Residence Cornwall, England Name Brett Harvey | Years active 2003– Occupation Film writer
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Notable work Weekend Retreat (2011) | ||
Brett Harvey is a film writer and director based in Cornwall. His debut feature film Weekend Retreat (2011), which premièred at the Cornwall Film Festival won several awards.
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Early life
Harvey grew up in Malabar, Truro He attended Richard Lander School and later studied film at St Helens College and Truro College. Harvey has two brothers: Simon Harvey and Dan Harvey. He later starred alongside them in the play Superstition Mountain. Simon founded Rough Cut, a regular film night organised by o-region in association with DOGBITE film crew, which Brett is currently the programmer and regular contributor to.
Career
Harvey has created more than 30 short films. Harvey released a DVD in 2010, What I've done while I look for a real job which showed a collection of his short films. It featured 15 shorts between 60 seconds to 15 minutes long.
Harvey’s first notable film The Curse (2003) was made for a Rough Cut film event and later won Best Amateur Film 2004 at Manchester Festival of Fantastic Films.
The 'o-region' production Weekend Retreat which was funded by 'Feast' was written and directed by Harvey. It was promoted as a "Cornish black comedy thriller" and was described in The Cornishman as "Pulp Fiction meets Shaun Of The Dead without the zombies". It stars Esther Hall, Dominic Coleman and Dudley Sutton. Harvey won Best Director for the film at the London Independent Film Festival which was celebrated in Truro with two consecutive showings of Weekend Retreat. He has also won the Slate Golden Chough Award and awards at "Manchester Festival of Fantastic Films, Fresh Five, Viewfinder, Cornwall Film Festival, Frightfest, Total Film magazine and was nominated for a BAFTA."
Harvey's film An Jowl Yn Agas Kegin (The Devil In Your Kitchen) was an English subtitled film with spoken Cornish.
Harvey is an associate lecturer of film at Falmouth University.