Rhys Frake-Waterfield
British film director
Rhys Frake-Waterfield (born 1991 or 1992) is an English filmmaker who became known for his 2023 independent horror film Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey and its 2024 sequel. It was the first theatrical film of his career, as well as the first for his company Jagged Edge Productions.
Early life
Frake-Waterfield is from Essex, where he also studied at the University of Essex.
Career
In 2021, Frake-Waterfield left his corporate strategy job at EDF Energy to create low-budget horror films, all released direct-to-video. After entering the film industry, he produced 36 feature films in two years. Though Frake-Waterfield started out as a visual effects artist, over time, he got into directing. The first film he directed was The Area 51 Incident, following a group of survivors at Area 51 who take shelter underground following an incident involving aliens emerging from a wormhole.
On 1 January 2022, the 1926 Winnie-the-Pooh book entered the public domain in the United States. Shortly after this, Jagged Edge Productions announced a Winnie-the-Pooh-based slasher film called Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey, with Frake-Waterfield serving as the director, writer, and co-producer with Scott Jeffrey. Though the film was originally intended for a direct-to-video release in October 2022, it developed an increased popularity on the internet which eventually led to the film receiving a theatrical release.
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