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Stephen
Gray and David Lilley form the creative core of Loonatik
& Drinks. David and Stephen have been working together
for over 15 years, first on music and then film projects.
Initial collaborations where only loosly planned and thier
discreet skills where called upon informally and as required.
Only over the past couple of years have they worked together
cohesively as Loonatik and Drinks. Both
are fans of the cult B-movie genre
and classic horror fiction.
The
pair initiate projects together and form a basic cohesive
vision, then each works according to his own skills. David
concentrates on character and narrative form. While Stephen
develops imagery and a project's artistic direction. 'Production'
for Loonatik and Drinks could mean a traditional situation
of location, actors and shared directorial roles or it might
be green screens, static photography and purely CGI performances.
Recent
projects have highlighted the team's intricate VFX and post
production work as way to achieve impressive visual scale
and yet retain independence from established funding sources.
In the short term they aim to streamline this style of film-making
which allows them to realise the films they are truly interested
in and ensures them creative control.
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| Graduating
from Staffordshire University in 1997 with a Film Studies degree
David relocated to Nottingham and has gone on to produce shorts
and music videos which have had countless screenings and won
awards from all over the world. His films have been screened
on Channel 4, MTV2, and ITV4. David’s 2005 short ’10 points’
enjoyed a cinema run as part of the 2005 Nokia Shorts. More
recently David’s film ‘The Prince and the Pee’ recieved acknowledgment
in Total Film magazine as part of their selection of Best Films
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| Stephen
holds an MA in fine art from Central Saint Martin's School of
Art, he has exhibited his video installation work in the Lux
Cinema, The Cube Gallery in Paris, Cinema
de Balie in Amsterdam and regular solo shows in
London. He won the Red Mansion's Art prize in 2004 and spent
the associated residency
in China. After gaining a second MA in art conservation Stephen
now works in a museum of film & video within Bristol University.
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