Octavia Julia Verdin is a British independent film writer, director, producer and founder of Rough Diamond Productions, [1] established in 1993. She has produced over 36 feature films and is best known for Stander , starring Thomas Jane, The Merchant of Venice (2004), starring Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons and Joseph Fiennes, and 2 Jacks , starring Sienna Miller and Danny Houston. She recently made her mark as a social impact film director, raising awareness on key issues like child trafficking, domestic abuse, and addiction. Her film Angie: Lost Girls, starring Olivia d'Abo, Dylan Sprayberry and Jane Widdop, won a number of awards at notable film festivals.
Verdin served as a director on the board of BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) [2] for 10 years. In 2015, she received The Executive Achievement Award from the La Femme International Film Festival. [3]
Verdin was born in Beaconsfield, England, and brought up in Oxford. She received an MA in film with distinction from Staffordshire University.
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Year | Film | Credit |
---|---|---|
2023 | No Address | Director, Producer, Writer |
2023 | Ghost Divers | Executive Producer |
2022 | Maya | Director, Producer, Writer |
2022 | Death on the Border | Producer |
2020 | Angie: Lost Girls | Director, Producer, Writer |
2016 | Lost Girls | Director, Producer, Writer |
2016 | The Unwilling | Producer |
2014 | The Ninth Cloud | Producer |
2013 | Born of War | Executive Producer |
2012 | 2 Jacks | Producer |
2009 | The Least Among You | Producer |
2008 | Senior Skip Day | Co-Producer |
2008 | Lady Godiva | Associate Producer |
2005 | Slipstream | Co-Producer |
2004 | Blast | Co-Producer |
2004 | Riding the Bullet | Co-Producer |
2004 | The Merchant of Venice | Co-Executive Producer |
2004 | Dracula 3000 | Associate Producer |
2003 | Stander | Producer |
2003 | Consequence | Co-Producer |
2003 | I Witness | Co-Producer |
2002 | Pavement | Co-Producer |
2002 | Greenmail | Co-Producer |
2002 | Lone Hero | Co-producer |
2001 | The Shipment | Co-Producer |
2001 | Styx | Producer |
2000 | In Pursuit | Associate Producer |
2000 | Contaminated Man | Producer |
1999 | Ballad of the Nightingale | Co-Producer |
1998 | Detour | Producer |
1998 | Matter of Trust | Producer |
1998 | Perfect Assassins | Producer |
1996 | Past Perfect | Executive Producer |
1995 | The Set Up | Producer |
1994 | Temptation | Producer |
1989 | Open Window | Executive Producer |
1988 | Zits | Executive Producer |
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