Tony Hipwell

Education

Equipment

My Equipment/Kit: Custom built PC with Adobe Creative Suite

I can use: Custom Built Pc With Adobe Creative Suite

About me

Tony Hipwell is an award winning independent filmmaker and Technical Demonstrator at York St. John University. His work has been officially selected in numerous international film festivals including Edinburgh and Raindance. He was a quarterfinalist in the ScreenCraft Film Fund 2017 & Comedy Screenplay Contest 2015 and has developed projects with Fox Searchlight, Channel 4, the BBC and HBO.

He has produced feature films, shorts, music videos, corporate video and webseries including the cult comedy Zomblogalypse which is being adapted into a feature film. His debut feature, Whoops! (2013) premiered at Raindance and was the only British film selected for the Raindance Tour 2014.
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Additional information:
In 2008 Tony formed MilesTone Films to create the cult zombie web comedy Zomblogalypse. The low budget, found footage series attracted critical praise for its subversive approach and garnered fans in countries across the globe. The series ran for 4 seasons and a feature film version is in development.

Following this, MilesTone produced the micro budget feature Crimefighters which pulled strong reviews from Empire, Sight and Sound and Time Out. It premiered at the 2010 Edinburgh Film Festival and saw UK theatrical distribution through Picturehouse cinemas.

More recently Tony has co-written, edited and directed his first feature, Whoops! It premiered to sell out audiences at the Raindance Film Festival in 2013 before being picked as the only British film for the national Raindance on Tour theatrical run in 2014 with Vue cinemas. The critically acclaimed film was described by Raindance's founder Elliot Grove as "my favourite British film of the last decade". It was selected for the NXNE & Nantes 2014 International Film Festivals where it was in contention for the Grand Jury and People's Choice Awards. In 2015 it was released on VOD and won Best Feature Film at The Cutting Edge Film Festival.

Tony has developed numerous projects with major companies such as HBO, the BBC, Channel 4 and Fox Searchlight as well as co-starring in the fully improvised feature film Amber which is now available on VOD through the BAFTA winning production company, Mad as Birds Films.

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Editor
Job Titles	Prop Maker, Retoucher, DIT / Data Wrangler, Camera Assistant, Make-up Artist (Assistant), Boom Operator, Sound Operator / Engineer, Sound Editor, Dubbing Editor / Mixer, Props Master, Videographer, Props Buyer, Props Assistant / Support, Set Builder, Lighting Tech / Operator, Locations Scout, Distribution Coordinator / Manager, Stunt Coordinator / Stunts, Post Production Coordinator, Line Producer, Special Effects (SFX) Artist, Post-Production Coordinator, Post-Production Management / Support, Compositor, Script Writer, Writer, Script Editor, Script Reader, Director, Video Editor, Production Assistant (PA), Script Supervisor / Coordinator, Continuity Supervisor, Production Support, Researcher, Camera Operator, Cinematographer, Director of Photography (DOP)
Years in industry	6+ years