Tom Staunton

Tom Staunton is one of the British Horror Studio’s most dependable and battle-tested filmmakers, a writer, director, producer, production manager, sound recordist, editor, performer, and logistical cornerstone of the Hex Studios and B-Team operation. An Irish filmmaker who moved to Fife after encouragement from Lawrie Brewster and Sarah Daly, Staunton has worked with the studio for many years, growing from early production experience on The Devil’s Machine into one of the senior figures helping to keep ambitious independent productions moving through storms, setbacks, impossible schedules, and the everyday chaos of low-budget filmmaking.

As production manager and a key member of the behind-the-scenes team, Staunton brings patience, endurance, and practical judgement to the studio’s feature films. His calm persistence in moments of crisis has helped productions survive punishing conditions, logistical breakdowns, and unexpected obstacles, while his compassion for fellow crew members has made him a valuable source of morale on difficult shoots. Over time, his technical interests have expanded into sound recording, audio post-production, editing, and the practical machinery of finishing films, making him one of the studio’s most useful and trusted all-rounders.

Staunton is also a passionate writer, performer, and director with a strong admiration for arthouse cinema, horror, and unusual narrative forms. He wrote and starred in Ghost Crew, the 1990s-set supernatural mockumentary released by Hex Studios, and previously directed two shorts for the original For We Are Many anthology. As an actor, he led Ghost Crew with a dry, anxious comic energy, while as a writer he brought together folk horror, found footage, and the tragic absurdity of low-rent paranormal television.

In recent years, Staunton has begun moving more confidently back towards directing. He has often served as a second-unit director for Lawrie Brewster, directed a segment for the forthcoming For We Are Many 2, and is attached to direct the B-Team feature Lady in Waiting, starring Megan Tremethick, with Novarro Ramon and Dorian Todd presently attached. Inspired by the 1937 Elizabethan drama Fire Over England, the project represents a major step forward in Staunton’s creative ambitions: a chance to combine historical drama, old British cinema, performance-led storytelling, and the atmospheric intensity of the British Horror Studio.

A multidisciplinary artist with the dependability of a shire horse and the soul of a restless writer, Tom Staunton stands at a turning point in his career. Having helped carry the operational weight of the studio for years, he is now stepping more fully into the role of filmmaker in his own right: practical, compassionate, cine-literate, determined, and ready to turn hard-won production experience into a mature directorial voice.