TIMOTHY REYNARD

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Timothy Reynard is the founder and managing director of DeCantillon Films. He is the director and writer of "Denied" and "Four Times".

Timothy was born in Keighley, West Yorkshire, England on 13th July 1991. He grew up in the Nidderdale area of North Yorkshire attending Birstwith C.E. Primary School, with a natural talent for English. At the age of 11, Timothy went to Nidderdale High School and Community College where he eventually became Head Boy. Timothy left Nidderdale with 10 GCSEs including A*s in English Language and History and an A in English Literature. Timothy then went on to study at St. Aidan's and St. John Fisher Associated Sixth Form where he achieved A in Media Studies and Business Studies. Following the success of his debut feature film, Timothy left Sixth Form to pursue a job offer of Marketing Co-ordinator at an ODEON cinema. The job enabled Timothy to combine three of his passions: marketing, business and film.

At the age of 13, Timothy decided to make a movie a spoof of "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" titled Indibana Tones and the Temple of Jam. Timothy made the 45 minute film with the video setting on his Dad's digital camera and showed it to friends at school. Timothy then became friends a boy in his set at school called Nathan Hutchinson whose parents owned a film and documentary production company. Having been inspired by the film, "Hope and Glory", Timothy and Nathan decided to make their own war drama film with Timothy writing and directing and Nathan producing. On weekends, Timothy and Nathan used Nathan's parents' film equipment to shoot the movie, but unfortunately never had the time to finish principal photography.

Sarah Lewis, the Extended Schools Co-ordinator at Timothy's school had heard about Timothy's film making ventures and told him about a number of funding schemes for young people which could help him finance his first proper film. With Sarah's help, Timothy managed to secure over £8,000 of funding from North Yorkshire County Council, the National Lottery and Sky. Timothy hired a professional crew to help him shoot "Denied" and two years later, the movie was complete.

Timothy and Sarah arranged a glitzy premiere at the ODEON cinema in Harrogate alongside Timothy's film making colleague and best friend, Ben Derrick. As a punt, Timothy invited The Times and The Guardian to premiere and having recognised his talent, they sent reporters along. The Times reporter was the Oscar nominated film director, Ken Russell. The film went down very well and Ken Russell went on to describe Timothy in The Times as "the future of film".

After the success of "Denied", Timothy took some time out and began his job at ODEON. He then started to write his second film, "Four Times". Once again, Timothy organised a premiere at ODEON to showcase his film with the film being critically acclaimed. Guests included Hugo Heppell, the Head of Production at Screen Yorkshire and Michael Chaplin, the creator of BBCs "Monarch of the Glen".

Most recently Timothy has produced three further films, including an ambitious and well supported World War Two feature film, "The Only One Who Knows You're Afraid" and two short films - "Slow Down the Time", a psychological horror and a romantic crime thriller: "Thunder From Her Heart".