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| Photographs by Kalpesh Lathigra of the G.M. shoot at Bow Road Studios, East London |
| 'G.M. Film' is the production company for short films made by London-based director and animator Martin Pickles. | |
| It was named after his first fully-funded short film G.M. which is an acronym for Georges Melies, the French fantasy film pioneer. Many of these films feature actor Neil Edmond and some are collaborations with Australian cinematographer John Adderley. You can see John, Neil and Martin at work on The Time Travellers Of 1908 in the clips below. | |
| Most of the 'G.M. Films' are inspired by silent cinema from the 1890s to the late 1920s, particularly from the Edwardian era. As such they are picture- rather than dialogue-driven and sometimes shot on hand-cranked cameras. Century's End, The Time Travellers Of 1908, Split Screen and Cable Car are the most 'Edwardian' in feel. G.M., The Commuter and Camera Obscura are inspired by early Surrealist films. | |
| G.M. FILMOGRAPHY | |
| G.M. (2001):funded by the London Production Fund. | |
| The Commuter (2003) | |
| Century's End (2004) | |
| The Time Travellers Of 1908 (2005): completion-funded by Westminster Arts. | |
| Camera Obscura (2006) | |
| Found Cinema (2006) | |
| Split Screen (2008) | |
| Biljana (2009) | |
| Cable Car (2010) | |
In 2007 he made his first entirely hand-drawn film Like Me, Only Better, which was shown seventy international film festivals. |
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| Martin is currently researching and writing his first feature film. | |
| The G.M. Film YouTube channel is here | |
| CONTACT DETAILS | |
| Martin Pickles | |
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| +44(0)7887 608 457 | |
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| Behind the scenes of "The Time Travellers of 1908" | |