KAY MELLOR (Writer/Director)

FANNY AND ELVIS is Kay's directorial debut. She has made her name as a writer for television, film and theatre. After a late start Kay obtained a degree in Drama at Bretton Hall. She co-founded Yorkshire theatre company and toured nationally with five of her stage plays. Early success came with at the West Yorkshire Playhouse with A Passioinate Woman, which then transferred to the West End. Current negotiations are in progress to take the play to America.

Kay's television projects include the film Some Kind of Life starring Jane Horrocks (1993); the commercial and critical success Band Of Gold (1995/96)- the second series of which was nominated for a BAFTA, a Prix Italia Award as well as winning the RTS and Cable Ice Awards. 1997 heralded the six-part spin-off series Gold and the single film Jane Eyre for LWT.

1997 saw Kay's writing talent brought to the big screen with Girls Night, starring Julie Walters and Brenda Blethyn. She wrote and starred in her own one woman show Queen at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in 1998 and currently has several projects in production including the televising of her original six-part series Playing The Field l, ll and lll. Playing The Field l, has won the Independent Award and was nominated for an US and Bafta award. She is currently developing the feature film A Passionate Woman.

LAURIE BORG (Producer)

Laurie Borg has been working in the film industry for over 15 years, beginning his career at Enigma Productions working on The Killing Fields and The Mission. In 1985 Laurie became involved with Defence Of The Realm as Location Manager, continuing to work on several films as Location Manager including Mona Lisa, Shanghai Surprise and The Tall Guy.

In 1989 Laurie produced Elaine Proctor's debut feature film On The Wire, which received critical acclaim and won a 'Bear' Award at the 1990 Berlin Film Festival.
He teamed up with Roger Randall-Cutler and Lynda Miles as Production Manager on the award winning Commitments and went on to Line Produce a series of highly successful films including Split Second, Orlando, Shopping and Funny Bones. Laurie has since co-produced the Oscar winning Sense and Sensibility and more recently B. Monkey and The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice. Laurie has several projects in development with Scala Productions including The Devil Has No Sympathy, Thanks For The Memories and A Passionate Woman.

NIK POWELL (Exceutive Producer)

In the early 1970's Nik Powvell set up Virgin Records with Richard Branson and in the space of ten years the pair turned a small mail-order record operation into a multimillion pound conglomerate.

In 1982 Powell went into partnership with Stephen Woolley, proprietor of the Scala Cinema, and formed Palace Video, followed by Palace Pictures and then Palace Productions. Powell has acted as Executive Producer on all of Palace's productions including Neil Jordan's Tlie Company of Wolves, and Mona Lisa (which won Bob Hoskins the Best Actor award at Cannes and an Oscar nomination), Frank Clarke's Letter to Brezhnev, Michael Caton Jones' Scandal, Julien Temple's Absolute Beginner's, A Rage In Harlem, Waterland starring Jeremy Irons, Richard Stanley's Hardware and Neil Jordan's Oscar winning The Crying Game.

In 1992 Powell and Woolley formed Scala Productions. The first film that Nik Powell was executive producer on for Scala was Backbeat, directed by Iain Softley. Other films include Terence Davies' The Neon Bible, Angela Pope's The Hollow Reed, Fever Pitch based on Nick Hornby's bestselling novel, Bharat Nalluri's Downtime, Shane Meadows' Twenty Four Seven, Stephan Elliot's Welcome to Woop Woop, Divorcing Jack starring David Thewlis, the multi award-winning Little Voice, directed by Mark Herman, The Lost Son, directed by Chris Menees and starring Daniel Auteuil.

Films in post production include, History Is Made At Night, directed by Iilkka Jarvilaturi, The Last Yellow, a co-production with Jolyon Symonds Productions, directed by Julian Farino which stars Mark Addy, The Last September, directed by Deborah Warner. Five Seconds To Spare, directed by newcomer Tom Connolly is currently shooting. Projects in development include Jonathan Wild, with Richard Loncraine set to direct, and Skin Tight, which will be directed by Jonathan Lynn and will star Matt Dillon and Burt Reynolds.

Nik was co-founder of The Film Consortium, is a member of the British Screen Advisory Council and in 1996 was appointed Chairman of the European Film Academy who host the Annual European Film Awards.

