I have a life long interest in early cinema, and collect rare films and professional equipment from the silent era. 

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I was editor on the restoration The Cat and the Canary (1927). I also edited and co-directed several film history documentaries with Oscar-winning film historian Kevin Brownlow.

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I have been lucky enough to uncover and preserve dozens of previously lost films, including four American silent feature films, a Harold Lloyd comedy, a film by Georges Melies' brother, and the earliest known fragment of a Lon Chaney feature film.

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I have put on shows of original prints from my collection, projected on 100-year old hand cranked projectors, at places including the BFI, Cinema Museum in London, Birkbeck College, the Flatpack Festival in Birmingham, and the Electric Palace in Harwich:

https://www.eadt.co.uk/lifestyle/silent-film-show-electric-palace-harwich-8978166

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My next show is at the BFI's Film on Film Festival on 13th June, where I will be screening original 28mm prints from my collection on a restored 1917 projector, with live musical accompaniment.​​

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I am currently restoring the first ever British six reel feature film, which will premiere at the Giornate del Cinema Muto in October 2025.

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