Calum Rhys

Based in Midlands & Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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Ah the dreaded bio, right... so I'm Calum, an Englishman with a Scottish name, from a primarily Welsh and German family. I was born in Gloucestershire in the grand old year of 1993 and raised in Worcestershire until the age of 18,  when I left home and became an "adopted" Yorkshireman.

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At 11 years old, I began making short films with my father's 8mm Sony camcorder and over time began slowly expanding upon this to broaden my knowledge and experience in film. In 2010, I founded production company Smashing UK Productions. Whilst studying a BA Degree in Product Design in York, I shot short films with friends, where I further learned to harness guerrilla filmmaking techniques which I utilised in many of my early films. Shortly after graduating from university, I went on to make the award-winning short war drama, Our Father, which premiered at the 69th Cannes Film Festival and went on to receive 14 award nominations and 3 wins during its festival run. In 2019, I began development on my forthcoming project, Divided We Stand, with a further short film and a debut feature in development for the early 2020s.

AWARDS

2015, Best Student Film, "The Secret Eye"

Los Angeles Film Festival Awards

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2016, Best British Film, "Our Father"

Portsmouth International Film Festival

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2016, Best Short, "Our Father"

Rhode Island International Film Festival

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2016, Best Film, Best Editing, Best Drama

"Our Father"

Sydney Indie Film Festival

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2017, Outstanding Short Film, "Our Father"

Normandie WWII International Film Festival