JOHN DALY BSC (Director of Photography)

John Daly is a seasoned Director of Photography in television and film. Working with directors such as Antonia Bird on The Men's Room, his work has been recognized by BAFTA and the RTS. In 1996 he was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Photography on the television drama, Our Friends in the North and received a Best Photography nomination from the RTS for his work on the drama Broken Glass.

John has worked on successful and critically acclaimed series such as My Night with Reg, An Unsuitable Job for A Woman and Far from the Madding Crowd - for which he received this year's BAFTA for Best Photography and Lighting. John has now completed four feature films including the surprise independent hit, Titanic Town directed by Roger Michell and Persuasion also directed by Roger Michell, which again earned John a BAFTA award in 1995 for Best Photography. His latest feature is Essex Boys also directed by Terry Windsor, starring Sean Bean and Alex Kingston.

STEPHEN WARBECK (Music)

Stephen Warbeck is Head of Music and an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has had a successful career in television, theatre and film with recent success for the multi-award winning Shakespeare in Love, for which he won the Oscar for Best Original Music or Comedy Score. He has also composed the music scores for the critically acclaimed Mrs Brown starring Judi Dench and Billy Connolly, Heart starring Christopher Eccleston and Sister my Sister starring Julie Walters and Joely Richardson.

Stephen's work in theatre includes well established relationships with the Royal National Theatre, the RSC and the Royal Court Theatre. Stephen has composed music for productions such as The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, An Inspector Calls - which was transferred to Broadway, Tokyo, Australia and Vienna - Harry and Me and Built on Sand. As well as composing music for television dramas such as Truth or Dare, starring John Hannah and Helen Baxendale and the award-winning Prime Suspect series, he has written music for many BBC radio plays and writes for his band the hkippers.

MARIA DJURKOVIC (Production Designer)

Maria Djurkovic has had a career that has spanned theatre, opera and ballet, commercials and promotional films and a succession of television dramas and films. In the late 1980s Maria worked on films such as Sammy and Rosie Get Laid as Assistant' Art Director and on Scandal and Stealing Heaven as Set Dresser. She then went on to work on a number of high profile television dramas as Production Designer, including Spender series III for the BBC, Little Napoleons for Channel 4, the two hour special Inspector Morse - Way Through the Woods and most recently, RKO 281, starring Brenda Blethyn and John Malkovich, executive produced by Ridley Scott.

In 1997 Maria won the Evening Standard Best Technical Achievement Award for the lavishly' produced film Wilde, starring Stephen Fry. Maria's other films include Young Poisoner's Handbook in 1994, Sweet Angel Mine in 1995 and the award winning Sliding Doors starring Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah in 1997.

CHRISTOPHER BLUNDEN (Film Editor)

Chris Blunden has worked on a number of television dramas, serials and features films. Working for Carlton Television he edited Bramwell, series II directed by Paul Unwin, the pilot for the popular Granada series The Grimleys and Head Over Heels for Carnival Films.

As Visual Effects Editor Chris worked on the box office hit, Highlander starring Christopher Lambert and as Co-Editor on the epic Terry Gilliam film, The Adventures of Baron Munchasusen. As Film Editor Chris has worked on a range of international films including the final film in the Carry On series: Carry on Columbus, directed by Gerald Thomas, Hackers starring Jonny Lee Miller, the very popular Rowan Atkinson film directed by Mel Smith, Bean and the recent British feature Bedrooms and Hallways directed by Rose Troche.

STEWART MEACHEM (Costume Designer)

Stewart Meacheni's extensive costume design experience encompasses theatre, television and film. After establishing a career at the BBC Stewart went on to work as Assistant Costume Designer on a series of films including the Oscar awarding winning Chaplin, directed by Richard Attenborough, A World Apart, directed by Chris Menges, the visually stunning epic, 1492, directed by Ridley Scott and the Oscar award-winning, Blue Sky set in the 1950s, and directed by Tony Richardson.

As Costume Designer, Stewart has continued working, on a range of international productions, including City of Joy, starring Patrick Swayze and directed by Roland Joffe, The Young Poisoner's Handbook directed by Ben Ross and the British independent hit, Shooting Fish starring Kate Beckinsale.

Stewart's-work for the stage includes productions for The Royal Shakespeare Company and London's National Theatre, as well as The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

KERRY FOX (Kate)

Kerry has starred in several highly successful films including Shallow Grave, with Ewan McGregor, which received the Best Film Award for Acting at Dinard Film Festival and was in competition at Sundance. Kerry has also starred in Michael Winterbottom's Welcome To Sarajevo. She won the Best actress award at the San Sebastian Film Festival and the NZ Film Awards for her lead role in Jane Campion's An Angel At My Table. Other film credits include Wisdom Of Crocodiles in which Kerry starred with Jude Law, The Hanging Garden and The Last Days of Chez Nous. Kerry has also starred in several West End Theatre productions including l Am Yours at The Royal Court and The Maids at the Donmar Warehouse.

