Over the last five or six years I have been making some short films with Fallon’s Angler magazine, fishing being the main focal point. My favourite films always gravitate towards the characters, the individuals like Del Harding in The Outsider, set on the shores of Lough Derg in Ireland. Since then I have been looking for similar people to film, those who hang on the outskirts of society, tucked away in quiet places. In response to this I have now set up Solitude films with its own YouTube channel to showcase these films, including The Outsider and a few of my favourite films shot with Fallons Angler magazine.

Over the last year I have been spending time in Normandy working with the writer Dexter Petley, who lives beside a forest in a yurt, living under natures skin. The film is an intimate portrait of his life over four seasons and will be launched in 2024.

In the meantime Wildie ll has just launched on my Solitude Film channel which you can see here. The story of Dan Rudgley, an angler who approaches angling in a simple manner, who explores the old ponds and moats of southern England.

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