The greatest filmmaker you've never heard of made 36 movies while bouncing clubs. Manchester's chaos, captured.
Go back to the 1980s and discover the extraordinary true story of Cliff Twemlow! You’ve never heard of him… but polymath Twemlow was a nightclub bouncer, novelist, composer, singer, screenwriter, producer and actor who was the most prolific indie filmmaker in the UK for a decade! Witness how this 20th-century Renaissance man created his own innovative micro-film industry in Manchester. Shooting his feature films on clunky early pioneering video technology, G.B.H. (1983) was even branded a Video Nasty! A warmly hilarious portrait that will take you back to an era where literally anything could happen. And did!
Direction
Jake West balances genuine affection with clear-eyed absurdity.
Production
Incredible archive of SOV filmmaking, warts and ambition intact.
Director
Jake West
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Twemlow's Manchester micro-studio anticipated today's YouTube creator economy by four decades.
He composed over 1,000 songs and wrote 36 novels between films. The man barely slept.
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