How Widow's Walk came to Lift-Off
The Lift-Off team first saw Alexandra Boyd's Widow's Walk after Alexandra had applied for Lift-Off Representation at TIFF 2019. Upon receiving strong praise from various Lift-Off judges, we decided that we would love to represent Alexandra's feature at TIFF.
About the project
Widow's Walk is the debut feature of actress turned screenwriter, director and producer Alexandra Boyd. It was suggested to her she make a small, genre film as her first. Widow's Walk is set in one location on the Suffolk Coast, has six characters and is a supernatural thriller that fits neatly into the horror genre with a few good scares to jump you out of your seat. The film was funded with private equity – taking advantage of the SEIS tax break and a successful crowdfunding campaign which paid for the exciting underwater sequence at the end of the film. The film is produced by Alexandra and her New Thirty partners Dan Milne and Mike Myshko. Myshko also edited the film and did the colour and extensive VFX. The film has already sold VOD/streaming in the UK/EU and still has Freeview and ROW available to sell. The company is looking to connect with sales and distribution companies who specialise in bringing small independent films to a wider audience.
Alexandra Boyd - Director
Alexandra enjoyed a successful career as an actress in film, TV & theatre before turning to screenwriting & directing. She lived in the US for almost two decades, the majority of the time working in Los Angeles. Her acting film credits include TITANIC, MR HOLLAND'S OPUS & FROM PARIS WITH LOVE. In LA, she found time to study art history, design & architecture at UCLA; a training that's greatly enhanced her visual language & informs her filmmaking today. She returned to the UK in 2006, was a series regular on Coronation Street and guest starred in several TV shows before writing and directing her short films and feature scripts. Her award-winning film, Boxer on the Wilderness screened at 15 international film festivals. It is the teaser for her feature screenplay THE WILDERNESS. WIDOW'S WALK is her debut feature.
Dan Milne - Producer
Dan studied English at Cambridge University. He trained with Alexandra as an actor and during his theatrical career worked for The Royal Shakespeare Company, The National Theatre, The Royal Court and was a member of The Young Vic Theatre Company. Dan is a theatre director and has been Associate Director for the RSC and Young Vic creating pieces in London and New York. Dan is co-founder of Wonderbar Productions and Executive Produced Camille Thoman's award winning documentary THE LONGEST GAME and her debut narrative feature NEVER HERE starring Sam Shepard and Mireille Enos.
Mike Myshko - Producer / Editor / VFX / Colour
Mike's background is in physics, engineering, film technology and design. In addition to being one of the early collaborators and producers on WIDOW'S WALK, he was DIT on the shoot and is editor, colour grader and VFX designer for the film. He's worked on Shane Meadows latest television project, THE VIRTUES, starring Stephen Graham. Feature film work includes post and VFX on the sci-fi horror AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS directed by Johnny Kevorkian and Sundance winner GOD'S OWN COUNTRY, written and directed by Francis Lee.
Bronwyn Cornelius - Executive Producer
Bronwyn's career experience includes projects with Gracie Films, Paramount, 20th Century Fox and Warner Brothers including the Academy Award-winning films JERRY MAGUIRE and AS GOOD AS IT GETS. Her independent producing credits include SXSW Jury Award-winner MADE IN CHINA, GREENCARD WARRIORS and NEVER HERE which she produced alongside Dan Milne and Before The Door Pictures. She produced CLEMENCY, starring Alfre Woodard, which one the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 2019. She's producing WHISPERINGS AND LIES about the life of Rachmaninoff and Kenyan political thriller, STATE OF BETRAYAL. Bronwyn is based in Los Angeles and is a member of the Producers Guild of America.
Matt Flanders - Executive Producer
Matt is based in New York City. He is a long-time friend and colleague of Alexandra's and developed the Widow's Walk script with her. He worked in development and production at Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment assisting Dede Gardner on EAT, PRAY, LOVE, WORLD WAR Z, TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE and KILLING THEM SOFTLY. He produced GOLDBRICKS IN BLOOM written and directed by Danny Sangra. Projects he's working on include THE FARNSWORTH HOUSE starring Maggie Gyllanhaal and Ralph Fiennes written and directed by Richard Press; THE ISLAND AT THE END OF THE WORLD written and directed by Anthony Green and TED K written and directed by Tony Stone.
