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Production Details: The Baker

Project Type: Cinematic film

Synopsis: Can’t sleep? Hate your job? Hate the city? Kill people for a living? Meet Milo -- he knows how you feel. Milo’s a hit-man on the edge. When something snaps inside his head and he fails to fulfil a contract, he has to escape the city to avoid the wrath of his employers. Pursued by a ruthless colleague with a thing for rubber gloves, he hides out in a remote Welsh village, where he is mistaken for the new baker. Forced to bake to maintain the cover, what he discovers is nothing short of a revelation -- when he bakes, all his worries seem to disappear. Baking is therapy. When sparks fly with the beautiful local vet, he decides to start a new life as a baker. But as the villagers discover his true identity and start ordering hits on one another, things start to get messy. He’s about to discover that you can’t have your cake and eat it.

Chronology: Began pre-production in late February 2006. Principal photography began on March 27, 2006. Production was completed in May 2006. Released on region 2 DVD in Hungary on October 16, 2007. Released in the Ritzy Picturehouse cinema in London for a limited engagement, February 29 - March 6, 2008. Released on region 2 DVD in the UK on March 3, 2008. Released in cinemas in Greece on July 10, 2008. Released on region 1 DVD in Canada on August 12, 2008. Released on region 4 DVD in Australia on September 18, 2008. Presented on television (network not known) in Argentina on October 2, 2008. Released (limited) in select cinemas in Kansas City, MO, on October 9, 2009; Portland, OR, on October 23, 2009. Available for on-demand viewing via various cable and satellite television services (under the alternate title Assassin In Love) in the US beginning September 2, 2010. Released for rental on region 1 DVD in the US (under the alternate title Assassin In Love) on September 2, 2010. Released on region 1 DVD in the US (under the alternate title Assassin In Love) on October 12, 2010.

Film Festivals & Other Special Screenings:

Berlin International Film Festival (February 8-18, 2007, Berlin, Germany), European Film Market program -- February 9 and 14, 2007.
Cannes Film Festival (May 16-27, 2007, Cannes, France), Marché du Film program -- May 18, 2007.
Tremblant Film Festival (June 20-24, 2007, Mont Tremblant, Canada) -- June 21 and 23, 2007.
Special screening in Monmouth, Wales (where much of the filming took place) -- July 21, 2007.
Pusan International Film Festival (October 2-12, 2007, Pusan, South Korea), promoted and/or screened in the Asian Film Market portion of the event -- October 4-12, 2007.
Exground Filmfest (November 16-25, 2007, Germany) -- November 20, 2007.
Bonus Card 6th International Comedy Films Festival (November 23-27, 2007, Istanbul, Turkey), The Most Serious Comedy Film Competition -- November 23 and 26, 2007.
Cairo International Film Festival (November 27 - December 7, 2007, Cairo, Egypt), Guest Of Honor: The British Cinema program -- December 6, 2007.
London premiere screenings (2, back-to-back) at the Ritzy Picturehouse in London, UK, in conjunction with March 3, 2008, DVD release in UK -- February 29, 2008.
RiverRun International Film Festival (April 23-28, 2008, Winston-Salem, NC), in Narrative Competition -- April 25, 26, and 28, 2008.
Ibiza International Film Festival (May 23-31, 2008, Ibiza), in competition -- May 26, 2008.
Shanghai International Film Festival (June 14-22, 2008, Shanghai, China) -- June 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2008.
Abergavenny Food Festival Fringe (September 13-21, 2008, Abergavenny, Wales) -- September 17, 2008.
Sedona International Film Festival (February 24 - March 1, 2009, Sedona, AZ) -- February 25 and 28, 2009.
EU Film Festival (March 6 - April 2, 2009, Chicago, IL) -- March 21 and 23, 2009.
Worldfest Houston International Film & Video Festival (April 17-26, 2009, Houston, TX) -- April 25, 2009.
Connecticut Film Festival (June 2-7, 2009, Danbury, CT) -- June 4-5, 2009.
Waterfront Film Festival (June 11-14, 2009, Saugatuck, MI) -- June 12 and 14, 2009.
Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival (September 9-13, 2009, Temecula, CA) -- September 10 and 12, 2009.
Kansas International Film Festival (September 18-24, 2009, Overland Park, KS) -- September 19, 2009.
Tallgrass Film Festival (October 23-25, 2009, Wichita, KS) -- October 23, 2009.
Naples International Film Festival (November 6-8, 2009, Naples, FL) -- November 6 and 8, 2009.
Three Rivers Film Festival (November 6-21, 2009, Pittsburgh, PA) -- November 15 and 16, 2009.
Screened at Bosbury Parish Hall (Bosbury, Herefordshire, UK) as part of the Flicks In The Sticks programme -- January 15, 2010.
Connecticut Film Festival (February 12-14, 2010, Old Saybrook, CT) -- February 12, 2010.
Connecticut Film Festival (May 4-9, 2010, Danbury, CT), encore screening in honor of the film having won the 2009 CTFF Audience Favorite Award (screening doubled as a fundraising event to benefit the Bethel Library Building Fund) -- May 6, 2010.
Screened at the Warner Theatre, Torrington, CT, in anticipation of the upcoming 2011 Connecticut Film Festival, in honor of The Baker having won the 2009 Connecticut Film Festival Audience Favorite Award -- December 16, 2010.

