Private Project

Hunting For Huxley

In 1929 Adlous Huxley visited the recently built Billingham Manufacturing Plant technologically advanced for the time, he left inspired… Brave New World was born.
This what he saw combined with his visioned future.
Using this found footage from 1929 that has been beautifully cleaned and restored, deserving to be seen again from a place that no longer exists in this world only in Huxleys book.

  • Claire Fleming
    Director
  • Claire Fleming
    Writer
  • Claire Fleming
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 5, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Claire Fleming

Working in the art departments of films for fifteen years including Star Wars Ep VII + IX, Ready Player One, Sherlock Holmes and Jason Bourne V, I have had the pleasure to learn from some of the most talented film makers in the business. Paying attention to every department and absorbing knowledge has inspired me to start making my own movies.

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Director Statement

Hunting for Huxley, is found footage from 1929 of the Billingham Manufacturing Plant the inspiration for Aldous Huxley's book Brave New World. The footage is beautifully cleaned up and restored, deserving to be seen again from a place that no longer exisits with some added visions described in the book.