RAY WINSTONE (Dave)

Ray has just completed a slate of leading roles in extremely successful films including Gary Oldman's Nil By Mouth, Antonia Bird's Face and Film Four's Martha Meet Frank, Daniel and Lawrence with Rufus Sewell and Jo Fiennes. He has recently finished shooting, Tim Roth's The Warzone, Angelica Houston's The Mammy, Final Cut by Segma Productions and Roberta Hanley's Woundings. He also starred in the BBC 2 drama Births, Marriages and Deaths, shown in February this year. Previous leading film roles have included Quadrophenia and Scum. Ray has made numerous television appearances including leading roles in Kavanagh QC, Murder Most Horrid, Casualty and a guest appearance in Space Precinct. He has also appeared in various theatre productions at the National and Royal Court.

BEN DANIELS (Andrew)

Ben Daniels is probably best known for his role in Beautiful Thing, directed by Hettie Macdonald. Ben also starred along side Rachael Weiss in Michael Winterbottom's I Want You. Among Ben's numerous stage performances including Naked and Waiting For Godot his role in Never The Sinner saw him nominated as best supporting actor in the 1991 Olivier Awards. Notable Television appearances include Inspector Alleyn Mysteries - directed by Michael Winterbottom, Silent Witness, A Touch Of Frost and Capital City.

DAVID MORRISSEY (Rob)

David Morrissey has recently starred in Anand Tuckers' highly acclaimed Hilary and Jackie . He has also acted in films with some of the industries leading directors including George Sluizer's The Commissioner- in which he starred with Jeremy Irons, Bill Forsythe's Being Human, Stephen Gyllenhaal's Waterland, Peter Greenway's Drowning By Numbers and John Irving's Robin Hood.

David has appeared in several very successful BBC television dramas such as Our Mutual Friend, Holding On and Out Of The Blue as well as Finney and Between The Lines amongst others. He has also worked extensively with The Royal Shakespeare Company on productions including Henry VI , Edward IV and King John.

JENNIFER SAUNDERS (Roanna)

Jennifer Saunders has become a household name with her long time collaborator, Dawn French which has culminated in four extremely successful French and Saunders series for the BBC. Jennifer began her television career starring in Happy Families, written by Ben Elton and the Granada series, GirIs on Top which she co-wrote and co-starred Dawn French, Ruby Wax and Tracey Ulman. .

As an original member of the multi-talented Comic Strip team, Jennifer has starred in such memorable Comic Strip outings as Five Go Mad in Dorset, Bad News Tour, Strike which won the 1988 Montreax Golden Globe Award and last years' Four Men in a Car. As the creator and star of the BAFTA award-winning Absolutely Fabulous, Jennifer Saunders has secured her place as one of the UK's best known and admired female comic actresses and writers. Her film credits to date include Peter Richardson's Supergrass, Kenneth Brannagh's In the Bleak Midwinter and Muppet Treasure Island.

COLIN SALMON (Alan)

Colin Salmon has had a successful career in television, theatre and film, with recent performances in Wisdom of Crocodiles co-starring Jude Law and the lead role in Isaac Julien's powerful film on the influential black third-world freedom fighter, Frantz Fanon. Colin will also soon be seen in the latest Bond adventure The World is not Enough as Charles Robinson, reprising his role from Tomorrow Never Dies.

Nominated for the Best Newcomer Award British Television Industries, Colin has had a string of notable performances in television dramas, such as the award winning No Child of Mine directed by Peter Kosminsky, Band of Gold also directed by Kay Mellor and the BAFTA award-winning Prime Suspect II.

GAYNOR FAYE (Sam)

FANNY AND ELVIS is Gaynor's first feature. Gaynor is best known for her role as Judy Mallet in Coronation Street. She has also appeared in several theatre productions such as The Office Party, which toured throughout England and the US, and Romeo and.Juliet in which she played Juliet at The West Yorkshire Playhouse. Television work has included the role of Crystal in the BBC series The Sharp End and Mabel Billigton in The Life And Times of Henry Pratt for Granada