Biography

Brett Chapman is an award-winning director from Sheffield, UK. His work has been featured across multiple BIFA and BAFTA qualifying festivals including BFI Flare, Leeds International Film Festival, Doc NYC, Encounters Film Festival, Short of the Week and London Short Film Festival. He’s an alumni of the Screen Yorkshire Flex Programme. Interested in stories about relationships and the lesser-celebrated moments, Brett’s work often comprises of a mixed-media and collage inspired visual approach. Having originally trained as a journalist his work is not limited to a single genre or form. The use of obsolete and archaic technology in his films is a staple of his work and practice. As an accomplished self-shooter and editor, Brett’s productions are born of a DIY and collaborative spirit which explores non-traditional and hybrid-departmental ways of working.

Credits

Other Credits

The Residue of a Relationship Documentary View
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The Residue of a Relationship is an award-winning rom-com-documentary that looks at the leftovers of love and tries to piece together what it all means. 2013
Tiny Little Rocks Short film View
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Five years after breaking up Molly and Gretchen meet in Sheffield. What if you had one night to say it all? 2018
The Good Book Short film View
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In a future Leeds, society is divided between loyalists of the powerful Queen Bear and radical followers of Galahad. Avalon is a young woman desperate not to take sides, but as civil war begins she must undertake a dangerous mission to rescue a precious relic from destruction. 2020
Standing in the Rain Short Documentary View
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A documentary that looks at what happens when Slung Low, a theatre company takes over the oldest working men’s club in the North of England. 2019
The Farm Under the City Short Documentary View
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Luke Ellis’ innovative business takes food waste from local restaurants and uses organic cycling methods to grow micro-herbs and vegetables from an underground bioponic farm beneath the streets of Sheffield’s industrial quarter. 2022
Kiddo Short film View
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On a rickety bus trundling through wilting countryside, a mysterious older woman named ‘Kiddo’ and a cohort of overexcited teenagers meander towards Wonderland, a theme park like no other. Sinister secrets await as Kiddo and her compatriots face off with their hosts and draw closer to discovering the truth of their journey. 2022
Ossatura Short Documentary View
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In the summer of 2021 the world-renowned Archaeology Department at The University of Sheffield was earmarked for closure. Professor Umberto Albarella, alongside his family of colleagues and a worldwide community of supporters, is determined to fight the decision and save the department. Nearly 50,000 people from across the globe signed a petition to reverse the University's decision with staff members and students marching on the city to make their case against cultural vandalism. Now, in the face of overwhelming odds, Professor Albarella makes a compelling argument for the value of fighting for what's right, regardless of the outcome. 2023

Awards

Skills

  • Arts
  • HD
  • Self-shooting
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