Grand Theft Parsons : About The Crew


DAVID CAFFREY - Director
David Caffrey's credits as director include the award winning film Divorcing Jack starring David Thewlis and Rachel Griffiths, the acclaimed BBC TV series Aristocrats and the independent film On the Nose starring Dan Ackroyd, Robbie Coltrane and Brenda Blethyn. He is originally from Co. Wicklow in Ireland and now lives in London. Grand Theft Parsons is his first American film.

FRANK MANNION - Producer
Also from Ireland, Frank Mannion was head of business affairs for Scala Productions, the producers of The Crying Game and Interview with The Vampire, for 4 years. During that time he worked on the Oscar winning Little Voice starring Michael Caine, Jane Horrocks and Brenda Blethyn, Michael Collins and Shane Meadows’ acclaimed Twentyfour:seven. He set up Swipe Films in 2002 to produce Grand Theft Parsons and established the sales company, Swipe Film Sales earlier this year. Swipe was the sales agent for the Afghan drama, Osama, which won 3 awards at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival including a Special Mention for the Camera d’Or. Swipe sold Osama to United Artists and are planning an Oscar campaign for the film.



RANDI HILLER - Casting Director & Co-Producer
Randi Hiller's credits includeTerminator 3: Rise of the Machines, S.W.A.T, Torque, Godsend, Timeline and last year's In the Bedroom which garnered five nominations and an Oscar win for Tom Wilkinson. Hiller with her partner Sarah Halley Finn has also worked on The Peacemaker, Sweet November, Crazy/Beautiful, Speed 2: Cruise Control, Hard Rain, Thunderpants, The Scorpion King and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.


SOPHIE DE RAKOFF CARBONNELL - Costume Designer
Sophie Carbonnel's credits include Legally Blonde, Sweet Home Alabama, All About the Benjamins and Legally Blonde II.



JEREMY DRYSDALE - Screenwriter
Grand Theft Parsons is Jeremy’s second film. The first, ‘Rotten’, is now in pre-production with Rhino Films, and has Penelope Spheeris (Wayne’s World) confirmed as director.
When he had a proper job, Jeremy was Creative Director at Visage, Europe’s largest Business Television company. He has written over a hundred hours of live and pre-recorded programming for companies’ world-wide. In the last five years, Jeremy has written and produced commercials, events, speeches, articles and corporates, and programmed and launched a television channel for Sky.
Jeremy is currently fielding a large number of big money offers from major studios and is sleeping his way through a list of international supermodels, whilst finding time to test for the vacant drivers job with the Ferrari Formula 1 team.



RICHARD MITCHELL - Composer
Richard has recently finished writing the score for the movie TO KILL A KING for Natural Nylon directed by Mike Barker and starring Rupert Everett, Tim Roth and Dougray Scott.
He has been nominated for a number of awards, winning the Ivor Novello Award for Best Television Score of the TV film ‘Trial by Fire’ and the Royal Television Society Award for Best Original Score and for the BBC period drama, ‘The Tenant of Wildfell Hall’. His film scores include ‘Across the Lake’ for BBC Screen One, starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and ‘The Bridge’ which starred Saskia Reeves and Joss Ackland. Richard’s world music track on ‘Escape from Tibet’ reinforces the diversity of his work and helped the film pick up six major awards. Richard’s recent work includes the Royal Television Society nominated score for ‘The Glass’ a series starring John Thaw and Sarah Lancashire.



BOB HAYES – Director of Photography
Bob Hayes is an internationally recognized Director of Photography known for dynamic photography in exotic locations. Bob has photographed films in such diverse locals as the game reserves in South Africa and the tropical islands of the South Pacific.
He has shot over twenty feature films and four television series including ‘Pacific Blue’ and ‘Tropical Heat’. Born in Los Angeles he grew up in the shadow of the film industry. And, as the grandson of successful character actor Bill Forrest, Bob spent a lot of time watching films being made. After studying theatre lighting and film production at U.C.S.B. and U.C.L.A he worked his way up the ranks as an assistant and camera operator for such cameraman as John Hora (‘Gremlins’) and Dick Bush (‘Yanks’).