MITCHELL-BRUNT FILMS
About Us
Mitchell-Brunt Films was set up in 2011 by Dominic Brunt and Joanne Mitchell. An idea for a film was formed from a friendly argument between the two and the movie Before Dawn was written, made and distributed. Since then the company has gone from strength to strength adding four more features to their credits. ‘Bait’ (aka the Taking) is their second feature and again has been critically acclaimed with distribution by Metrodome International, then 101Films. It is now on DVD, iTunes, Amazon after a successful run on Netflix and Hulu, with distribution to many countries around the world. ‘Attack of the Adult Babies’ started it’s festival run with a premiere at London’s Frightfest. It continued to screen at festivals all around the world with distribution from AMP International, Nucleus Films and Troma in the USA. The next two features, Evie and Wolf Manor (aka Scream of the Wolf) – both have had successful festival runs with international sales and distribution.
WHO ARE WE?
ACTOR / DIRECTOR / EDITOR / PRODUCER
DOMINIC BRUNT
Dominic Brunt was born in Macclesfield in 1970.
He left school to become a sheet metal worker / welder before training to become an actor at The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Appearing in short films Skin and “28” plus many TV drama’s including Soldier Soldier, Holding on and Comedies including 2.4 Children and The Paul Merton Show.
Dominic joined the Emmerdale cast in 1997 and has been a loyal regular since.
He has more recently appeared in the infamous British horror film Inbred.
As well as his work for Emmerdale Dominic has successfully run Mitchell-Brunt Films along with his wife Joanne.
ACTOR / DIRECTOR / WRITER / PRODUCER
JOANNE MITCHELL
Joanne attended The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School where she trained as an actress. Since leaving she has had a full and varied career in the Theatre, TV, Radio, Voiceovers, Film and now writing, producing and directing. She set up Mitchell-Brunt films with her husband Dominic Brunt and they have since had critical success with their first feature Before Dawn and their second feature, ‘Bait’.
Their third movie, Attack of The Adult Babies, was released in 2017, and their fourth and fifth features: Evie and Wolf Manor went on to screen at international festivals and both had international sales and distribution.
Joanne has directed two short films : Sybil (currently on Alter platform) and the award winning, The Outing starring Julie Hesmondhalgh and Con O’Neill, both having successful screenings and international festivals.
Joanne’s directorial feature debut: Broken Bird (Catalyst Studios) opened FrightFest London in 2024 as part of their 25th Anniversary. Filmed in Serbia, the film has screened at prestigious festivals including BIFFF (nominated for the Emerging Raven Award), Trieste Science + Fiction Festival, European Independent Film Festival (ECU) where it was nominated for best feature film and Rebecca Calder won for Best Actress in a feature film. After having its US Theatrical Release this year (2026) the movie can be seen on major streaming platforms.
Our Team
Neale Myers
Visual Effects (VFX )
Neale works internationally as a visual effects artist ( VFX ) for film and television and has been well established for over ten years in feature films, shorts, animations, television programmes and film credit sequences.
His role as a VFX artist is to create photoreal, digitally-generated imagery, integrating seamlessly into live action in feature films and television.
Often his roles are combined into everything that is needed on a project including compositing artist, FX animator, multimedia artist, VFX artist and VFX supervisor.
He has worked (with great love) on virtually all of the visual effects for the Mitchell-Brunt films including the feature films Before Dawn, Bait, Attack of the Adult Babies and Evie and the shorts, Shell Shocked, The Might Witch Killers of Pendle Hill and more recently The Outing.
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Katie Wrigley
Hair & Make Up Designer
Katie studied at The School of Make Up in Manchester back in 2009. Since completing her courses Katie has gained experience, in Commercials, Advertising Stills Campaigns, Fashion Editorials, and TV, but her passion lies in film.
Website:- www.katiewrigleymakeup.com
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Thomas Ragsdale
Musical Score
Yorkshire based producer and performer Thomas Ragsdale draws the link between euphoric and evocative electronica.Producing and performing under a variety of pseudonyms (namely Ffion & Sulk Rooms) and composing music for film and TV under his birth name,…
…his music has won praise from Resident Advisor, Mixmag and Electronic Sound Magazine.
Electric soundscapes and rising techno map Ragsdale’s universe where panoramic pulses fuel adrenaline charged synths to an overwhelming feeling of rapture. Slow-morphing textures sequence and cascade, encapsulating intimate moments of colliding sound amongst fluttering arpeggios and transcending synth builds.
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David Mercer
Editor
David Mercer is a drama editor for Film and Television. He has worked across a variety of genres which range from the BAFTA award winning children’s drama ‘The Worst Witch’ for the BBC / Netflix, the feature film and thriller ‘Bait’ for Metrodome…
& the acclaimed dark comedy / horror ‘Inside No. 9’ for the BBC. David showed a keen interest in editing from the early age of 12 where he recorded and edited audio recordings of his family, splicing audio tape to manipulate spoken word sentences. Over subsequent years David developed his passion for editing and after completing his degree he went on to work for the BBC and ITV where he honed his drama editing skills. David has been a significant part of a number of BAFTA and RTS nominated / award winning drama productions.
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Andrew McKee
Editor
Andrew is an experienced feature film and TV drama editor. His credits include several award winning TV shows and feature films. In 2017 he edited ‘In Another Life ‘ which won Best UK Feature at Raindance and the Discovery Award at BIFA…
… and then went on to work with director Jason Wingard again on ensemble comedy ‘Eaten By Lions’ which secured a 4 week run in multiplex theatres throughout the country and got 4* reviews from major newspapers including the Guardian. He has since edited several independent feature films including sci-fi ‘Blank’ for Natalie Kennedy which is set for imminent release and ‘Evie’ for Dominic Brunt and Jamie Lundy which is currently on the festival circuit. His work in TV includes popular CBBC series ‘Creeped Out’ working with directors Lucy Campbell and Gareth Tunley which won the BAFTA for Best Children’s Drama, 4 part drama ‘Cold Call’ for Channel 5 starring Sally Lindsey, and season 3 of ITV drama ‘McDonald and Dodds.
Website:- https://www.andrew-mckee.net/
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