This may be the longest gap between posts in blogging history but I have completed filming of The Laureate after so many stops and starts. I am grateful to the crew for working on this shoot and delivering a great looking film with a budget of 2 million dollars and 22 shooting schedule. My cast of Dianna Agron, Tom Hughes, Laura Haddock, Fra Fee, Julian Glover, and Patricia Hodge were incredible and they gave it her all.

We completed shooting the film right under the gun of suspension due to the Covid-19 lockdown. I am editing the film remotely in New York and have completed my first director's cut.  Editing is the fun part of the process as one gets to shape the story, find different things you missed on set or didn't even write about. Then we can add bits of script through ADR and VFX to enhance scenes. It will be an interesting few weeks and will be interesting to see how it all shapes out. More importantly I hope I can make it back into the UK this summer for the grading and sound mixing of the film.  Here is an image from the film behind the scenes.