Sunny King is an award winning director of shorts and promos. Founder of OAKMAN film. He was runner-up on Project Talent UK 2007 and had his first short film'Signs' selected for the Woodgreen international film festival 2009. He won the GMA awards for best international music video 2011. He cites Fritz lang, F.W Murnau and kinji Fukasaku as influences. Has worked on numerous shorts and supporting artist roles in Beeban Kidron’s Hippie Hippie Shake which also starred sienna Miller and cilian Murphy.
His latest production is called "Unspoken". This project was a labour of love that started life as a mini-webseries. Its currently shortlisted out 526 shorts worldwide for the Afrinolly Short film Competition.
An episode of the series screened exclusively at the premiere of Nollywood movie "Last flight to Abuja" to a resounding success.
UNSPOKEN (2012) is being developed into a feature length movie.
Name
SUNNY KING
Profession
FILM DIRECTOR
Company
OAKMAN ENTERTAINMENT
Memberships, Affiliations, Unions
SHOOTING PEOPLE, RAINDANCE AFFILIATE
Location
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Birthday
30/12/1979
Website
http://www.youtube.com/user/sunnyking1
FACEBOOK
www.facebook.com/people/Sunny-King/602010315
SHORT FILM
Signs (Woodgreen international film festival,Bfm film festivalts film festival 2009,portobello film festival 2009,corona film festival 2009,curzon film competition 2009,Angel film festival 2009,Bfm film festival 2009,Virgin media shorts competition 2009)- Director
MUSIC VIDEOS
Smokey Angle Shades "Haha Tree" - (2010) Director
Lady Zee "Exit Door" - (2010) Director
Weike "Cant Escape" -(2009) Director
Nutty Nrg "Good Music"(Runner -up Video for project talent UK 2007) - Director
Hannah Rose "Doing it in my own time"-Director
FEATURE FILMS
Hippie Hippie Shake "Film Extra" Director-Beeban Kidron
Quiet Storm "Storyboard Artist" Director- Shango B'song
Active Projects
SIGNS (COMEDY)
Projects Currently In Development (Title, Film/Television, Status, Budget)
THE UNKNOWN CALLER (HORROR)
SHORT FILM
BUDGET (EST. $4000)
LAST CUSTOMER (COMEDY)
FEATURE FILM
BUDGET (EST.$700,000)
Favorites (Film, Director, Television, Actors, Musicians, etc.)
THE MATRIX/THE ROAD WARRIOR, FRITZ LANG/F.W MURNAU, LOST, JODIE FOSTER/BETTE DAVIS, DR DRE/BIGGIE SMALLS
Dreams & Goals
MY GOAL IS TO BECOME A MASTER STORYTELLER WITH INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION THAT WILL GIVE ME LEVERAGE TO HELP USHER IN NEW TALENT AS MY PREDECESSORS DONE FOR ME
Sources:
www.indieproducer.net/profile/SUNNYKING
www.oakmanfilm.com/cast-and-crew