Email me here: luke@lukebather.com
Luke Bather has been making short films and music videos from the finest locally grown ingredients for over 100 years.
He is a Writer, Director and Editor from Manchester. He is left handed and afraid of heights.
He’s had his work screened at a stack of very lovely festivals and he’s won some awards here and there.
His unstoppable smash hit short film Bald (co-written with John Tucker), was supported by BFI Network and produced by We Are Invite.
The film picked up a stack of offical selections and awards at BAFTA, BIFA and OSCAR qualifying film festivals around the world and then had its online premiere via Director’s Notes.
Luke’s next short film How To Wash A Body, How To Cleanse A Soul is much sadder and will be shot in Summer 2024.
For some reason, he is referred to by full name in the Wikipedia article about Janet Jackson’s hit song Doesn’t Really Matter from The Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps.* He doesn’t really know what to think about that.
*Somehow not a joke.
Unprovoked bragging follows below.
Award Wins
Manchester International Film Festival Official Selection - Staff Pick Award
FOCUS Wales Film Festival Official Selection - Best Narrative Short
Sunderland Shorts Film Festival Official Selection - Best Drama
The Gogs International Short Film Festival - Official Selection - Best Welsh Short
Wicked Wales Film Festival Official Selection - Best Fiction & Gwobr y Ddraig Goch (The Red Dragon Award)
IndieFlicks International Film Festival - Official Selection - The People’s Choice Award & Film of the Year
PromoNews.tv - Best Music Videos of 2019 - Comedy
Official Selections/Almost-wins/Nominations
Encounters Film Festival Official Selection - International Grand Prix Competition
DirectorsNotes.com Official Selection - Online Premiere
Bolton International Film Festival Official Selection - Best Short Made Up North (nominated)
Leeds International Film Festival Official Selection - Best Music Video (nominated)
Austin Music Video Festival Official Selection - Best Comedy (nominated)
LA1 Shorts Film Festival Official Selection - Best Short Film (Honourable Mention)
Wigan and Leigh Film Festival Official Selection - Best North West Short (nominated)
ShortCom Comedy Film Festival Official Selection
Wales International Film Festival Official Selection - Best Comedy (Finalist)
Exposures Film Festival Official Selection - BBC Best of the North West (nominated)
SF3 International Film Festival Official Selection - Iso Film (Finalist)
International Film Festival of Wales Official Selection - Best Short Film (nominated) & Best Phone Film (nominated)
Berlin Music Video Awards Official Selection - Silver Screenings
Award Losses
The Nobel Prize for Physics (wasn’t even nominated)
The Nobel Prize for Psychics (doesn’t exist)