Portrait of Dave Waters

I was born in….

Welwyn Garden City.

I now live in…

Hackney.

But if I could live anywhere, it would be…

Soneva Fushi.

Right now, I’m binge-watching…

Succession and This Is Us.

The last track I listened to was…

Long Hot Summer.

I dream about…

restaurants and pubs mostly.

The app I couldn’t survive without is…

Waze.

Social media is…

how I know my boys are having fun.

When we can travel again, I’ll be heading to…

lunch.

The most important lesson I’ve learned in 2020…

is that I miss people.

The best/worst thing about lockdown was…

time to write.

What the film industry needs is…

to get going again

What I wish I’d known when I was starting my career…

is that filming, animation, model-making are actual jobs not just things other people do.

The best advice I’ve ever been given…

was from Dave Trott.

The film I wish I’d made…

The Godfather. Bladerunner……Pinochio.

My biggest inspiration is…

art.

The person I would canonise is…

probably Ridley Scott.

If I wasn’t quite so overweight ... I’d be…

very happy

My last meal would be…

pasta. I mean it probably will be.

My life philosophy in three words…

have fun probably

Dave Waters Creative director
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