About

Grasp the Nettle Films was formed in 2015 as a collaboration between Producer Rebecca Wolff and Writer/Director Dean Puckett.

REBECCA WOLFF – Producer.

Rebecca Wolff became an independent producer after working as Head of Development at BAFTA-award winning production company The Producers. She runs Grasp the Nettle Films, a CE50 company (Creative England’s award to the top 50 creative companies in the UK), specialising in genre films and documentaries. She has produced many short films funded by BFI Network, Creative England, The Guardian and other schemes, developing regional and diverse talent relationships. The shorts have received international acclaim on the festival circuit, screening at festivals such as Sundance London, SXSW, BFI London Film Festival and Sitges. She has strong talent and financier relationships and is working on a slate of feature and documentary projects including her debut fiction feature as a lead producer alongside Jude Goldrei, THE SEVERED SUN written and directed by Dean Puckett and funded by Screen Cornwall, Onsight and HH5. Its world premiere is set for Autumn 2024 with a US release set for Q1 2025. She has also produced her debut feature documentary this past year GRAND THEFT HAMLET alongside fellow producer Julia Ton, which premiered at SXSW March 2024 and won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Feature. It is now enjoying a strong festival run and is represented by Altitude Films. She is in post on another feature documentary funded by BFI Doc Society and Screen Scotland, represented by Autlook Films for sales with Asif Kapadia on board as EP. With Grasp The Nettle Films she is developing a strong slate of projects both in the genre and documentary space.

DEAN PUCKETT – Writer/ Director. 

Dean Puckett is a writer/ director and film lecturer at Falmouth University in Cornwall.
He recently wrote and directed his debut feature THE SEVERED SUN, which was developed through iFeatures with BBC Films, Creative England and the BFI, and was funded by Screen Cornwall, with MPI Media handling sales. His short films have screened at festivals around the world and won a number of awards and Vimeo Staff picks. His short film THE SERMON (Funded by Creative England / BFI) was selected for festivals including Sitges, BFI Flare, Overlook, Palm Springs Shorts Fest and Hollyshorts, SATAN’S BITE won the Straight8 competition, and most recently THE DEVIL’S FOOTPRINTS was selected for festivals including FrightFest and Encounters Film Festival. He is currently developing a slate of feature film projects including SEAGULL, a vampire movie with BFI NETWORK, Rebecca Wolff & Early Day Films (BAIT), and ROT, A high octane body horror with Qwerty Films ( SEVERANCE, THE DUTCHESS, FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS). 

Dean is represented by Patrick Child at Independent Talent.

patrickchild@independenttalent.com