ABOUT THE COMPANY

Man Who Films is a stand-alone limited company owned and run by Louis Melville and Stuart D. Fenegan.

• MAN WHO FILMS LTD.

A company set up to produce high quality, challenging films. Man Who Films first production (in association with Yellow productions) Cargo starring award winning actress Daniela Nardini, was completed early 2004, and was shown at Cannes that year gaining favourable reviews in The Times.
Cargo has gone on to open the Taormina FilmFest, which was attended by stars from all over the world. Cargo has sold to a number of countries around the world. In 2006 the company produced MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD which was screened at Cannes 2007 and is soon to be available world wide on VOD.

THE PRODUCERS

• LOUIS MELVILLE

Louis entered the industry in the early 80's as an actor, appearing in a number of international films; in the 90's Louis started to move to the other side of the camera, working in a number of different disciplines, including writer, director and producer.
Louis  produced and directed the film THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD, the culmination of a long-term personal project. He had previously produced two films, THE LAST HORROR MOVIE and CARGO, which both received critical acclaim. Also consulted and acted as Associate Producer for Australian set film Safety In Numbers.
For five years Louis was co-chairman of the New Producers Alliance, a registered charity that represents and helps train over 1000 emerging filmmakers in the UK. In addition he has written and taught "SO YOU WANT TO MAKE A LOW BUDGET MOVIE?" - a bullet point guide to low budget film - making.
Louis has strong links with the UK Film Council, the government's film body, which in part financially supports the NPA and the British Council for which he has spoken at a number of international film festivals around the world. Leading to the Singapore Film Commission asking him to consider teaching and producing there.
In 2008 Louis wrote screen plays for the HEDONISTS and the New York set IN EVERY DREAM HOME,  which Louis will produce and direct late in 2009 in New York.

• STUART D. FENEGAN

After five years in computer networking and system support, Stuart changed direction to follow his main passion; film. His technology background led to his first film, the pioneering production entitled Suave Bastard, which was the first in the UK to use the new Sony High Definition format. The short was acquired by Sony themselves to promote their format at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, where the film screened daily.
Following this initial success, Stuart was recruited to ad industry guru Paul Arden's company Arden Sutherland-Dodd, where he skilfully adapted to the commercials world, producing multiple television ad campaigns for clients including Carling, Virgin Atlantic, Danone, German Broadcaster Bayern 4 and the Hallmark Channel. Whilst working at ASD, Stuart continued making ambitious short films in order to foster and develop relationships with other filmmakers in Europe and the USA, garnishing over 50 festival selections and a dozen awards as well as producing music promo's for EMI and a television series for the Fashion channel.
Having prospered in these arenas, Stuart went on to co-produce the feature film Cargo, which gained critical acclaim at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and received several rave literary reviews. Such achievements led to Stuart producing the feature film Too Much Too Young, written and directed by Sundance award winning filmmaker Trevor Steven Smith, which debuted at this year's Cannes Film Festival in 2006
In 2008 Stuart  produced MOON directed by Duncan Z Jones, Stuart’s partner in their new company Liberty Films, MOON  screened at the 2009 Sundance film festival to rave reviews and will open in the U.S. and the UK later in 2009.