Awards & Nominations:

Gareth received the following award:

2007 Tremblant Film Festival -- Best Director - Gareth Lewis

This production also received the following awards:

2008 RiverRun International Film Festival -- Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature
2009 Worldfest Houston International Film & Video Festival -- Gold Remi Award for Editing
2009 Worldfest Houston International Film & Video Festival -- Special Jury Remi Award for a Theatrical Feature Film
2009 Naples International Film Festival -- Best Comedy

Principal Cast & Crew: Kate Ashfield as Rhiannon Jones; Annette Badland as Martha; Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Bjorn; Aimee Cowen as Checkout Girl; Gwenno Dafydd as Mrs. Edwards; Dyfan Dwyfor as Eggs; Michael Gambon as Leo; David Garfield as Griff; Michael Geary as Dai Williams; Gareth Wyn Griffith as Fish & Chip Man; Brian Hibbard as Bob; Philip Howe as Gareth Llewellyn; Paul Courtenay Hyu as Chinese Fish & Chip Man; Margaret John as Anne Jones; Damian Lewis as Milo; Gareth Lewis as Nature Documentary Voice; Rhodri Meilir as Owain Williams; Martin Glyn Murray as Hypnotist Voice; Anthony O'Donnell as Rhys; Robert Page as Stan; Nicholas Rowe as Businessman; Steven Spiers as Bryn; Adrian Sturges as Clerk; Dorien Thomas as Father Williams; Dyfed Thomas as Huw Edwards; William Thomas as Alun; Valerie Vaughan-Williams as Mrs. Thomas; Simon Winkler as Bodyguard; Written by Gareth Lewis; Produced by Damian Lewis, Daniel Shepherd, Adrian Sturges and Justin Williams; Directed by Gareth Lewis.

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Production Details: The Band

Project Type: Television series

Synopsis: (details not yet announced)

Chronology: In development with Runaway Fridge / Fremantle Media (since 2011). Timetable not yet announced.

Principal Cast & Crew: (cast not yet announced); Written by Gareth Lewis; Produced by _____; Directed by _____.

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Production Details: Brother In Law

Project Type: Cinematic film

Synopsis: (none available)

Chronology: In development. Release timetable not yet announced.

Principal Cast & Crew: (cast not yet announced); Written by Gareth Lewis; Produced by _____; Directed by Gareth Lewis.

