| Andrew Lanni | |
| Birth Place: | Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland |
| Years Active: | 2010–present |
| Occupation: | Film producer |
Andrew Lanni is a Scottish Film producer from Kirkwall in Orkney. He has also worked on various films as an assistant director.
Andrew Lanni studied Digital Film & Television at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. During his time here, he worked as a producer on the film The Taxidermist which was later nominated for the Best Fiction accolade at the 2012 British Academy Scotland New Talent Awards.[1] It also was nominated again for the Best Fiction accolade at the student awards ceremony run by the Royal Television Society.[2]
In 2013, he was reunited with his fellow students John McPhail and Tyler Collins for the short film Notes in which Lanni was the producer. Together with McPhail, the pair pulled in a lot of favour from friends and family in order to gain equipment, locations and crew to make the film.[3] Notes was the first part of a trilogy of short comedy films with V for Visa and Doug & Steve's Big Holy Adventure completing the series in the same year. The films were positively received by critics with V for Visa being selected to have its North American premiere at Robert De Niro's TriBeCa Film Centre in New York as part of the Bootleg Film Festival.[4] The film went on to win the Best film accolade at the festival.
During the filming of the comedy trilogy, Lanni agreed to produce a short 3 minute film called Just Say Hi to enter into the 2013 edition of the Virgin Media Shorts Competition. The film, written and directed by McPhail, tells the story of a blossoming romance between a boy and a girl who meet every morning at a bus stop. The film made it through to the top 13 out of a short list of 250 films. Lanni and the production team were presented with the awards at a ceremony in London where they picked up 2 out of the 3 awards of the evening which included £5,000 in film funding with mentoring from the British Film Institute and a voucher for £5,000 to spend on Nikon Equipment.[5] The film was later picked up by the Très Court International Film Festival where it was screened in over 100 cities in 23 countries.[6]
In 2014, Lanni reunited with McPhail once again to produce the feature film Where Do We Go From Here?. The film, which raised £10,630 on Indegogo, was filmed in just 16 days.[7] In 2015, the film entered the festival circuit and was screened in late October at the Sydney Indie Film Festival where it was nominated for 7 awards. The film picked up three awards at the festival for Best Score, Best Supporting Actress and Best Film.[8] In the same year, Lanni was hired as the second assistant director for the film Con Men which was written and directed by R. Paul Wilson.
| Year | Film | Credited as | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Producer | Assistant Director | |||
| 2010 | Paperskin | Executive Producer | ||
| 2011 | I Alive | |||
| The Taxidermist | ||||
| 2013 | Waterloo Road | Third Assistant Director 1 episode | ||
| Tipping in the Breeze | ||||
| Notes | ||||
| Just Say Hi | Assistant Director | |||
| V for Visa | Assistant Director | |||
| 2015 | Con Men | Second Assistant Director | ||
| Stalactites | Second Assistant Director | |||
| Where Do We Go From Here? | Second Assistant Director | |||
| Year | Nominated Work | Awards | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Taxidermist | British Academy Scotland New Talent Awards | Best Fiction (Shared with Charlotte Carden) | |
| 2014 | The Taxidermist | Royal Television Society | Best Fiction (Shared with Charlotte Carden) | |
| 2015 | Where Do We Go From Here? | Sydney Indie Film Festival | Best Film (Shared with John McPhail and Lauren Lamarr) | |