New Year, New Blog!

Hello You!

Well it's officially the 1st of Tishrei 5773 according to the Jewish calendar, and I figured if I was ever going to start an "official Ross Boyask blog" today would be the day to do so.

Me, being baffed in the face by a Ninja. Happens a lot.

For those of you reading this that don't know me (why on EARTH are you reading this?) I have nearly no idea of how to explain who or what I am, so I suppose the best way of describing Ross Boyask, given that you're reading this online, would be to post some links pertaining to me, myself and I. So without further ado...




This is me on Facebook.

Be warned, I'm opinionated and rude. I also want religion removed entirely from the world for various reasons. Some of my posts concern this, and I am actively disrespectful of all religion and other mumbo jumbo. I'm aware that this is not nice, but I make no apologies for it, and I'm going to keep doing it and keep telling other people to do it too. Moving on...

This is me on the IMDB.

Be warned, you probably won't have heard of the films I've made or worked on. Some are awesome, some are not, but I've worked with awesome people on all of them and I strive to learn something new every single day that I work on a film.

Additionally I've worked in film acquisitions and sales for a few years, so I try to combine my passion for production with business knowledge which, in my experience, a lot of film makers really don't seem to care to do.

This is the website for Warrioress the latest film I have directed, which we have just completed. I was lucky enough to work with Cecily Fay, who not only starred in the film, but she also produced it, co-wrote it, choreographed most of the action scenes, composed and created all of the music, provided all of the costumes and props etc. She's a mini-miracle, and her own website can be found here. I've totally seen her naked by the way, but it was all in good taste. We worked with some amazing cast and crew on the film and I'll go into this much more at a later date. But please also check out the Warrioress Facebook group. The latest sales agent trailer can be watched here.

So what else do I do? I occasionally guest-host a wickedly good (I'm not being a dick, it's REALLY good) Film Podcast called Filmsploitation, hosted by Phil Hobden (who I used to make films with, and now we like each other again), Andrew Mackay (I've been in one of his films) and Richard Blanchette, who is like totally American, but not irritatingly so. The Facebook group is a platform for ferociously intense film and TV debate. We're a friendly and passionate bunch, so check it out and get involved.

I help run a monthly film event in Brighton called Moviebar. It is absolutely awesome and is on the first Monday of every month. There is also a Facebook group for it and if you're based in the area and remotely interested in films you'll love coming along to it. We show short films, trailers, music videos etc, and there's a quiz where you can win prizes. And best of all it's FREE! Come along, the next event is October 1st. All details are on the website and Facebook group.




For those of you on Twitter you can follow me - @rossboyask - nice and easy that one!

On a personal note, I'm WAY overweight but working on it. Another thing that New Year will help me focus on for a bit. I'm still trying to decide how much of my personal life to incorporate in this blog. I'm considering saying "if anyone wants to know something, ask me and I'll answer honestly here" but I don't know how many people would want to ask me personal questions in the first place...

That'll do for now. In an effort to ensure that this blog isn't just about work-related matters, the most recent news is that I had the pleasure and privilege of attending an amazing wedding on the weekend just gone for the splendid couple who are now Jonathan and Archie Glendening. It was an amazing day and you couldn't meet two nicer people than Jon and Archie.

Points of interest:

1. It was a full-on Bhangra wedding. I've never been to one of those. It was bloody brilliant!
2. I had a suit designed for the occasion (which will also be worn at film screenings from now on too) by the amazing Michelle Chong, recommended to me by my excellent friend Hayley Nebauer.
3. I filmed on actual film for the first time. Jonathan, who is a very talented director in his own right, provided me and two other chaps with real super-8 film cameras he used to make films on as a kid in order for us to capture some memories through the day. He also had three HD cameras filming the proceedings. Ridley Scott-style coverage!
4. As I was leaving the wedding very, very late on Saturday night I was molested by two women who loved the suit (thanks Michelle!) and then my right shoe exploded. Seriously, it exploded from under me. Weird.

I know some ridiculously nice, cool, lovely and talented people, and I will no doubt mention them and post their links etc on here as I go along. 

Okay, enough already. Hope you are all well, please feel free to leave comments. I'm going to try to post regularly. Next time I'll talk about what I'm currently working on, and probably what I'm currently angry at. Oh, if you're reading this and working on the no doubt sanitised, PG-13 remake of Robocop, kindly do anything you can to sabotage it. I'd massively appreciate that.

And why am I calling this blog A Work In Progress? Because that's totally me. I see myself as a project that needs a lot more developing, and I've probably only got what 40 years or so left to do so? Better get a move on...






Screw it, think I'll finish each blog with a trailer. So here's the trailer for Gymkata, which is awesome.