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Production Details: Crossroads

Project Type: Television series

Synopsis: Updated return of the 1964-1988 British soap opera series, with the motel setting now changed to that of a four-star hotel.

Chronology: Presented on ITV 1 television in the UK on Mondays through Fridays from March 5, 2001, through May 29, 2003. The four episodes co-written by Gareth were presented on four consecutive days from July 15, 2002, through July 17, 2002.

Principal Cast & Crew: Tony Adams as Adam Chance; Jim Dunk as Dave Stocks; Gilly Gilchrist as Billy Taylor; Jane Gurnett as Kate Russell; Rebecca Hazlewood as Beena Shah; Sherrie Hewson as Virginia Raven; Marc Jordan as Des White; Cindy Marshall-Day as Tracey Booth; Di Sherlock as Oona Stocks; Roger Sloman as Rocky Wesson; Kathy Staff as Doris Luke; Colin Wells as Jake Booth; Written by Gareth Lewis and Simon Moss; Produced by Peter Rose; Directed by _____ (directors for the series during 2001-2003 included Stephen Butcher, Mervyn Cumming, Judith Dine, Steve Goldie, Brian Morgan, Jeff Naylor, Peter Rose and Jim Shields).

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Production Details: Dealers

Project Type: Television series

Synopsis: (none available)

Chronology: Presented on BBC television in the UK (dates not known).

Principal Cast & Crew: Written by Gareth Lewis; (remaining cast/crew information unavailable).

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Production Details: The Fantasist

Project Type: Webseries

Synopsis: Cycle courier Keith Witty dreams of a better life. One day he hits his head, and while lying in hospital, he becomes hypnotized into believing he can be anything he wants to be. What ensues is a series of madcap adventures as Keith pursues the girl of his dreams in a variety of different guises.

Chronology: Produced in 2009-2011 by Pure Grass Films and BBC. Online presentation timetable not yet announced.

Principal Cast & Crew: Samantha Robinson as Steph; _____ as Keith Witty; (remaining cast not yet announced); Created by Gareth Lewis; Written by Gareth Lewis; Produced by Ben Grass; Directed by Gareth Lewis.

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Production Details: Father Figure

Project Type: Cinematic film

Synopsis: (none available)

Chronology: On the production slate for Picture Farm Ltd. Release timetable not yet announced. (IMDB indicates a 2011 release, but that information is not current.)

Principal Cast & Crew: (cast not yet announced); Written by Gareth Lewis; Produced by _____; Directed by Gareth Lewis.

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IMDB: Father Figure

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Production Details: Greener Pastures

Project Type: Television series

Synopsis: Sitcom (further details not yet announced)

Chronology: In development with the CBS Productions in the US (since 2010). Timetable not yet announced.

Principal Cast & Crew: (cast not yet announced); Written by Gareth Lewis; Produced by _____; Directed by _____.

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Production Details: Life And Stuff

Project Type: Television series

Synopsis: Sitcom (further details not yet announced)

Chronology: In development with the NBC Universal Productions in the US (since 2009). Timetable not yet announced.

Principal Cast & Crew: (cast not yet announced); Written by Gareth Lewis and Phil Traill; Produced by _____; Directed by _____.

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Production Details: Normal For Norfolk

Project Type: Cinematic short film

Synopsis: Protesting his sanity and denying his name, a mental asylum inmate, "Ray", is being transferred to another facility. He escapes from the ambulance and flees into the woods. Pursued by Randall, the delusional ambulance driver, the heavily sedated Ray undergoes a suburban trial by ordeal before finally making it home to his wife. But why does she call him Ian? And where's he been for the past year? Last time she saw him he said he was just popping out for some milk. Randall curses his bad luck again. But there's more than one Ray to fill an asylum.

Chronology: In production in or about autumn 2005. Screened at various events in the UK and elsewhere from the through the end of 2007 (details below).

