Director & Co-Writer

Azhur Saleem

Azhur was born in Manchester and after university he worked at a post-production house in the North West, then moved to London to work in the production offices of Flynn Productions, a music video company in east london.

He then joined the MA course at the London Film School where he concentrated on directing, writing and producing, working on a number of short films in those capacities. Whilst studying, he entered the Kodak Student Commercials Awards in 2005, winning two awards for his Pilsner Urquell spot 'The Travelling Magician'.

This led to the chance to write and direct the film school's 50th Anniversary Trailer, which is now screened at all film school events and screenings across the UK as well as events in Europe and the US. The spot was also nominated at the Cannes Golden Lions in 2007.

His latest work was a short film promoting Ford Mustang, commissioned by Ford, JWT Team Detroit and Filmaka.com and screened on NBC before the new Knight Rider series in front of 10 million prime-time viewers.

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Producer

James Boyle

James has a varied career incorporating TV, Film and Theatre. He has taken the lead role in the critically acclaimed play 'Act Without Words' at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which gained 'The Stage Must See Award'. He has been active on the London Fringe Theatre circuit in shows such as 'The Forgotten Millions' at Barons Court and 'The Bird Sanctuary' at The Rosemary Branch, which got the 'TimeOut Critics Award'. His film roles are diverse and ranging from features like 'Harry Potter' and 'Fat Slags' to indie projects like 'Bad Day'. He has worked with the BBC on numerous TV Shows such as 'The Basil Brush Show', 'Crimewatch' and an Edinburgh promo called 'City Swingers'.

James also runs Fun Size Studios and acts as Producer. His first film was for the NBC television network in America. It was a short film commissioned by JWT Team Detroit to celebrate the new Ford Mustang. The film was show on national television to over 10 million viewers. He now has three feature films in development and a high concept, original TV series.

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Co-Writer

Paul Adams

Paul B. Adams is a writer of screenplays, television and novels.

Paul is originally from the UK. In 2002, after an 18 year career in Information Technology, he sold his house and most of his possessions in order to realise three dreams: to travel in South East Asia, visit Japan and to become a writer.

After his Asian travels, Paul spent four years living in Sydney, Australia, where he undertook a Ba in Communications, majoring in Writing and Cultural Studies.

In 2006, Paul returned to the UK and London where he continued his writing career and practised as a freelance content creator producing both short and long form copy for web and print, press releases, and producing web video and Podcasts.

During his time in London, Paul met Azhur Saleem and James Boyle, and they have collaborated of several short and feature-length screenplays, including The Marionette Unit. Paul's first published work, "Ten Thousand Lanterns" is in the Australian anthology "nine tenths below."

Paul now lives in Vancouver, with his partner Elizabeth and is co-creator, with Azhur and James, of an upcoming high concept original TV series

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If you would like any more information about The Marionette Unit.


UK Contact : Producer - James Boyle - info@funsizestudios.com

Los Angeles Contact : Executive Producer - Jett Dunlap - askjett@gmail.com