Directing
Staten Cousins Roe
Staten is a British writer & director based near Brighton. He is currently completing post-production on his jet-black comedy satirising the self-help industry, A Serial Killer's Guide to Life. He trained on the NFTS Emerging Producers course after initially training as an actor, and has been selected as writer & director for talent schemes including BAFTA's Guru Pro & Loco's SKY Comedy Mentor Scheme. His pitch-black comedy short This Way Out, set in a struggling euthanasia centre, screened at over 30 international film festivals, won 5 international awards and was long-listed for a BAFTA. It has since screened on television around the world on channels including HBO Europe & The Sundance Channel, while appearing on cinema in Japan. Staten runs production company Forward Motion Pictures with production and writing partner Poppy Roe. They are currently in development with several female-led projects, including an elevated horror feature film & a darkly comic TV drama. Feature film A Serial Killer's Guide to Life is set for a late 2019 release.
Acting credits
9.0A detective has to journey into the dark heart of his modern metropolis to investigate a routine murder, but finds the secret truth behind an ancient myth.
Lycanthropy
2006
A doctor allergic to the human touch finds his salvation in writings tattooed on the body of a dead poet.
Anaphylaxis
2010
CASPER and PHILIP two friends in their mid twenties, share a flat and spend most of their time chasing after girls. They chat girls up together, then flip a coin about who gets to pursue her. PHILIP always wins, but CASPER is the lucky one with the ladies. Then MARIE turns up. She is French, beautiful and leads the guys on, playing their game. Through a fun series of events the quirky romance triangle turns into a scheme, to rob the house where MARIE does Au-Pair work.
Flip A Coin
2004
Behind the camera
5.1Louise Farnt is obsessed with the world of self-help. And when she meets the not necessarily sane guru wannabe Val Stone, a murderous spree begins.
A Serial Killer's Guide to Life
2020
5.1Louise Farnt is obsessed with the world of self-help. And when she meets the not necessarily sane guru wannabe Val Stone, a murderous spree begins.
A Serial Killer's Guide to Life
2020
5.1Louise Farnt is obsessed with the world of self-help. And when she meets the not necessarily sane guru wannabe Val Stone, a murderous spree begins.
A Serial Killer's Guide to Life
2020
NRThe oddball owner of an assisted suicide center and her hapless assistant have ten days to increase client numbers or face closure by the strict Euthanasia Licensing Board.
This Way Out
2013
NRThe oddball owner of an assisted suicide center and her hapless assistant have ten days to increase client numbers or face closure by the strict Euthanasia Licensing Board.
This Way Out
2013
NRThe oddball owner of an assisted suicide center and her hapless assistant have ten days to increase client numbers or face closure by the strict Euthanasia Licensing Board.
This Way Out
2013