Mel Bestel

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Birthplace:
Scotland, UK

I am a Grassroots Marketing Coordinator and Social Media Executive working across the release of independent films in my area, and a long term freelancer with Birds Eye View to support its mission to *Reclaim The Frame*. I have experience with social media, grassroots marketing and events management and great contacts in my local area. I take pride in my ability to adapt quickly to new challenges and love making new connections with people to create action based results. I have also worked as a Production and Floor Runner on a variety of features, short films and commercials. Recently I worked closely with an award-winning director and producer team as a Casting PA and First Assistant Director on a project called Strong Is Better Than Angry for the Uncertain Kingdom. Since June 2021 I have worked closely with the exec producer of a Warner Brothers film due to shoot in Glasgow, and as of August I have been assistant to the directors of this high budget film, assisting with script meetings, coordinating storyboard artists, all manner of scheduling across global time-frames, and the myriad other duties that assisting a directing due entails. I am also keen to expand my network and consider roles in both production and film marketing as well as connecting with film-making creatives to create development opportunities.

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First Assistant Director:
2019  Crypsis

Floor Runner:
2019  Crypsis
2021  Then Came You

Researcher:
2019  A Gorbal's Story
2019  Crypsis
2021  Then Came You

Second Assistant Director:
2019  A Gorbal's Story
2019  Crypsis
2021  The Wolf Suit
2021  Then Came You

Thanks:
2019  A Gorbal's Story
2019  Crypsis
2019  Look Up
2021  The Wolf Suit
2021  Then Came You

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While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:

  • I added "runners up" to Top 10 lists, treating them as ties where applicable and numbering them accordingly at the bottom of each list.
  • Regarding those polls wherein "franchise" movies were submitted as one project until BFI's policy changed to regard them separately, I treated them as ties and renumbered the affected lists accordingly (e.g. the Godfather films).

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