Muse of fire
Worldwide multiple festival release | World Premiere at RAINDANCE
Best Film award winners
An epic road-trip buddy movie, that aims to dispel the fear and myths surrounding the most famous playwright in history. 7 knights, 1 Dame and two friends will change the way you feel about Shakespeare forever.
Broadcast on the BBC to over 1,000,000 viewers.
- ‘STAR CHOICE’, “This impressive documentary makes good on its promise”. OBSERVER
- ‘CRITICS CHOICE’ MAIL ON SUNDAY
- ‘CRITCS CHOICE’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
- “Its goal is admirable and the results often illuminating” TIMEOUT
- ‘Pick Of The Day’, “Heartfelt and Uplifting” THE GUARDIAN
- ‘Best Factual’ TOTAL TV
- “An Engaging Film” BBC RADIO TIMES
- “Riveting” THE INDEPENDENT
Global broadcast distribution via All3Media
Distributed on iTunes and other streaming services by The Movie Partnership and Illuminations Media
Film of the week on iTunes. 9/10
Featuring: Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, James Earl Jones, Jude Law, Ewan McGregor, Fiona Shaw, Tom Hiddleston, Rita Dove, Harold Bloom, Ben Kingsley, Brain Cox, Mark Rylance, Ralph Fiennes, Baz Luhrmann, and Sandy Foster.
Directed and Produced by Dan Poole & Giles Terera (MBE)
Produced by Timebomb Pictures and Lion Television.
Theatre of survival
Worldwide multiple festival release | World Premiere at ENCOUNTERS
When everything about you falls, one man decides that theatre is the key, and the way to begin to unify a people. A film about the life and times of The Space theatre (a.k.a. ‘The Space’, ‘Die Ruimte’ in Afrikaans, and ‘Indawo’ in Xhosa)
Real-life dramas: 10 great documentaries about theatre
‘Chris Wiegand’ THE GUARDIAN
Mixed in DOLBY Atmos, 7.1, 5.1 and Stereo by Academy award winning Paul Massey at Twickenham Film Studios (TW1). Posted at Technicolor in 2k and HD playout for DCP and Broadcast.
Global broadcast distribution via 7&7
Currently broadcast on SKY Arts and MNET.
Supported by BERTHA Dochouse.
Featuring: John Kani, Winston Ntshona, Pieter-Dirk Uys, Fatima Dike, Richard E. Grant and Brian Astbury,
with narration by Academy Award winner James Earl Jones.
Directed and Produced by Dan Poole & Mark Street
Produced by Timebomb Pictures.
Section 1591
Feature Documentary | In Production
Filmed over four years, Section 1591, is a journey into the ugly and upsetting world of sex-trafficking in mainland America.
Filmed on R3D Cinema for a 4K streaming delivery with a DOLBY Atmos sound mix.
Featuring: Jeff Tiegs
Directed and Produced by Dan Poole & Cort Kristensen
Produced by Timebomb Pictures & New Debate
Black Matter
Worldwide LIMITED streaming release filmed in COVID Lockdown
Streaming complete
A Musical Documentary, written by Olivier Award winning Giles Terera MBE.
“The cool art deco splendour of Crazy Coqs is here swathed in darkness by director Dan Poole, who expertly lights it and shoots it with multiple cameras all in glorious 4K. We also get some shots of those deserted Soho streets. Poole rightly judges that the barefoot modern-day troubadour he’s filming here needs no visual distractions. You just can’t take your eyes off him.”
Jarlath O’Connell | THE AMERICAN
Available in 4K and HD presentation with Stereo sound mix. Filmed at Crazy Coqs in 2021.
Made with the additional support of FANE.
Featuring: Giles Terera
Directed and Produced by Dan Poole
Produced by Timebomb Pictures & Fane
Insoma
Short Festival Film
A darkly upsetting tale of one man’s chaos.
Filmed on Sony F55 for festival release. Posted at Prime Focus.
Featuring: Amy Beth Hayes, Giles Terera, Dan Poole, James Stuart, Lyndal Marwick,
Iris Lezcano and Steve Brownlie.
Written and Produced by Dan Poole
Directed by Mark Street
Produced by Timebomb Pictures
Mindwalker
Feature Film | In development
Robin is having bad dreams. Her daughter Alice is in trouble. Robin will go as far as she has to save her daughter.
Cast: TBC | Director: TBC
Written by Mark Underwood and Directed by Dan Poole
Produced by Timebomb Pictures
Shakespeare in practice
DVD Distribution | Released
Partner workshop film that accompanied the award-winning Muse Of Fire on DVD release.
Featuring: Ian McKellen, Henry Goodman, Peter Gill, John Barton, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Jeffery Kissoon, Giles Terera, Dan Poole & Sandy Foster.
Distributed on DVD by Illuminations Media
Directed and Produced by Dan Poole & Giles Terera (MBE)
Produced by Timebomb Pictures with the National Theatre
Sleeping with the fish
Short Film | In pre-production
An elderly retired assassin, is confronted by her own killer in a quiet beachside town.
Cast : TBC
Written and Directed by Dan Poole
Produced by Timebomb Pictures
The Loneliest Time
Short Film | Festival release | Streaming
A soldier, his family and PTSD.
Filmed on Alexa for DCP global festival release, available on Amazon Prime
Mixed in DOLBY Atmos by Paul Massey at Twickenham Film Studios (TW1)
Featuring: Dan Poole, Alice Henley, Louise Dylan and Nala Kibbey.
Written and Produced by Dan Poole
Directed by Cort Kristensen
Produced by Timebomb Pictures
Where you are
Feature Film | In Development
A story of great loss, self-discovery and the inevitable kindness of others.
Cast: TBC
Written and Directed by Dan Poole
Developed by Dan Poole and Louise Dylan
One day some years ago
Short Film | Festival release
While one is lost in their past, one can never live in the present.
Filmed on Alexa, posted at Prime Focus.
Original music by Ben Parker
Cast : Aimee-Ffion Edwards & Dan Poole
Written by Dan Poole and Directed by Mark street
Produced by Timebomb Pictures