Jean-Paul Bankes-Mercer

Jean-Paul Bankes-Mercer is one of those strange Directors who loves building spaceships in their own back garden for their even stranger films (Escape Plan C); it is this attention to detail that makes his films so exciting. As well as his numerous music videos, he originally trained as an Actor which provided an invaluable insight into working with and directing actors. His first short film "The Tribe" was shown at the New York Independent Film Festival 2004. His first music video "Taking Pictures" for industrial metal band "I-Remain" received 9/10 from "Metal Hammer Magazine" his next music video commission "Key of C" - Jim Noir, was screened world-wide by record label - Atlantic Records. Jean-Paul's debut feature film 'Heidi Slater' was completed (Jan. 2015) after raising 116% on KickStarter and is set to hit the worldwide festival circuit later in the year. J.P. lives in Manchester, England with his two Goldfish Colin and Steve.