The Stonelake Team:

Kris Bealing is a Producer / Director fresh out of university. Having already graduated from Canterbury Christ Church University with an honours degree in Film and Television Production in 2008, Kris has also recently completed a Masters degree, specialising in Film Production.Throughout his time as a film maker, Kris has gained experience in multiple production roles, including directing; producing; cinematography; editing; scriptwriting; and special effects design. His most recent projects include that of “Tilt” (2008) and “Everyman” (2009), which he wrote, directed, and produced; along with “Adrift in a Clockwork Universe” (2008) and “A Tale of Two Films” (2008) for which he was Director of Photography.

Currently, Kris is working with a variety of new artists on a selection of music videos and portfolios; and is also working in partnership with other music producers and DJs in the London nightlife scene for future film and video projects."

Adam C. Betts is a Writer, Sound Recorder & Editor from Kent, England

A Christchurch Film & Radio graduate, Adam's background is primarily in sound design for digital video, film & Open Source Computer Game projects.

Having been involved in several Internet based projects during his mid-to-late teens Adam's creative fires were stoked high leading him undertake a Bachelor's Degree in film where he worked on several short films, both as a part of his degree and outside of education.

In 2006 Adam was the editor of a documentary about the university's own art department and worked on several radio productions before becoming the Sound Editor (and reluctant star) of the comedic short “Globophobia” (2007). He subsequently worked on Kris Bealing's two short films “Tilt” (2008) and “Everyman” (2009) as Sound Designer while also writing and producing the film “Once Upon a Time in Canterbury” which is still in post production.
Currently Adam is working on three short films of his own, “Film Addiction”, “S.C.A.R.E.D.” and “Tranquillity”, which are all in various stages of pre production as well as a feature script and a Science-Fiction based puzzle game for the Apple Iphone that is still under development.

Adam is also a skilled storyboard artist and is trained in Adobe Photoshop as well as professional video production tools such as Avid HD, Final Cut & Pro-Tools.

Christopher Lambert has worked on numerous shoots following his graduation from University. He was Chief Camera Op on “Street Robbery” the début music video for the Congo Faith Healers, an  up and coming band who’s music was recently featured in the hit US television series “True Blood” and he has since risen to the status of DOP on several  video productions including a documentary on Hypnotism and a Charity music video featuring former members of Basement Jax.

Chris’s first venture as Director; “Man’s Worst Friend” (2009) was screened at the BAFTA theatre in Piccadilly in 2009 and since then Chris has been working on scripts for several features.
Chris is a dedicated worker, a real craftsman with the lens and no matter how long the day he will give it his all to give the project the look it deserves.

Albert van der Meer hails from a fairly international background, having been born and raised in South Africa and later having moved to Belgium, The Netherlands and finally (to date) the United Kingdom.

His views and creativity have been shaped by this multi-cultural life and is thus a great asset to any project.

Albert’s expertise lies within the realms of cinematography and camera work, with experience and intermediate to professional knowledge of how to use all major brand HD cameras, along with Mini-DV video cameras and 16mm film cameras (such as the Arriflex and Bolex makes).

With a BA honours degree in Film and History and a MA honours degree in Film Production, Albert has worked on a wide range of projects over the years. Between 2005 and 2008 he worked on a yearly film production project as part of his BA degree. In 2007 he was the cameraman and sound recorder for an independent documentary about death and dying titled: “Happy Endings”, and also for a video diary compilation for a leadership conference at Ashridge Business School, along with administering a media training workshop weekend for MBA’s at the same business school.

In 2008 Albert did camera work for an online TV series teaching primary school children about animation titled: “Animate and Create”. In 2009 he finished his MA by doing a film project which concerned itself with every aspect of filmmaking, from concept to finalised edited piece. The film was titled “Shame”. During these years Albert acquired a great many skills in film editing, using Final Cut Pro and Avid Media Composer, and Colour grading with Apple’s Colour.

Currently Albert is working on various projects including pre-production on numerous short film scripts, the conception stages of promotional videos and a documentary series.