Jerome Redfarn Biography
1978:
I move to France to Studied Painting at Le Havre Ecole des Beaux Arts.
Here I try out every style of painting, including body painting (only, not with my own body) In Le Harve I make money by painting signs and shop windows.
1979:
I move from Le Harve to Paris, after many attacks by French Rockers, who ransack my flat and cut up my paintings, except one which they steal! In Paris I get some work with French Sculptor Jean-Michel Marchelle, helping lighting his work for exhibition. At this time I take up graffiti painting with stencils, only to catch Pleurisy from the car spray paint and return to London, spitting blood.
1980-1984:
I study Film & Video at St Martins School of Art, B.A. (Hons).
1984:
In 1984 a friend Marc Conway and myself start Trigger Happy Films from a Squat in Longacre, Covent Garden and I Direct my 1st Pop Promo for The Sid Presley Experience ‘Public Enemy No. 1’ for ID Records.
1985-1988:
After a summer of bike dispatch work for Vanguard, I got a job managing Count 8 Video Productions for Tony Askew. Tony also had a Staging Company & a Lighting Company, Studios and Location Vehicles and use to stage light and film live shows/events.
Tony's ideas where always very ambitious; an example would be dropping an entire Mexican Band out the ceiling on a platform. Only the platform descended so fast the Mexican Band had to race the middle of the platform and arrived in a heap on the floor. On anther occasion he build an enormous replica of the QE2 that would enter the dinning hall then split open reveling a ramp on which a white piano and pianist would glide down amongst the dinners whilst playing. Only the braking system failed and instead the pianist and piano went shooting into the dinning hall taking out the 1st row of dinners.
Suffice to say I gained a lot of experience working with Tony, mainly as a Beta SP Camera man, 3 machine Beta SP Editing and Vision Mixing.
For 3 years running we filmed all the London, Paris, and Milan Fashion shows. Other output at this time included:
Video productions for -
Nike,
Swatch,
Elle Decor,
Lancôme.
Productions for TV -
Def II for BBC2,
Club X for Channel 4,
Clothes Show For BBC1,
Daily News Reports for Anglia TV.
(I have many fond memories of working with Tony who is an inspiration to me.)
1988:
End of 1988, I independently technically produced live Multi-Camera Concerts:
The Sugar Cubes at the Astoria,
The Italian Rock Invasion, at the Hammersmith Empire
THUSA - (The Heart Under South Africa) Featuring exiled musicians from South Africa, at the Hackney Empire.
1989:
I join Max Presents Photographic Agency with Imperial Eye. Producing
multi-layered images for magazines, LP Covers, and Adverts. Clients at this time include.
Photography for Magazines -
Vanity Fair Magazine,
The Face Magazine,
Blitz Magazine,
Sky Magazine.
Band Album covers -
‘All about Eve'
'Queen Bee'
(see Images)
Advert for -
Katherine Hamnett:
Barclays Bank.
1990 – 1991:
I join Wicked Films with Imperial Eye as a Music Promo Director.
Some video’s I Directed at this time include.
REBEL MC…'Street Tuff' …Label: Desire Records
SUGAR BULLET…'World Peace'…Label: Virgin Records UK
49ERS… 'Girl to Girl'…Label: Island
DOUBLE TROUBLE…'Talk Back'…Label: Desire Records
OH WELL… 'I’ll be forever your man'…Label: Parlophone
REBEL MC. 'Better World' Label: Desire Records
1991:
In 1991 I also Directed/Camera some Documentary pieces. Some I made independently and some where made for BMG UK.
Skinheads (In Kings Cross) Independent
Gang Star In New York for BMG
Young Disciples In Austria for BMG
Norman Jay In Czechoslovakia for BMG
Kinky-Gerlinky (A Transvestite Nightclub) Independent
New York 'Voguers' for Blitz Magazine
1992-1994:
I join TRIGGER HAPPY Films who represent me as a Director. Some music promos I Directed at this time include.
NOMAD…'Devotion'…Label: Atlantic
SCRITTI POLITTI & SHABBA RANKS…'She's a Woman' Label: Virgin Records
OMAR…'There's Nothing Like This'…Label: Talkin’ Loud
CANDY FLIP…'Redhills Rd'…Label: Atlantic
ESPIRITU…'Franchesca'…Label: Columbia
INNER CITY. ..'Let It Reign'…Label: 10 Records Ltd
ALI & FRAZOR…'Uptown Top Ranking'…Label: Arista
RAW UNLIMITED…'Mr Big Stuff' (In my Heart)…Label: Ten
B-TRIBE…'Fiesta Fatal'…Label: Atlantic USA
OUTLAW POSSE…'Party Time'…Label: Gee Street
AWESOME 3. 'Let's Go'…Label: A&M
BEF. 'I Don't Know Why' ('I Love You')…Label: Ten Records Ltd
SYDNEY YOUNGBLOOD…’Anything’…Label RCA
49ERS. 'Got to be Free'…Label: Media Records
SCRITTI POLITTI & SWEETIE IRIE…'Take Me in Your Arms' Virgin Records
C.J. LEWIS…'Sweets for my Sweet'…Label: MCA
Manhattan COSMETICS. (Advert) Filmed in Los Angeles.
SYDNEY YOUNGBLOOD…’No Big Deal’…Label: BMG
UNIQUE 3…’Rhythm Takes Control’…10 Records Ltd
GRACE UNDER PRESSURE…’Make My Day’….Label: ARS Productions
NOMAD…’Your Love is Lifting Me’…Label: Atlantic
1995-1998:
In 1995 I join 4.D Films 34 Lexington St, London, W1. 8QT.
