Oil In The Blood - Trailer

Oil in the Blood’ is a documentary feature film on the contemporary custom motorcycle culture. The philosophy of individualism is embedded in motorcycling. The desire to be different and unique, is at the root of the motorcyclist’s imagination. Modifying, customising, and changing bikes is at the very heart of the biker. Custom motorcycle culture has experienced a renaissance in recent years, and what was once a niche subculture now bears a significant influence on the international mainstream motorcycle industry.

Oil In The Blood - Feature Film

Life-long biker Gareth Maxwell Roberts explores the custom motorcycle culture, and its influences on the international motorcycle industry. Three years and three hundred interviews in the making, ‘Oil In The Blood’ is a testament to the the men and women who desire to make their motorcycles individual and unique in an age of corporate conformity.

Duration: 120 mins

The Opposite of Death - Film

‘The Opposite of Death’ is a documentary film that explores the genesis of the American legacy brand Curtiss Motorcycles. The small team of visionaries who have created the first luxury electric motorcycle explain the ground breaking innovation that has given birth to a truly revolutionary machine - The 1.

Duration: 45 mins

El Solitario

We went on an adventure to the Sahara Desert with the Galician mavericks El Solitario on heavily modified Harley Davidsons as part of ‘Oil In The Blood’. Here is the Instagram cut.

The Opposite of Death - Promo

In Tennessee William's most famous play, we learn the opposite of death is desire. We know this well, and this new trailer teases the long form documentary that showcases the beginning of a new golden age of motorcycling with launch of Curtiss Motorcycle’s The 1.

Promo for the documentary film.

Duration: 5 mins

Ice Racing

In the Northern Midwest of the United States when the lakes and rivers freeze over, bikers spike their tires, put snowboard pants over their MotoX armor and race each other on the ice until the sun goes down. We filmed in Green Bay in January for ‘Oil In The Blood’. Here is the Instagram cut.

Oil In The Blood x Energica x TW Steel x DeBolex collaboration

To celebrate the release of ‘Oil In The Blood’ we collaborated with watch company TW Steel, Energica Motor Company, and DeBolex Engineering to build a one off electric racer. Here is the short film documenting the process.

Duration: 9 mins

Indoor Flattrack

What would a film about custom motorcycles be like if you didn’t feature flattrack? In this short Instagram cut from ‘Oil In The Blood’ we see two wheeled hooligans sliding left in cattle show rings and on coke-syrup coated concrete. What could possibly go wrong?

Custom Revolution!

Custom Revolution! was the first major museum exhibition to celebrate the new, contemporary “Alternative Custom” or “Alt.Custom” motorcycle. The exhibition presented, for the first time in one location, the work of the most significant motorcycle builders of the past ten years, including international stars like Ian Barry, Shinya Kimura, Roland Sands, and many more. This is the film I made for The Vintagent, featuring the show’s curator Paul D’Orleans, featuring material shot for ‘Oil In The Blood’.

Duration : 6mins

Curtiss Motorcycles

Framing Symmetry. Matt Chambers, Founder and CEO of Curtiss Motorcycles explains why the Curtiss 1 is the most perfectly balanced machine in the history of motorcycling.

Revival Origins

A short film about the genesis and development of Revival Cycles, the custom motorcycle brand located in Austin, Texas.

Duration: 14 mins

Sultans Of Sprint

Sultans of Sprint is where custom bikes and sprint racing meet. Builders from all over the world compete in an air-cooled twin cylinder series that’s as much about fun as it is about speed. This is a short Instagram cut for ‘Oil In The Blood’

Revival Cycles Build Bio - Renee’s Bobber

A short film documenting the Revival Cycles custom built Triumph Bobber for Renee Rouleau. Renee explains the inspiration for the build.

Curtiss Motorcycles

Founder and CEO Matt Chambers discusses the Curtiss platform architecture, the blueprint for all Curtiss Motorcycles to come. He also explains the company's originalist philosophy, whilst JT introduces the concept of the RCX - Rider centred Experimental.

Revival Cycles Build Bio - BMW R68

A short film documenting the acquisition and restoration of the rare and seminal BMW R68.

Revival Cycles Build Bio - BMW R90Esq

A short film about the resto-mod build that pays tribute to the legendary BMW R90s

The Mortician 3D

Trailer for the digital 3D urban noir starring Method Man, Wendell Pierce, Edward Furlong, Dana Fuchs and Dash Mihok. Set in the nightmare ghetto of a decaying metropolis, a story of one man's struggle through the darkness and corruption of a dying city. A story of reconciliation and hope. Released in 2011

Montana

Trailer for Action Thriller featuring Ashley Walters, Adam Deacon, McKell David, and Lars Mikkelsen. In the mean streets of London's East End, Montana discovers that the powerful crime lord and ruthless lieutenants for whom he works secretly killed his father. At the same time, Dimitrije, a former Serbian commando, comes looking for the gangster in order to take revenge for the death of his wife and son. Realising that they share the same purpose, the commando mentors the boy in the dark arts of assassination as they prepare to take their final revenge.