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Joe Tunmer
Autocue
Since graduating from Bournemouth, Joe has written and directed a number of short films and music promos. His first short as writer/director was Hospital Food, a commission for Meridian Broadcasting. After competing at Cannes, Aspen and San Francisco, it won the Gold Remi in Houston and was bought for worldwide distribution by Hypnotic in New York. Next came Autocue, which won Best British Short at Brief Encounters and was recently broadcast on the BBC 4. It also received a theatrical release with the feature film Lovely and Amazing courtesy of Momentum Distribution. Last year he wrote and directed First To See The Sun for the Film Council. After winning the Special Jury Award at Worldfest 2003, the film was selected for the ‘Big Stories, Small Flashes’ cinema tour and DVD. He has just finished shooting Mockingbird for Screen South and The Arts Council, which tells of a dying transvestite and the cocoon-like world he builds for his daughter. He has three feature projects in development; The Lion With Firework Eyes, Wonderburger and Composition. The latter is a unique story about the discovery of the most beautiful piece of music ever made, and was accepted onto a UK Film Council-funded trip to Los Angeles to pitch to studio executives and independent producers. It was also chosen to participate in Screen South’s residential workshop with Christopher Vogler. Joe is currently looking for representation.