VENI VIDI FILM
veni vidi (“I came”, “I saw”)
VENI VIDI FILM was launched in 2012 as a creative film company developing and producing work that engages audiences through imaginative storytelling from untold and diverse perspectives.
Founded by Nat Downs and Edward Dede, the company previously under VENI VIDI Theatre originally produced theatrical productions and site-specific events before forming VENI VIDI Film to primarily focus on film.
Drawing on a collective number of years of experience between them, working in the industry for film, theatre and broadcast companies such as LucasFilm, The BBC, Really Useful Theatres and The Sundance Institute, the company was formed out of our passion and desire to create and produce new work.
As an ethos, the company is dedicated to telling stories that challenge and explore the limitless possibilities of the cinematic art form, not only to entertain but highlight stories from a different perspective.
Since the company was first formed a growing body of work has been produced from an award-winning shorts, stage and audio drama productions, new writing labs and features in development.
NAT DOWNS
DIRECTOR
Nat is a director, writer and producer, having worked professionally as a theatre director before moving into filmmaking. She trained at the MET Film School and has worked in production for live shows for LucasFilm, Really Useful Theatres and as a freelance producer.
As a director Nat has written and directed numerous shorts including an award winning Shakespeare on Film series which won awards for ‘Much Ado’ and ‘Hamlet’.
Her WW1 screendance film ‘LIMBO’ received the Prix Lumière Award Nomination for at Cinédanse Ottawa, Best Film Nomination at the San Francisco Dance Film Festival as well as going on to screen at other international film festivals. Previously as a theatre director, her extensive credits include ‘Muddy Mundo Land-The Winters Tail’, ‘The Hound of The Baskervilles – The Radio Theatre’, ‘Othello’ and ‘Much Ado About Nothing.’
EDWARD DEDE
PRODUCER
Edward is a producer and filmmaker. An alumnus of the Edinburgh Film Festival Talent Labs has worked in areas of production and development for The BBC, The Sundance Institute and international VFX studio, The Mill. Edward’s producing credits include narrative shorts: ‘Marcellas’, ‘The Agile One’, ‘Carnassial’, ‘SPEAK’ and comedy thriller ‘Bucking Hell’, starring David Schaal, Nicky Evans and Geoff Breton.
His recent short ‘LIMBO’, featuring the work of alumni from The Ballet Rambert, premiered at the Stockholm DansFilm Festival in 2018, going on to screen at various of international film festivals and picking up nominations including for Best Film. Edward also trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) with previous radio, theatre and TV work for BBC Three, The Old Vic, Soho Theatre, Big Finish and StudioCanal.