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Oliver Krimpas
Oliver was born in London and grew up in Athens. He received a Masters in film from Boston University followed by four years in Los Angeles working in physical production on commercials and promos. He has directed commercials, corporates and three short films: Come Monday (1993), Walking Home (2000) and Hard Labour (2002).
Oliver has been shortlisted by Screen East with the project Ghost in the Machine.
Ghost in the Machine is a comedy-drama.
On a bleak, windswept farm, frumpy Noreen Gradgrind works like a slave and lives for the whim of her surly, controlling father. Never having had a day off, Noreen escapes into her daydreams: she imagines herself as a beautiful cowgirl, courted by a square-jawed cowboy.
On an errand to a remote part of the farm, she comes upon an abandoned 1940s tractor. Which begins to talk to her, with the kind of charm she could only hope for from a lover. Initially terrified, she is won over by it and lovingly restores it. On completion, her father declares his intent to sell the now pristine collectable and tear her away from her new best friend. But the tractor and a reawakened Noreen have something different in mind.