 'The Ghost and the Gun', a feature filmed on location in Bali, Indonesia.

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2026 will see multiple projects in development, with at least two advancing into production in the latter half of the year.​

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At the heart of Tim’s work is a deep commitment to supporting original voices and cultivating genre films that surprise and engage audiences. Through Limbo, he continues to champion projects that blur the line between independent spirit and global reach, with a vision to bring daring new stories to screens worldwide.

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Joining me this week, Ashton Hertz

Ashton is a senior creative producer, photographer and videographer based in London, England with over 12 years experience, working across film, brand and experiential projects. I know Ashton through a mutual friend, we have known of each other for about 10 years but this is the first time we have had a proper chat. 

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Joining me this week, Marc Bellinger

Marc has been producing film and involved in the arts for 2 decades. He was the lead role of Robin in The Devil’s Stomping Ground which opened Cucalorus Film Festival ‘22. He continues to act, direct, and produce short and commercial films in Wilmington. After Hours is his directorial debut short film! He also runs the only horror film fest in Wilmington known as The First Cut which will be an annual festival!

First Cut was where Reel Terror had it's US Premier, and it holds a special place in my heart! I am now a judge for First Cut. 

If you have a short film, submit to First Cut!

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Joining me this week is Nick Helm

Nick first took to the stand-up comedy stage in 2007 and quickly became a circuit legend with his tour de force of one-liners, stories, poems and jokes. Since then, he’s become one of Britain’s most loved comedians for his multiple, memorable and moving television appearances, his critically acclaimed writing and his legendary rollercoaster live shows.

Across the years, Nick has taken multiple mega hit shows to the Edinburgh Fringe including the must-see Keep Hold of the Gold, the Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated Dare to Dream and the completely sold out This Means War. In 2017, he embarked on his first full tour, hitting 25 dates across the UK with his hilarious show There Is Nothing You Can Do To Me That I Haven’t Already Done To Myself. He also released two successful albums Nick Helm is F*cking Amazing and Hot ‘n’ Heavy, which feature hit songs from his solo shows and are available on iTunes and Bandcamp.

Nick has become a firm TV favourite having appeared on multiple shows both acting and as himself. He was nominated for a Royal Television Society Award for his starring role in critically acclaimed BBC Three sitcom, Uncle, and also played the adorable Watto is Channel 4’s Loaded which was later broadcast on AMC in America. He’s also fronted his own food travelogue show Eat Your Heart Out with Nick Helm on Dave and his own high-octane variety show Nick Helm’s Heavy Entertainment on BBC Three. This is all in addition to his other unforgettable TV appearances such as 8 Out of 10 Cats, Russell Howard’s Good News and Celebrity Mastermind.

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Joining me this week is Sean D Arena

Since his first job as a Camera Production Assistant in 2007, Sean has worked for companies like Dotdash Meredith, Time Inc, NBCUniversal, and Cablevision, as well as a freelancer on various film & TV sets.

Sean was the Writer/Editor for the documentary Cherry's In Season, which takes the audience through a season in the life of a bar in one of Fire Island's most iconic LGBTQ+ communities. Recently, he was one of the writers for the documentary Keeper of the Bay - a film about marine conservation through the eyes of a native Hawaiian woman as she fights to continue her family legacy. And most recently Sean was one of the creators and production managers of Images of Trans Humanity.

I had a lovely time talking to Sean, so enjoy. 

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Joining me this week, Angel Besley

Angel began her publishing career in 2016, working both as an editor and as a literary agent. She believes some books just need to be read. Her new book Six Mile Store is available now via Angel's linktree, linked below. 

Honey’s working weekends down at the Six Mile, trying to figure her life out. Her boyfriend’s about to leave the country, her college advisor hates her guts, her momma ain’t listening, and she’s got this cop breathing down her neck just about all the time.

She finds a friend in her new colleague Lisa, but when one of their regular customers turns up dead, everything goes sideways faster than a greased hog at the county fair…

I hop eyou enjoy the episode, we had fun recording it. 

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Joining me this week, Anthony Ferraro

Anthony is a self-taught filmmaker, who has spent the past two decades fully immersed in independent cinema, directing feature films, shorts, and web series.

 His sci-fi film "Aeranger" earned millions of views, establishing him as an accomplished storyteller. Anthony's practical knowledge forms the foundation for everything he shares on his popular YouTube channel, Create Sci-Fi.

In his book "The Outsider Filmmaker: Start Your Film Without Funding," Anthony wholeheartedly shares practical, straightforward suggestions based on everyday logic and understanding, empowering aspiring filmmakers to embrace their creative aspirations and take the leap into the world of filmmaking.

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