The Team

Tanya Franks
Producer / Actor/ Writer
Stock-pot Productions Ltd
Tanya has been a professional leading actor for over twenty years in theatre (inc. the Royal National Theatre and West End), Television (inc. BBC's BAFTA nominated hit comedy Pulling, Eastenders, The Bill, Family Affairs), and BBC Radio Drama.

Founder and director of Stock-pot Productions ‘One Day’ was Tanya’s first script that she had written alone. She is now following the success of this short up with her first feature film 'Fly Me'. She co-wrote and co-produced her two previous shorts ‘Missing’ which premiered at the 2004 Raindance Film Festival, and ‘The Briefcase That Brings Out The Baby In You’ (2006).

Theatre Tanya has produced includes ‘All Fall Away’ (2003) - The Guardian Pick Of The Week - (Latchmere Theatre), ‘You Don’t Kiss’ (Oval Theatre and tour), ‘Deckchairs’ (Kings Head Theatre), and ‘Scenes of Shaw’ (Theatre Museum).

‘The Talking Film Series’ - a Stock-pot collaboration with the Prince Charles Cinema - five public interviews with high profile filmmakers Mike Leigh, Alan Parker, Terry Jones, Mike Figgis, and Terry Gilliam.




James Barriscale
Director - One Day
As an actor James’ television credits include ‘The Bill’, ‘Murphy’s Law’, ‘Cherished’, Spooks’, ‘A Touch of Frost’ , ‘Like Father Like Son’, ‘Casualty’ ,’The Vice’ , ‘Messiah’, Fay Weldon’s ‘Big Women’.

Film includes ‘Diamond Lil’, ‘Northern Lights’ and ‘The Birthday Party’, and theatre includes working with the Royal National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, English Touring Theatre Company and Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.

James started directing film in 2003 when he was commissioned to devise, write and direct a short with thirty young people at Benenden Film Summer School for East Sussex County Council - ‘Holding On’ in 2003 looked at a young girl’s first day at school, and in 2004 ‘Victim’ looked at bullying.

Also involved in directing for theatre he was Assistant Director at The Riverside Studios 2003 and P.A. to the Producer at The Old Vic in 2004 for London Talent, set up through Gifted And Talented, giving disadvantaged young children the opportunity to create a showcase of devised work after a two week workshop course working with companies such as Stomp, The Globe, The National, and Theatre de Complicite.


Angela Jackson
Producer / Legal Adviser
Angela Jackson is an executive producer of “Silence Becomes You” starring Alicia Silverstone and Sienna Guillory, which received its US release in December 2005.
A lawyer based in London with her own firm set up in 1995, Angela Jackson specialises in films for clients including financiers, writers, directors, actors and independent production companies. Her work involves her in many practical production issues including control of production expenditure.
Film credits for legal work include “Last Orders” starring Michael Caine, “Ladies in Lavender” starring Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, “A Christmas Carol: The Movie” starring Kate Winslet, and most recently “Forest of the Gods”, “The Other Half”, “Macbeth”, and “Candy” starring Heath Ledger which has been selected for competition at the Berlin Film Festival in February 2006.