About Us
Parkes
Productions Ltd is operated by Daniel Parkes and Itsuka Yamasaki. Each
possessing individual creative,
technical and business abilities, together they offer a comprehensive
range of film and production services to meet
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1. Daniel Parkes
2. Itsuka Yamasaki
3. Company Information
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Born in
Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1976, Daniel has been making films since
the age of 15, an
early
success being a 30 second cat food commercial that went on to win a
prize on TV3’s Worlds
Most Wanted
Ads television program.
After getting married and moving to Japan, he completed a 45 minute low
budget Japanese
language action/drama entitled Hidden Agenda
(2005). This endeavour helped him gain entrance
into Brighton Film School in the United Kingdom where he took a
one-year diploma course in motion
picture film production. Since arriving in Brighton he has
shot on DV, 16mm and 35mm, achieving
both commercial and critical acclaim. A short film, A.T.M.
(2005) shot on DV made it into the top
ten international short films of the year, while his 16mm documentary Peerless -Memories from
the
West Pier (2006), about Brighton's derelict West Pier,
became available in local Brighton retail outlets.
A.R.P,
(2006), a short film about an air raid warden during the second world
war, was developed
into an educational pack used in schools through the south east.
Having tested a new HD workflow -utilising a 35mm lens adapter on a HD
camera shooting to a
harddrive- on a short comedy (Tenacity,
2008) and a music video (Innercircles,
Outerfences, 2008) he
felt ready to take this new approach further with his feature film
debut, Ambleton
Delight (2009) which has won several awards including Best
Feature Film, Best UK Feature and Best Actor.
Daniel is currently a managing director of a production company that
creates high quality corporate
films, and he occasionally guest lectures on film production.
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Itsuka
Yamasaki BIS
Director/Company
Secretary
Producer/Writer/Musician/Translator
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Born in Chiba, Japan in 1981, Itsuka was raised in a film-loving
family, developing her keen interest in
films, music and foreign languages. Her strong ability in
languages resulted in a scholarship that
allowed her to study overseas, taking a Degree in International Studies
at the International Pacific College
in Palmerston North, New Zealand (2000-2002). Graduating with
distinction she has established herself
as a well respected translator in the computer sector, working as a
freelance translator of
computer manuals and documents for world-leading companies including
Intel, Sun MicroSystems,
Motorola, Adobe, Oracle and Microsoft.
Along with Daniel, she has worked in various creative and production
capacities on short,
feature and documentary films, displaying a high level of commitment
and creativity.
Recently she worked as a translator for the Tokatsu Film Festival
website and brochure.
She has also distinguished herself by providing high quality Japanese
subtitles for all
films made by Parkes Productions in the UK, meeting strict requirements
and deadlines involved.
As a graduate of the Raindance Producers course she most recently
worked as an executive
producer on the music video Innercircles,
Outerfences (2008) and also the award winning feature film
Ambleton
Delight (2009) which she co-wrote.
Itsuka is fluent in Japanese and English, as well as speaking Chinese
and a little French and is
presently developing a feature film script.
Parkes
Productions Limited
Launched in 1990, Parkes
Productions has been involved in a number of small creative
projects,
culminating in several large scale film productions in
1998 and 1999. In 2002 the company
moved to Chiba, Japan, where it
established a small private English school so as to fund
an action drama film, Hidden Agenda
(2005). Moving to the UK in
2005,
it worked in conjunction with
Brighton Film Studios before
moving into Brighton
Marina and becoming officially incorporated
as a private
limited company
on the 1st of
February 2007,
later receiving a VAT registration
number. Parkes
Productions Ltd also has public liability insurance (to the value
of £5
million).
It's largest dramatic production so far is the multi-award winning
feature film
Ambleton
Delight
(2009), in addition to several corporate productions for
clients such as Thomson Reuters, Aggreko and Tui Travel.
Details:
Company number. 06077122)
VAT
registration number 901 7812 42
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