THE MAN IN THE MIRROR
Director: Brett Halliday
Writers: Brett Halliday & Bhekisisa Walter Mncube
Producers: Gillian O'Donoghue, Michael Auret, Wandile Molebatsi
Genre: Psychological Drama
Status: In development as a co-Production with Spier Films
Set in Zululand South Africa three Zulu men must re-awaken sleeping demons when Mpiyakhe, now a successful Johannesburg businessman in Johannesburg, returns to his childhood home in rural Zululand. Under adversity they are compelled to “look in the mirror” and make life changing choices. Choices that set off a chain of events with irreversible consequences.
Production Companies: Dreamlands Film & Media & Spier Films. Creative team: Writer/Director: Brett Halliday. Translator: Bhekisisa Walter Mncube. Producers: Gillian T O'Donoghue, Michael Auret, Wandile Molebatsi, David Wurawa, Brett Halliday. Director of Photography: Devin Carter. Casting Producer: Fikile Hlatswayo, Production Design. Sound Engineer: Marciano Monjane. Editor: Daniel Mitchell. Sound Design: Tyler Halliday. Line Producer: Michael Games. 1st AD: Debbie Ferguson. Office Manager: Wendy Moulton. Cast: John Kani, Terry Pheto, David Wurawa, Sello Maake-Ncube, Jailoshini Naidoo, Dr Gcina Mhlope, Muzi Mthabela, Nay Maps, Mbulelo Grootboom, Rolanda Marais, Graham Clarke, Mapule Ndhlovu, Sorisha Naidoo, Coco Merckel, Frank Malaba, Yasmin Hankel, Mark Mulder, Ashley Dowds, Brendan Grealy, Trish Downing.
RARE BLOOD
Director: Brett Halliday
Screenwriters: Gillian O'Donoghue and Brett Halliday
Genre: Psychological thriller/drama
Status: Completed
This fast paced, dramatic thriller is set on a remote farm in the KZN Midlands. A family that once dreamed of an idyllic country existence find themselves submerged in a dystopian nightmare. Keira (Annie Robinson) and her young daughter, Emma (Ella Grealy), struggle to survive a devious cat and mouse game played out by the deranged Panos (Brendan Grealy) and his ruthless sister, Olga (Fiona Ramsay). With prevailing menace and a dysfunctional family agenda, the victims appear to have the odds stacked against them.
RARE BLOOD features a strong cast of South African actors. In order of appearance: Brendan Grealy, Annie Robinson, Mark Mulder, Fiona Ramsay, Graham Clarke, Janna Ramos-Violante, Ashley Dowds, Emily Stockil Smith, Gary McKenzie, Ella Grealy, Hlengewe Zondi, Sizwe Mzizi, Kim Goodwin, and Ernest Mzizi
Director: Brett Halliday DoP lighting: Barry Downard Production manager: Wendy Moulton Production Design: Gillian O'Donoghue Production and post production: Neil Campbell DoP Cinematographer: Devin Carter 2nd Camera and first AD: Louis Bolton Sound: Marciano Rebelo Monjane and Darren Jaynarayan Offline editor and Data Wrangler: Richard Hambloch Script supervisor: Wendy Moulton Make up: Kim Powell Props master: Peter May Catering: Wendy Moulton Catering assistant: Hlengwe Zondi Gaffer's best boy and runner: Sizwe Mzizi
THE WAKE
Director: Brett Halliday
Screenwriter: Brett Halliday
Genre: Drama
Human conflict at it's most disturbing, human emotion at it's most noble. The WAKE is set in 1970’s Dublin where Danny is holding his beloved wife of 30 years hostage in his apartment...but she's dead. A powerful drama. The Wake is in development with Irish Producer John Phelan, Bootstrap Fims. The view to starting principal photography early in 2022.
CASE BOOK #
Director: Brett Halliday
Screenwriter: Brett Halliday
Genre: Psychological detective thriller hybrid
A six part returnable TV series set in UK
While an insecure teenage girl battles to retain her sanity as the world around her descends into disarray, a burned-out once brilliant detective struggles to solve the case that has haunted him for a decade, and destroyed his career. With both parents at loggerheads on how to help their daughter, our detective gets a long overdue chance at redemption when he stumbles on a lead, and both stories head for a head-on collision as the story unfolds.