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The Wanting Mare
''The Wanting Mare'' is a 2020 science fiction fantasy film written and directed by Nicholas Ashe Bateman. Plot In a post-apocalypse, post-apocalyptic realm called Anmaere, an annual drive ships wild horses from a rundown city called Whithren to another, far-off city, Levithen. Many denizens of Whithren hope to board the boat with the horses and travel to Levithen, which they believe holds a more promising future for them. Cast *Jordan Monaghan - Moira * Ashleigh Nutt - young Moira *Christine Kellogg-Darrin - old Moira *Nicholas Ashe Bateman - young Lawrence *Josh Clark (actor), Josh Clark - old Lawrence *Yasamin Keshtkar - Eirah *Edmond Cofie - Hadeon *Maxine Muster - Elien Development ''The Wanting Mare'' is Bateman's first feature-length film; he did not attend film school, had no visual effects training, and worked independently on the film's development, part of which was funded through a campaign on the crowdsourcing website Indiegogo. Bateman credits the earliest inspirat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Ashe Bateman
Nicholas Ashe Bateman is an artist, filmmaker, actor and the founder of the award-winning visual effects, design and animation company Maere Studios. As a writer and director, his acclaimed debut feature film - the microbudget '' The Wanting Mare'' was released in 2021. In addition to writing and directing, Bateman did all visual effects, editing, producing, and also acted in the film. In 2022, he directed and animated the music video for Father John Misty'sFunny Girl. As the visual effects supervisor for Maere Studios, he has supervised and designed for over 25 feature films in the past years, including A24's '' The Green Knight'',' Disney's ''Hocus Pocus 2'', ''Peter Pan & Wendy'', M. Night Shyamalan's ''Knock at the Cabin'' and Ava Duvernay's ''Origin''. In 2024, Bateman was the creative design supervisor and vfx supervisor for the Disney+ animated short ''An Almost Christmas Story'', as well as overseeing Maere Studios. ''An Almost Christmas Story'' was a co-production betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
