DIGITAL & SPECIAL COLLECTOR’S EDITION DVD OUT NOW! Following a successful run of screenings at film festivals and more recently at Tribeca Cinemas in New York and Birmingham School Of Jewellery with Q&A’s with Roger Smith, Bulldog Film Distribution is pleased to announce the UK release of The Watchmaker’s Apprentice, available digitally (from iTunes UK) and on […]
There is a lovely interview with ‘The Watchmaker’s Apprentice’ Roger Smith on his website at the moment, which was conducted following the film screening at Tribeca Cinemas for the Horological Society of New York. You can read it online at this link Pictured below: Dave Armstrong (Director) and Roger Smith at Tribeca Cinemas. With thanks […]
This is a question we get asked a lot. It’s lovely to be asked, as it means people are genuinely excited about our documentary! And we’re extremely grateful for the support (and patience) of the film’s growing fanbase. We do now have a UK distributor – the quintissentially British “Bulldog” – who will look after […]
We’re delighted to announce that ‘The Watchmaker’s Apprentice’ won one of the top prizes at the prestigious WorldFest Houston Film Festival at the weekend! Director Dave Armstrong and Editor Christy DeHaven were present to collect the Special Jury Award for Documentary Feature – just ‘one small step’ behind the ultimate Grand Jury Prize. With hundreds of […]
After a time of quiet, it’s been an exciting couple of weeks in Camp Apprentice! FESTIVAL SELECTION, SCREENING AND WIN First of all, Director Dave Armstrong has been invited to host a Q&A screening at the prestigious WorldFest in Houston Texas, where the film will also receive a much coveted Remi award. Now in it’s 48th year, the film festival has […]
2014 was an eventful year for our film. We had Official Selections at several international film festivals (including Buffalo and Chichester), made a short film for our protagonist Roger W Smith for his ‘GREAT Britain’ watch (a unique timepiece handcrafted for No.10 Downing Street’s ‘GREAT Britains’ campaign), put the proverbial wheels in motion following an […]
Recently, we added a new element to the documentary: – some re-enactment sequences to highlight some of the crucial moments in the story. We hadn’t planned on doing dramatisation initially, as we had originally intended to have animated sequences to bring these parts to life in a slightly surreal, magical way. But, as anyone who […]
Many thanks to Howard Caine for this lovely interview with two of the programme makers, Christy DeHaven and Dave Armstrong, about the film. This was broadcast on Mandate on the morning of April 25th 2013. Accompanying stills are behind the scenes photographs from filming, along with images from preview screenings at the Saatchi Gallery, stills […]