Team

Purple 8 team

Directors, Producers, Writers, Dop, Editors, VFX, Sound Design

David Marks

DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, WRITER , DOP AND EDITOR

David Marks is a filmmaker from London. He began his career as a videographer in 2018 for events and music videos, before earning his degree in Film Production from SAE. Since then, he has been working on establishing himself as a Film Maker. He began with his short film ``Just Like Dad`` and has produced and edited several web series’s on YouTube, including ``BALIDATE,`` which was later picked up by YANGA TV and broadcasted across Africa and locally on SKY. David has worked in the Art Department for “Peaky Blinders” (Tiger Aspect), “Sex Education” (Netflix) and “Big Brother” (Channel 4). A member of Sara Putt Associates, David prides himself on being a well-rounded creative filmmaker who gains competence in every discipline.

Chris Small

FILM PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, EDITOR, DOP

Chris is from Kent and is a skilled all round Creative with a BA/Hons Degree in Film Production. He has been a videographer for about 8 years. He has directed many Music Videos and was DOP and Editor for Short film “Just Like Dad” and Writer/ Director for Short film “Make Up”

Dipesh Suthakar

Sound Design

Dipesh is of Punjabi origin and grew up in East London. He has a degree in Audio from SAE. He works as a music producer and has collaborated with multiple up and coming artists. He was sound designer for Short film “Just Like Dad”

Gavin Martin

Producer

Gavin is based in East London. He is a member of Sara Putt associates (BAFTA chair) and was Executive Producer of the reality series “BALIDATE”, a dating show which was picked up by YANGA TV to broadcast on SKY TV in the UK and across Africa. He works for One Stop Films as a location driver to many large scale productions such as “TOP BOY” and “Supercell” on NETFLIX.

Ihsan Ahmed

Producer, Sound Engineer, DOP, VFX Artist

Ishan has been a videographer for 15 years. He comes from a background in music videos and Commercials. He has worked on promotional content for brands such as ‘J2O’ and ‘Relentless Energy’. He is a highly skilled film maker with extensive experience as a Director, Sound Engineer, DOP and VFX artist.

Rama Amsri

Producer, Cinematographer, Photographer

Rama is originally from Palestine and came to the UK to study Digital Film Production at SAE. She was SS and AC for Short film “Just Like Dad” and works as a videographer. Rama has a huge passion for film. Her goal is to work as DOP and is a skilled photographer.

Mikola Pasinskis

Sound SuperVisor

Mikola is originally from Ukraine, he has a degree in Audio from SAE. `Mikola is an award winning location recordist and sound mixer. He has worked on films such as “Bus Stop” Just like Dad and “Mother Proxima”

Sahil Sarnik

Animations

Sahil is originally from India. He works as a AV Technician at SAE University in London. He has worked on several productions such as short film, 2024 “Nothing but Blue”, short Animation films; “Mother Promxima” and “Sector 8”.