Whores With Guns

WHORES WITH GUNS


Genre: COMEDY

WRITER: John Bishop of Manchester

DIRECTOR: James Marquand of Birkenhead

PRODUCER: Philip Evers of Liverpool

Two slacker film fanatics’ desperate plan to screen their movie
to a jaded film reviewer goes horribly wrong
when they are mistaken for international terrorists.

A COMEDIAN BY TRADE, WRITER JOHN BISHOP is making his first foray into filmmaking with Digital Departures. He has a devoted following and regularly performs at major comedy clubs throughout the UK including The Comedy Store in London and Manchester. He first stood on stage in 2000, and within four months he was headlining at clubs across the North of England. He as gone on to star on a variety of TV and radio shows such as Brain Candy for BBC 3, 28 Acts in 28 Minutes for BBC 2/Radio 4, and is currently the host of the Bishop Sunday service broadcast on Radio City. An award-winning comedian, he will bring his own particular brand of humour to Whores With Guns.

DIRECTOR JAMES MARQUAND ‘grew up’ on film sets, observing his father, Richard Marquand (Director, Jagged Edge, Return of the Jedi) and later worked as an editor on Hearts of Fire with him. His first short film The Lesson was nominated for a BAFTA Kodak Award. James has since made three other short films, and written feature film scripts: Splinter (Surface Films 2004) being one of the most recent. Dead Man’s Cards is James’ directorial feature film debut which he co-wrote with James McMartin. George Lucas was so impressed with the film that in 2008/9 James has been asked to direct episodes of the live action Star Wars television show.

PRODUCER PHIL EVERS has a background in the commercial sector where he oversees projects with cumulative budgets of £50 million plus per annum. He first worked with partner and director James Marquand on their first short film The Lesson. This was followed by Phil Executive Producing their second short film The Complaint, and critically acclaimed feature Dead Man’s Cards.

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Philip Evers, John Bishop and James Marquand of Whores With Guns