After leaving school, his script-writing talents were discovered by legendary ATV impresario Lord Lew Grade (uncle of ITV’s Michael Grade). This resulted in him being paid TV option money plus selling his first film script (Starstruck).
However, he was then seduced by the music industry, first becoming one of the top DJ’s in Europe and then a record producer/songwriter for cult artist Eleanor Rigby. He went on to make his name as an innovative record producer, starting music trends like ‘The Cult Themes’ and new music genres like ‘Pop Noir’ & 'Ska Surf'. 250 tracks that he has produced have been released worldwide, including the No.1 European hit ‘You only live Twice’ by Eleanor Rigby.
Russell has featured in other influential bands like ‘Ministry of Ska’ and his current band ‘Psykick Holiday’ is currently hot property.
He also established himself as a popular and stylish photographer with much work published and exhibitions offered. He has styled many actors and pop singers and run his own very influential record label and music publishing company. In the recent past he also directed 8 highly rated pop videos.
He is therefore ideally suited to (a) bring realism to the subject matter of the film as both writer & director (b) make it look stylish because of his photographers’ eye and(c) put together a killer soundtrack to enhance the film. This will help sell it and make additional profits because of his experience and reputation as a record producer.
Karen Briggs has been a successful stylist and consultant to the entertainment industry for many years.
Inspired by the script, she wanted to dedicate her time to making this film a success as well as taking on the challenge of some new responsibilities like script editor/continuity, although she says these are merely an extension of things she has done before.
She has worked for an impressive list of clients including
Calvin Klein, Sony Records, Cherry Red Records, Go! Discs, Geffen, Heavenly, Warner, Virgin, Epic, Mute, etc. Magazines include Elle, Company, Cosmopolitan, The Guardian magazine, She, Eve, etc.