Grim Up North
- Directed by
- John Lee Taggart
- Year
- 2025
- Form
- Monologue
- Starring
- John Lee TaggartJordan Reeves
"Grim Up North" is a narrative poem/monologue which explores the negative stereotypes surrounding the North East of England, and the North more broadly.
Only made possible thanks to the North East based filmmakers credited below - thank you for both your belief in the project and for enduring the 6am call time in freezing cold Northern temperatures.
Crew & cast
Writing
- Writer
- John Lee Taggart
- Writer
- Chantelle Taggart
Direction
- Director
- John Lee Taggart
Cast
- Performer
- John Lee Taggart
- "Southern Banker"
- Jordan Reeves
Production
- 1st AD & Clapper Loader
- Paul Stainthorpe
- Produced by
- Apprentice Films
Camera & lighting
- Cinematography
- Craig Crouchman
- 1st AC / Focus Puller
- Chris Gibson
- Gaffer
- Amaan Rashid
- Best Boy
- Jake M. L. Carpenter
Sound
- Sound Recordist
- Max Ferguson
- Sound Mixer
- Anil Tümkaya
Also
- BTS Photography
- Jonny Coyne
For press & festivals
A zip of the poster, the stills, the logline and the full credits, built from this page so it cannot go out of date.
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