The People Behind the Films

Meet the team

Philip Hurd-Wood — Actor / Writer / Producer
Actor / Writer / Producer

Philip Hurd-Wood

Storytelling is primal and deeply rooted in our humanity. Telling original stories in film has long been my passion and I have written or co-written many short and feature-length screenplays. Recent successes include a short film, “The Blue Dress”, that I scripted being selected for Cannes.

My career in film, theatre and radio was born while reading Literature at The New University of Ulster, where directing and acting led naturally to a position in professional Theatre in Education. Since then, I’ve played many roles in theatre, international film and TV and become a sought-after voiceover artist. In addition, I have co-written, directed and acted in a satirical TV show for the BBC, presented children’s TV shows in Ireland and many local and hospital radio broadcasts, and taken on the role of Guest Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of Humberside.

Above all, it is film that stirs my soul. To quote the great Steven Spielberg: “Every time I go to a movie, it’s magic, no matter what the movie’s about.”

Lara Roxana Popa — Actress / Writer / Producer
Actress / Writer / Producer

Lara Roxana Popa

From early childhood, play helps us to learn and to develop and leads us to use our creative imaginations. As artists we play all our lives and I’ve expressed my creativity in acting and writing. I’ve been acting since high-school at The State Theatre from Galați, my hometown. After finishing the Faculty of Arts in Bucharest, I’ve played the lead in LUV by Murray Schisgal at an independent theatre and later on toured Romania with a beautiful children’s play.

But I was so drawn by the moving pictures, like a lost flapper of the 20s, that I teamed up with Olimpia S. Mustața and made my first feature film as a leading lady and as a screenwriter, Innocent Temptations, produced by Columna Cinema in 2016. I worked as a writer and screenwriter at Compas Studio, being part of the “We also have superheroes” national campaign, and I am also a published author.

One of the most worthwhile experiences I had so far was as a drama therapist at a centre in Bucharest, creating two theatre shows — Metamorphosis and Marzon’s Anniversary — which I also wrote. I’ve studied with some of the greatest professionals in Romania and taken part in numerous acting workshops, including those run by David Zinder, Milan Sladek and Claire Heggen.

Pamela Sue Mann — Singer / Songwriter / Producer / Poet
Singer / Songwriter / Producer / Poet

Pamela Sue Mann

A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Pamela has recorded and toured with internationally recognised artists such as Suzanne Vega, Donna Lewis, David Baron, Gerry Leonard, and many more.

American avant-garde artist, composer, musician and film director Laurie Anderson has called Pamela’s work “a masterpiece.” You can hear her new music on the radio, on the internet, in film and on TV.

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