FILMMAKING

I have made  short improvised films that include a poverty row camp  fantasy Ballgowns and Gasmasks  , filmed theatre productions including Other Rooms at Theatro Technis, a documentary about the Gate Film Studios at Elstree/Borehamwood  before it was demolished in 2005, gig performances by musicians including  Kiria at Madam Jo Jos , The Rapture and Hidden Cameras at Bartfly  and a short 2011 film Mike ArlenTalks focusing on the life of a seminal  British nude male photographer from the pre digital era of magazine publishing. These films were made independently on various camcorders over the years through to current mobile phone cameras.

FILM COLLECTING ARCHIVE AND CURATING  FILM SEASONS

This love of the cinema developed into a DVD archive film collection that I am passionate about and I enjoy collecting rare,overlooked and often forgotten film's from a wide range of genres. I programme seasons of film in the Star one of london's cinema jewels of private enterprise that showcase the golden years of cinema.  Enquiries  about the archive and film screenings can be made about this through my website.

MY LOVE OF CINEMA 

As a long time lover of film that links to my  childhood/teenage years watching hours of cinema in a New Zealand Air Force base cinema , I rate meeting my idol Douglas Sirk a memorable experience in London during 1972 and  was on the crew of Tony Williams' LOST IN THE GARDEN OF THE WORLD 1976 which involved figures from the film world including  Paul Bartel, Martin Scorsese, Tobe Hooper, Dustin Hoffman, Steven Spielberg and Werner Herzog. A great experience that was.