Thieves nab Woodhead

Thick As Thieves Film has signed new director Leo Woodhead, who recently received international acclaim for his short film CARGO, a visceral and powerful film that portrays a young boy’s descent into the world of child trafficking.

CARGO was selected for Competition at the prestigious Venice Film Festival. Since then it has been selected for Tribeca, BFI London, and many of the world’s best film festivals.

Woodhead’s achievement is all the more remarkable as the film waspartially self-financed and shot in the Czech Republic in the Czechlanguage as part of an international film school exchange.

On theback of this success Woodhead (pictured left with actress Emily Barclay) was hand picked for a special 3 monthinternship at Killer Films in New York, one of the world’s leadingindependent film producers (Boys Don’t Cry, Happiness, I’m Not There)

SaysThick As Thieves EP Nik Beachman: “Leo’s film showcases his control ofnarrative, a bold and raw cinematic vision, and shows great courage andhumanity. We were blown away by it and by Leo’s talent as a film-maker.We believe he has the right combination of sheer talent andcollaborative skill to create bold, cutting edge visual content for NZagencies and clients.”

Leo has recently returned from New York and is available from July.

For more information and a show-reel contact Nik Beachman: 09 376 8006 nik@thickasthieves.com thickasthieves.com