WRITING / Directing

The BatHS

  • The Baths is a mockumentary about a northern leisure centre on the brink of closure. This project is currently in development with House Productions.

  • Director: Jack Hartley
    Writer: Jack Hartley
    Producer: Rosie Ford

    Key Cast

    Alice Barry
    Mark Newsome
    Lucy Polgar
    Abaid Hussain
    Liam Tulley
    Peter Quinn

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PieCE OF CAKE

  • An elderly baker cooks up a sinister plan. But what should have been a piece of cake, becomes a very sticky affair...

  • Director: Jack Hartley
    Writer: Jack Hartley
    Producer: Rosie Ford

    Key Cast

    Steve Evets
    Jennifer Banks
    Susan Hilton

    • Winner of Best North West Short: Wigan & Leigh Short Film Festival 2024

    • Best Cinematography - Short Film: Manchester Film Festival 2024

    • Selected: Fastnet Film Festival 2024

    • Official Selection: Bolton International Film Festival 2024

Currently In Post Production

  • Victor Varnavas is a crook who takes pleasure in targeting the vulnerable but he soon meets his match.

  • Director: Jack Hartley
    Writer: Jack Hartley
    Producer:

    Key Cast

    Neil Ashton

Humble Pie

  • When couch potato Tony sees a TV advert for a 'once in a lifetime pie', nothing can get in his way. Nothing.

  • Director: Jack Hartley
    Writer: Jack Hartley
    Producer: Matthew Rowlands

    Key Cast

    Bill Blackwood
    Pete O’Connor
    Mark Newsome
    Joseph Davis
    Susan Hilton

Butter fingers

  • Sometimes, you have to become the teacake.

  • Director: Jack Hartley
    Writer: Jack Hartley
    Production Company: Zomdic Films

    Key Cast

    Mark Newsome
    Jennifer Banks

  • Finalist: Lit Laughs International Comedy Film Festival 2023

Jammy Fingers

  • In a world where nothing is as it seems, maybe you really can have your cake and eat it too…

  • Director: Jack Hartley
    Writer: Jack Hartley
    Producer: Rosie Hartley

    Key Cast

    Peter O'Connor
    Eileen Kinsey
    Barbara Ashworth

  • Official Selection: London Short Film Festival 2023

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  • On a drive to collect his daughter's belongings from her ex-boyfriend, the father rehearses his dialogue in preparation for the awkward interaction that awaits.

  • Director: Jack Hartley
    Writer: Jack Hartley
    Producer: Rosie Hartley

    Key Cast

    Kris Hitchen

VieW FILM

  • Refuge is a short drama which explores a day in the life of a support worker at a women's refuge who helps victims of domestic abuse.

  • Director: Jack Hartley
    Writer: Jack Hartley
    Producer: Rosie Hartley

    Key Cast

    Debbie Honeywood
    Roxanne Scrimshaw

Voice of the Voiceless

  • This video is about how mental health affects us all, even those deemed the strongest amongst us have their vulnerabilities.

  • Director: Jack Hartley
    Writer: Jack Hartley
    Producer: Rosie Hartley

    Key Cast

    Molly Meatball McCann
    Shaun Fagan

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  • From the forthcoming album 'Heaven Knows Magnolia'

  • Director: Jack Hartley
    Director of Photography: George Haydock
    Production Company: Zomdic Films

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  • A one shot live acoustic performance on location in London.

  • Director: Jack Hartley
    Production Company: Zomdic Films

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  • Commercial for Go North East shot on location in Newcastle.

  • Director: Jack Hartley
    Director of Photography: George Haydock
    Production Company: We Are Invite