Ruby

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY

Juliet Ellis

YEAR

COMPLETED 2020

STARRING

Latifah Suleiman Kerr
Henrietta Fusi
Kyle Hill

John Rowley
Elizabeth Lawal
Victoria Lawal
WILLIAM FOWLES

In the north of England, a mother returns home after an all night outing to find her adolescent daughter Ruby waiting alone. Both tenderly loved and carelessly neglected by her mother, Ruby copes through her imagination. She tries to create a manageable world from her drawings and cut out pages of catalogues. “You can’t cut out a perfect future,” her mother warns her. And then, when her mother lets the unimaginable happen, Ruby’s world collapses and she is left on her own.

Through experiencing various characters, in particular the strange and kindly Trainspotter, her resilience manifests. She begins to navigate her way beyond the confines of the house and experience the possibilities of her life. And to connect ever more deeply with her mother’s love.

Shot on location in Sheffield and Cleethorpes, UK.

76 minutes - Color - Digital - Alexa Mini.

IMBD

Ruby Trailer from juliet ellis on Vimeo.

Producers

Colin Pons

Susan Jacobs

Kate Williams

Paul Hsu

Juliet Ellis

Production MANAGEMENT

Neigeme Glasgow-Maeda - Production Manager

Hilary Bronski - Assistant to Producer

Brett Wilson - Location Manager

Hamish McCarter - Production Department Runner

Thomas Corden - First Assistant Director

Jorinde Weinmann - Second Assistant Director

Jodi Wheeler - Second Second Assistant Director

Natalie Gomez - Production Assistant

Jacob Gandy - Production Assistant

Steve Corton - Production Assistant

Hayley Rebecca Holden - Production Assistant

Jenny Edwards - Production Assistant

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Virág Pázmány - Production Designer

Edgar Kyebanakolanga - Production Design Assistant

Simon Kent - Standby Props, Set Builder

Sound DESIGNER

Paul Hsu

Jon Chapman - ADR Recordist

C5 Studio - Post Sound Services

Sound

Bridget Bradshaw - Production Sound Mixer

Camera

Annette Remler - Director of Photography

Leon Lockley - 1st Assistant Camera

Jim Wraith - 1st Assistant Camera (daily)

Joshua Dadson - 2nd Assistant Camera

Mark Scullion - Digital Imaging Technician

Natalie Gomez - Camera Runner

David Freeland - Camera Trainee

Lighting and grip

Luca Piercey - Gaffer

Lewis Burton - Spark

Edward Glendenning - Grip

Mark Leeming - Spark Trainee

Music EDITOR

Suzana Peric

Location Manager

Brett Wilson

SCRIPT SUPERVISOR

Jodie Woodall

DIGITAL INTERMEDIATE COLORIST

James Moffat

MAIN TITLE DESIGN

Alex Noble

MAIN & END TITLES

Paul Willis

Editing

Kate Williams ACE - Editor

Catherine Creed - Dailies Editor

Brian Miele - First Assistant Editor

Jason Moffat - Grader

Casting

Claire Bleasdale - Casting Director

Sarah Catterall - Assistant Casting Director

CHOREOGRAPHY

Jane Mason - Choreographer

VISUAL EFFECTS

Alex Noble - Visual Effects Supervisor

Wild Union Post - Visual Effects

Delaney Foster IV - Compositor

Costume

Holly Rebecca - Costume Designer

Gemma Butterworth - Costume Assistant

Cameron Henderson - Costume Junior

Etta Lathan-Pons - Costume Junior

Makeup

Martin McClean - Hair and Makeup Designer

Nekkia Griffiths - Makeup Assistant

Olivia Sinclair - Makeup Assistant

DIRECTOR BIO

Juliet Ellis is a performance artist, actor, theatre practitioner and filmmaker. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally. As an actor she has worked with renowned filmmaker Ken Loach “It’s A Free World’ and most recently Shane Meadows in his award winning series The Virtues alongside Stephen Graham.

Her short films Bro 9 and Blue were commissioned by Commissioned by the UK Film Council and B3 Media’s Blank Slate Scheme. Bro9 was chosen to be a part of The British Council’s Best short films compilation show-reel. Both films have screened at festivals worldwide. Juliet has also directed several music promos.

Juliet is an alumni at the prestigious Binger Lab in Amsterdam. In 2008 she was chosen as one of two UK emerging film directors to take part in the Toronto Independent Film Festival’s Talent Lab.

In 2010 Juliet was included in the exhibition Want to See More of Me at the National Portrait Gallery. A series of portraits by Donald MacLellan, in partnership with the UK Film Council, celebrating diversity on screen and stage.