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Christian Serritiello was born in Canterbury, United Kingdom in 1979. In 2004 he graduated with a Masters degree in Theatre from the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Following graduation he acted on stage in Derek Benfield's 'Bedside Manners' at the Metro Theatre, Vancouver. Soon after he was cast as the lead in the critically acclaimed stage play 'American Tet' at the English Theatre Berlin. Film and television work followed with various roles including David Cronenberg's 'A Dangerous Method' (Venice Film Festival), Constantin Films 'Tarzan 3D' (Berlin Film Festival), 'Catalina' (Warsaw International Film Festival) and 'Jesus VR' (Venice Film Festival) and roles in US TV shows such as 'Homeland', 'Transporter', the Starz series 'Counterpart', 'Crossing Lines', Amazon's 'You are Wanted' and the award winning mini series 'Tannbach.
In 2009 he set up the film production company Tropical Grey Pictures with video artist Arthur Patching. The short films they directed have exhibited in film festivals around the world including the 72nd Salerno International Film Festival and their critically acclaimed debut feature film 'Gelateria' was awarded the Grand Prix at the Kinolikbez Film Festival in St. Petersburg.
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Arthur Patching was born in 1979, in Ipswich, England. After graduating from Goldsmiths’ College of Art with a BA in Fine Art and History of Art in 2002. He subsequently worked in a studio in London and Rome until he moved to Berlin, Germany in 2008. He exhibited one of his films as the closing night film of the Directors’ Lounge Festival, in Berlin. In 2010 he undertook two private residencies in North America, based between both Montreal and Toronto, he had solo and group shows in those cities and New York.
For two years, since 2011 he was the artistic director of a non-profit art space 129 Gallery in Berlin’s thriving district of Neukölln, which specialised in new media work.
In 2009 he set up the film production company Tropical Grey Pictures with actor Christian Serritiello. The short films they directed have exhibited in film festivals around the world including the 72nd Salerno International Film Festival and their critically acclaimed debut feature film 'Gelateria' was awarded the Grand Prix at the Kinolikbez Film Festival in St. Petersburg.