Olly Blackburn

"No one is evil, they just make very bad decisions. And no one has super powers, they only have their street smarts."

"Director Olly Blackburn has, for the last ten years, been one of the most respected and in-demand directors of music videos and commercials."

"I suppose my mega heroes are the films of Michael Powell and Sam Peckinpah. I would have loved to have looked over their shoulder. I’m a bit of a cinephile. I love cinema. It’s an amazing medium. I ca…"

"The film is about what happens when real people do ghastly things to each other, and sure, it shows those things because that's the tone of the film — fairly realistic."

"I’ve directed a fair amount of stuff in the past, such as music videos, commercials and short films and I believe that the best way to learn in this industry – I mean, you can go to film school and th…"

"I think when you’re shooting on such a tight budget and schedule, the insanity and the energy and the sense of spirit is what makes the experience unique. Ten percent more isn’t going to make enough o…"

"The pure emotion, from a very early age, of seeing a film and feeling it take you over like a high... At first it was all the things I loved as a kid -- James Bond films and Spaghetti Westerns and thi…"

"I love films, I eat, sleep and drink them, and genre definitely had a huge impact."