Film Festivals & Other Special Screenings:

Edinburgh International Film Festival (August 14-27, 2006, Edinburgh, Scotland) -- August 22, 2006 (the film's world premiere).
Screened at a members-only screening at BAFTA, London -- September 11, 2006.
First Past The Post (screening programme for the UK Film Council 2006 Completion Fund which helps provide financial support for the completion of short films with outstanding potential) at the Curzon Mayfair Cinema, London -- October 5, 2006 (the film's official London premiere).
Seagate Foyle Film Festival (November 10-19, 2006, Derry, Northern Ireland) -- November __, 2006.
Cardiff Film Festival (November 8-18, 2006, Cardiff, Wales) -- November 15, 2006.
4th Halloween Short Film Festival (January 5-14, 2007, London, UK), as part of the Funny Sh*t programme -- January 10, 2007.
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival (January 26 - February 3, 2007, France), in the International Competition -- January/February __, 2007.
RiverRun International Film Festival (April 18-23, 2007, Winston-Salem, NC) -- April 19, 2007, and April 21, 2007.
Festival Internacional de Curta-metragens de São Paulo (August 23 - September 1, 2007, São Paulo, Brazil) -- August __, 2007.
Was entered in the short-film section of the MyMovie MashUp competition run by Vertigo Films, Film4 and Myspace -- available for online viewing by the public from anywhere from April 26, 2007, through several months thereafter.

Principal Cast & Crew: Annette Badland as Witch; Stephen Campbell Moore as Man; Jamie Deeks as Orderly 2; Olivia DeSouza as Young Girl; Hosh Kane as Orderly 1; Ewen MacIntosh as Orderly 3; Helen McCrory as Clare; Tim Pigott-Smith as Randall; Nicholas Rowe as Jumper Man; Written by Gareth Lewis; Produced by Damian Lewis and Adrian Sturges; Directed by Gareth Lewis.

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Production Details: Shoot The Messenger

Project Type: Television series

Synopsis: Light-hearted comedy panel show where the audience set the questions.

Chronology: Presented on the Paramount Channel in the UK in 2001.

Principal Cast & Crew: Bradley Walsh as Presenter; Written by Gareth Lewis; Produced by Philip Kanpft; Directed by _____.

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Production Details: The Tears Of A Clown

Project Type: Cinematic short film

Synopsis:Burger and chips, sausage and chips, and burger and chips. Stevie's life, like his burger van, is saturated with chip fat. Life in a lay-by is far from ideal, and Stevie is determined that his kids will have better. So when he sees his chance he grabs it with both hands, with devastating consequences for him and his family.

Chronology: Filmed in 2001 at Pinewood Studios, Berkshire, UK, and on location. Presented at various events in the UK in 2001 (available details of some screenings below).

Film Festivals & Other Special Screenings:

Everyday (January 6 - February 3, 2001, Reading, UK) -- January 6, 13, 20, 27 and February 3, 2001.
Raindance Festival (October 2001, London, UK) -- October __, 2001.

Awards & Nominations:

This production received the following award:

2001 Raindance Film Festival -- Best Short Film

This production received the following recognition:

This production was on the BAFTA short list (i.e., listed as a candidate for potential nomination for a BAFTA Short Film Award).

Principal Cast & Crew: T.J. Brace as Daryl; John Dunkley as Small; Alice Franklin as Carolin; Elli Garnett as Megan; Nolan Hemmings as Declan; Taryn Kay as Mrs. Small (Bloody Wife); Sam Linscott as Annoying Son; Guy Manning as Husband; Rhona Mitra as Maria; Stevan Ramkus as Stevie; Written by Gareth Lewis; Produced by Emily Man; Directed by Gareth Lewis.

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Production Details: Tied Down

Project Type: Cinematic short film

Synopsis: (none available)

Chronology: (information not available)

Principal Cast & Crew: Written and Directed by Gareth Lewis; (remaining cast/crew information unavailable).

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