Andrew Lanni

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Andrew Lanni
Born
Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland
Alma mater Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
OccupationFilm producer
Years active2010–present
Notable work

Andrew Lanni is a Scottish Film producer from Kirkwall in Orkney. He has also worked on various films as an assistant director.

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Life and career

Andrew Lanni studied Digital Film & Television at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. During his time here, he worked as a producer on the film The Taxidermist which was later nominated for the Best Fiction accolade at the 2012 British Academy Scotland New Talent Awards. [1] It also was nominated again for the Best Fiction accolade at the student awards ceremony run by the Royal Television Society. [2]

In 2013, he was reunited with his fellow students John McPhail and Tyler Collins for the short film Notes in which Lanni was the producer. Together with McPhail, the pair pulled in a lot of favour from friends and family in order to gain equipment, locations and crew to make the film. [3] Notes was the first part of a trilogy of short comedy films with V for Visa and Doug & Steve's Big Holy Adventure completing the series in the same year. The films were positively received by critics with V for Visa being selected to have its North American premiere at Robert De Niro's TriBeCa Film Centre in New York as part of the Bootleg Film Festival. [4] The film went on to win the Best film accolade at the festival.

During the filming of the comedy trilogy, Lanni agreed to produce a short 3 minute film called Just Say Hi to enter into the 2013 edition of the Virgin Media Shorts Competition. The film, written and directed by McPhail, tells the story of a blossoming romance between a boy and a girl who meet every morning at a bus stop. The film made it through to the top 13 out of a short list of 250 films. Lanni and the production team were presented with the awards at a ceremony in London where they picked up 2 out of the 3 awards of the evening which included £5,000 in film funding with mentoring from the British Film Institute and a voucher for £5,000 to spend on Nikon Equipment. [5] The film was later picked up by the Très Court International Film Festival where it was screened in over 100 cities in 23 countries. [6]

In 2014, Lanni reunited with McPhail once again to produce the feature film Where Do We Go From Here? . The film, which raised £10,630 on Indegogo, was filmed in just 16 days. [7] In 2015, the film entered the festival circuit and was screened in late October at the Sydney Indie Film Festival where it was nominated for 7 awards. The film picked up three awards at the festival for Best Score, Best Supporting Actress and Best Film. [8] In the same year, Lanni was hired as the second assistant director for the film Con Men which was written and directed by R. Paul Wilson.

Filmography

YearFilmCredited asNotes
Producer Assistant Director
2010PaperskinYesExecutive Producer
2011I AliveYes
The TaxidermistYes
2013 Waterloo Road YesThird Assistant Director
1 episode
Tipping in the BreezeYes
Notes Yes
Just Say Hi YesYesAssistant Director
V for Visa YesYesAssistant Director
2015Con MenYesSecond Assistant Director
StalactitesYesSecond Assistant Director
Where Do We Go From Here? YesYesSecond Assistant Director

Awards

YearNominated WorkAwardsCategoryResult
2012The Taxidermist British Academy Scotland New Talent Awards Best Fiction
(Shared with Charlotte Carden)		Nominated
2014The Taxidermist Royal Television Society Best Fiction
(Shared with Charlotte Carden)		Nominated
2015 Where Do We Go From Here? Sydney Indie Film FestivalBest Film
(Shared with John McPhail and Lauren Lamarr)		Won

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References

  1. ↑ British Academy Scotland New Talent Awards Full List of Winners & Nominations 2012
  2. ↑ "Royal Television Scoiety Student Awards Full List of Winners & Nominations 2012". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Profile: Scottish romantic comedy Where Do We Go From Here? storms Australian film festival". The National. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Scots film goes on show in de Niro's cinema". Glasgow Evening Times. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  5. ↑ Nikon Official Site Details of Prizes
  6. ↑ "Très Court International Film Festival Listing". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  7. ↑ Impulse Magazine article Archived 2015-11-19 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ "Glasgow Film-maker John McPhail picks up three awards at Sydney Indie Film Festival". Glasgow Evening Times. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
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