Videos I Directed with 4D include:
NATURAL BORN CHILLERS…'Rock the Funky Beat'…Label: Warner Music UK
ADAM F...'Circles'…Label: F-Jam
ADAM F…'Music in my mind'…Label: F-Jam
PURITY…'Bullets for words'…Label: Tommy Boy Music
SMOKE CITY…'Jogga Bossa'…Label: Jive UK
GARY MOORE VS Professor Stretch ’Always There for You’ Label: Virgin
B.T. 'Loving you more'…Label:..Perfecto
PUBLIC DEMAND…'Invisible'…Label: ZTT
ARKARNA…'House on fire'…Label: Kinetic Records
PURITY…’Interferance’… Label: Tommy Boy Music
DIVA SURPRISE…’On Top of The World’…EMI Records UK
BBE…’Deeper Love’…Label: Positiva
KATTY MARTINE…’Je T’m’…Label: Daniel Vangarde
TZANT….’Hot & Wet’…Label: Logic UK
FELONIE…’Before I let You Go’…Label: Parlophone
KATTY MARTINE…’Toute La Nuite’…Label: Daniel Vangarde
PJ & DUNCAN…’If I Give You My Number’…Label: Telstar
UP YER RONSON…‘Lost in Love’…Label: Polydor
1999-2001:
Director at Bullet Films, 23 Ganton St London W1V 1LA.
videos I Directed at this time include:
ALABAMA 3...'Too Sick to Pray'…Label: One Little Indian
OASIS…‘Where did it all go wrong’…(visuals)
TIN TIN OUT…'Eleven to Fly'…Label: Virgin
MANCHILD/THEROPY? …'Rehab'…Label: One Little Indian
SISTER BLISS/FAITHLESS 'Sister Sister'…Label: Multiply Records
GLOOM…Short Drama 5 mins…Bullet Films
2002-2003:
After a slow year with Bullet films I decided it was time to concentrate on Drama which had been my original motivation and took 6 months off to write a Feature Film scripts ‘The Risk’ based on an original story by Rory Perkins. After some initial interest in the script, things fell flat. The 6 months soon turned into year and by this time Bullet Films had terminated trading. I decided to get out of London for a while and moved to Penzance in Cornwall.
(see Writing: for a brief out-line of ‘The Risk’ script.)
In Penzance I did a course in Photoshop at the Digital Peninsula Network.
2003- 2004:
In Cornwall I worked doing illustrations for a Men’s Magazine ‘Code’. Also I produced some short films for South West Screen Digital shorts.
Produced short film 'Jubilee Pool' UK Film Fund.
Produced short film 'The Way Things Work' UK Film Fund.
Produced short film ‘Birt Dynley' UK Film Fund.
At this time I continued to do Avid editing.
Edited DM Thomas’s….‘Hell Fire Corner’. DirMarie Macneill
Edited Jonny Boy …..‘The Generation that Bought more Shoes’ Dir: Don Letts.
Edited THE COOPER TEMPEL CLAUSE…’Lets Kill the Music’…Label Morning Records
Edited EASY WORLD.....’You & Me’........Label Jive…Dir Richard Heslop
Edited SPAN……’Found’……Label Universal Island Records…Dir Richard Heslop
Edited SPAN…… ‘Span’……Label Universal Island Records…Dir Richard Heslop
I also co-wrote another Feature Film script based on Smuggling in Cornwall called ‘Scilly Automatic’ with co author Cameron Carter.
(see Writing: for a brief out-line of ‘Scilly Automatic’ script.)
2005:
I worked as a Director of Photograph and in the last 5 months of 2005 I produced shot and edited a 30 min Drama ‘Paki Slag’ which is a modern take on Romeo & Juliet. Shot on the home town estates of the 7/7 bombers in West Yorkshire. The film tackles the plight of interracial relationships. (The films title ‘Paki Slag’ is a term used on the estates for a white girl that dates an Asian boy.)
D.o.P…THE 5th SEASON
40 MINS Dance Film for Flying Feet…Choreographed By Hattie Worboys
D.o.P… THE NIHANG (A secret history of the Sikhs)
1 HOUR DOCUMENTARY for HIVE CENTRAL TV. (Shot on location in India)
D.o.P … WRESTLING IN PAKISTAN
30 MINS DOCUMENTARY for Heritage FUND. (Shot on location in Pakistan)
D.o.P… ‘AN ABSOLUTE ANGLE’
30 MINS DRAMA for MONDO MEDIA (Shot in Salford Manchester.)
D.o.P/Editor/Producer… ‘PAKI SLAG’
30 MINSDRAMA for UK FILM FUND (Shot on the estates of West Yorkshire.)
2006 – 2007:
I bought an Avid Media Composer & join Hive Cental TV as a Director/D.o.P/Editor.
Director/DoP/Editor…NALOXONE (The Opiate Antidote)
for Manchester Ambulance…A Dramatized Documentary about the effects of an opium overdose. Filmed working with ex addicts/offenders from Salford Manchester. Using graphics & CGI effects to illustrate the information.
DoP/Editor…GUNS & KNIFES ON THE STREETS
For the Home Office…A hard hitting documentary about the escalating violence around young people today. Made with the assistance of West Yorkshire Police the film detailed with graphic depiction of the effects of guns & knifes. Screened at schools across Britain.
Director/DoP/Editor… ‘SMART’
An information film, aimed at young people who have problems with parents suffering from addiction.
Director/DoP/Editor… ‘SCALPING A SIKH’
For Bodaloka TV ….15 min Dramatized account of a Sikh boy cutting his hair off, against the wishes of his family/culture and the effects this made to his life.
Director/DoP/Editor… ‘FINDING FAITH’
A Documentary exploring the similarities and differences in major religions in Britain. Looking at the attitudes towards Life & Death, God, Religious tolerance within a cross section of diverse communities found in North England.
