Velvet Pictures is an award-winning creative production company for
Feature Films, TV, Commercials, Promos and Digital Content.
Founded in 2000 by
producer Claire Cottrell and writer-director Keith English.
Velvet Pictures is an award-winning creative production company for
Feature Films, TV, Commercials, Promos and Digital Content.
Founded in 2000 by
producer Claire Cottrell and writer-director Keith English.
Current Projects
Having witnessed the systematic culling of hens on her family’s industrial egg farm, imaginative youngster, Rhea Cassowary, mysteriously grows feathers - a transformation that turns her into a media spectacle, a corporate mascot and, ultimately, a defiant symbol of rebellion
against humanity’s exploitation of nature. FRESH EGGS is an uplifting coming-of-age story about embracing difference and healing a broken world.
A warm comedy drama series set in the beach hut community. Like DETECTORISTS, AFTER LIFE and THE ROYLE FAMILY, the series humanely and astutely shines a light on twenty-first century
Britishness. A small row of brightly-painted huts brings together the perfect mix of characters in a microscopic version of our world today.
Diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, this may be farmer’s wife Amanda Kirk’s last production in charge of village amateur comedy troupe, The Littlehurst Players. But when her new play is rejected, and an outsider is brought in to direct a 'serious drama' to win the National Awards, her world is turned upside down. PURSUED BY A BEAR is a fast paced, heartwarming story that follows the fortunes, loves, trials, and tribulations of the comedy troupe as they realise that drama is no laughing matter and the greatest glittering prize of all is friendship.
A young Romanian woman arrives at a run down mansion deep in the English countryside as a care assistant to an old man who lives alone. But she soon finds out things are not what they seem… How old is he, actually? Why is his housekeeper overly attentive? Many secrets have become buried over time, but this one has not.
MAKE ME DEAD is an original dark comedy by Keith English
Tom finds out he’s an alien when his eyeball falls out. He’s in love with Abby, but every time they get close she has to kill him. HITCH HIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY gets the ROMCOM treatment in this outrageous SCIFI COMEDY where nothing is what you think and people are not who you think they are. A Nathan Cockerill script from a story by HORRIBLE HISTORIES’ scribe Ben Ward. TRAILER HERE>>
About Us
Claire is joint founder and MD of Velvet Pictures, bringing a wealth of experience as a Producer and Executive Producer, working across a wide range of award-winning media content: commercials, promos, digital, film and audio. Velvet’s clients include DISNEY+, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, AURRA STUDIOS, MIRRIAD ADVERTISING and OXFORD SCIENTIFIC FILMS. SEE PROMOS HERE>>
Keith is joint founder of Velvet Pictures, and has written/directed over 400 commercials and directed a BAFTA nominated TV series and two feature films. His imaginative work has earned, amongst others: National Film Award for Best Comedy (THE MORE YOU IGNORE ME), LA International Shorts Film Festival Kodak award (TOP DOG), Promax Golds (EASTENDERS) and London International Advertising Award (THE GREAT FROG). SEE WORK HERE>>
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