Darren Paul Fisher is a feature film screenwriter,^[1] producer^[2] and director.^[3] Fisher is also the Head of Film, Screen and Creative Media at Bond University.^[4]

Films

Fisher's first film, Inbetweeners was released by Universal in 2001 and was the first British commercial film to be shot on Digital Video.^[5] It was panned by Peter Preston of The Observer.^[6] His second film, the 2007 teen-comedy Popcorn starred British soap stars Jack Ryder and Jodi Albert, was distributed by MovieHouse,^[7] and was panned by Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian.^[8]

His third film, OXV: The Manual, a science fiction romance^[9] created on a low budget^[10] and later retitled Frequencies,^[11] premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal^[2] where it won two awards, Most Innovative Film and the Silver Award for Best International Film.^[12] The US premiere was at the Austin Film Festival^[10] where it won the Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature (Dark Matters).^[13] The film was favorably reviewed by The Hollywood Reporter,^[2] Ain't It Cool News,^[14] and Indiewire,^[15] although This is Famous criticized the storyline.^[16] Unlike Fisher's first two films, Frequencies has generated praise from reviewers for the creativity of Fisher's script.^[17]

Filmography

• Inbetweeners
• Popcorn
• Frequencies^[1][18]

References