The Committee

Service and history

Many local film club legends have held committee positions and successfully ran the club since 1959. The giants that paved the way built at one point a club that was rich with members, including many couples and families, which made for a great social element within the membership.

Since covid-19, many of the vanguard retiring and passing on the baton, the club now has a smaller core membership with a mix of cameramen, sound recordists, editors, writers and performers. Collectively, they have chosen these members to run the committee.

Leigh Martyn Thomas

chairperson

Peter Silk

treasurer

Gethin Thomas

secretary

Andy Merz

Challenges officer

chair@colchesterfilmmakers.co.uk

treasurer@colchesterfilmmakers.co.uk

secretary@colchesterfilmmakers.co.uk

challenges@colchesterfilmmakers.co.uk

Andy Stevens (Doc)

Member representative

Neil Rowe

Member Representative

memberrep@colchesterfilmmakers.co.uk

People and culture

Our people are what make us unique. We are developing our membership to become more diverse and reflective of our community. We welcome film students along and new for 2024 we offer visiting non-member nights to dip your toe in, come along and meet us for a small door fee of £3.

We are welcoming of new members who have any interest in making films with us. You might be interesting in Screenwriting, Film score music, Directing, being behind the camera. You might be interested in the post production phase and be more interested in editing or creating using animation, special effects, fantasy, stop-frame animation. Whatever your interest, this is a place to make it happen with like minded film making enthusiasts.