ADAM
WIMPENNY
DRAMA
HOTEL PORTOFINO - Series 1& 2
The daughter of a wealthy industrialist moves to Italy in the 1920s to set up a quintessentially British hotel in the beautiful town of Portofino as Benito Mussolini's brand of fascism was on the rise
Boasting a great cast and fabulous locations, Hotel Portofino is billed as a “lavish family drama full of emotional highs and lows, with a crime mystery woven throughout and building to a dramatic climax”.
Hotel Portofino will be shown on PBS Masterpiece in the US, while it will be screened on ITV in the UK. Filming took place in Portofino in Italy and along the Croatian coast.
Natascha McElhone, Mark Umbers (Home Fires) plays her dashingly dangerous aristocratic husband Cecil. While Four Wedding and a Funeral star Anna Chancellor plays the hotel’s most famous but also most troublesome guest, Lady Latchmere.
A high profile, classy affair - The Times (critics choice) ****
A sumptuous new period piece- The Telegraph (pick off the week)
Downton Abby meets Enchanted April in which romance, politics and crime come together in a heady mix **** The Mail on Sunday
BLACKWOOD
Feature film Blackwood is a supernatural thriller staring Ed Stoppard, Sophia Myles, Russell Tovey, Greg Wise, Paul Kaye and Joanna Vanderham.
Blackwood premiered at the London Film Festival and sold to
Universal and BBC America.
'The British Sixth Sense' -Empire magazine ****
'Hugely entertaining, superb' - UK Horror Scene ****
‘A Classic English horror thriller with a killer ending’ - Metro
'Visually Stunning' - Heat Magazine
'Spine tingling. Atmospheric. Chilling’ - Star Magazine
'A creepy atmosphere and genuinely scary’ - Radio times
'Excellent performances. Terrifying’ - Sunday people
“Spot on lead performances. Wimpenny is one to watch” – Close-Up Film
ROAR
A dark twisted story, ROAR is a multi award-winning short film featuring
Jodie Whittaker, Russell Tovey and Tom Burke.
It won awards at many of the major international film festivals and was chosen to play at the Cannes Film Festival.
"Brilliant, original and subversive, "ROAR" is a film that lingers in the mind long after you've left the theatre. Expertly crafted with deft direction by Adam Wimpenny, "ROAR" is creative film-making at its best.”
George T. Marshall Executive Director,
Rhode Island International Film Festival.
MADONNA & BASQUIAT: URBAN MYTH
A comedy drama made for Sky Art's Emmy nominated series URBAN MYTH.
Written by Emmy and SAG winning writer Sarah Solemani.
"Before she was famous, Madonna had a short but passionate and influential relationship with Jean Michel Basquiat, a pioneer and darling of the 1980s New York art scene. Basquiat was riding high while Madonna was a coat check girl, but she already had the self-belief to know she had something special.
This myth takes place across one night on the New York subway, just before she infamously door-stepped music producer Seymour Stein at his hospital bedside where he signed her on the spot. This is a poignant moment, before Basquiat’s untimely death and just before Madonna broke through to “take over the motherfucking world”...
BEHOLD THE MONKEY
A comedy drama made for Sky / Showtime.
Narrated by Tamsin Greig (Episodes) and featuring some of Spain’s finest acting talent, it was nominated for ‘best scripted programme’ at the Broadcast Awards.
It was The Sunday Times ****pick of the week and has been sold to Showtime and Canal+.
Told in the style of a fairy tale, this film tells the true story of Cecilia Gimenez, an elderly lady who’s failed attempt to restore a priceless fresco of Jesus in her local church turned her into an overnight media sensation.
The film was was scored by Lorne Balfe
(The Crown, Mission Impossible, Top Gun Maverick)
shot by Ed Wild (Halo, Black Mirror,) and edited by Mark Everson (Wonka, Paddington 1& 2).
THE INVESTIGATOR: A BRITISH CRIME STORY
( Series 1 & 2 )
A Netflix Original / ITV production.
The Investigator is a high-end, true crime docu-drama series that follows an ex-police officer who has exposed some of Britain's most shocking unsolved crimes.
Through a combination of powerful interviews, on-the-road detective work and cinematic dramatization the two series have set out to discover the truth behind some of the UK's most notorious murders.
The Telegraph ****
The Mail ****
The Times ****
The Guardian ****
The Mirror ****
The Independent ****
FIRST TIME
A comedy drama about a young mans first sexual encounter with a more experienced lady.
The film was released theatrically throughout the UK via Lionsgate, playing ahead of Werner Herzog's
'The Bad Lieutenant - Port of Call: New Orleans.'
The film features
Dimitri Leonidas (Riviera) and Nina Young (Harry Potter).
