MR CLEAN poster with latest Fest selections and awards

By LEE BAILES

MR CLEAN

Short film

An [unreleased] award-winning short horror film about someone breaking into empty homes and cleaning them. But is this seemingly harmless crime hiding something much worse? – the first in a planned web series trilogy of shorts…. 

Comfort Him - poster with laurels

By LEE BAILES

COMFORT HIM

A micro short film

A short horror film about about what happens when a sleep-deprived father is woken from a nap, and goes to comfort his crying baby.…. 

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By LEE BAILES

TUMBLE DYING

A micro short film

An [unreleased] cautionary short horror film about how we should just learn to live with loss and not stress when socks go missing..…. 

By LEE BAILES

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR…

Short film

An [unreleased] surreal black comedy about suicidal Dave and what it will take to convince him to choose life.

By LEE BAILES

ZOMBIE MINTS

Short film

An [unreleased] horror comedy about the lengths one woman went to, to get her boyfriend to clean up. Slowly remastering this previously unreleased short, for release later in 2020.

IMPRINT poster with latest laurels

By LEE BAILES

IMPRINT

A dark horror short film

Multi award winning, as yet unproduced, short horror script – searching for interested collaborators and funding..…. 

FILMMAKER

Lee Bailes

Predominantly a writer and producer, working in the corporate arena by day, and guerilla filmmaking by night. Possessing a good practical and theoretical understanding of the entire low budget filmmaking process, who finds himself behind the camera occasionally. Someone who loves the process of collaborating with others in the process of filmmaking, but finds himself behind the camera when cinematographers don’t show up. Prefers to let other more talented artists help him achieve his vision and help other filmmakers achieve theirs.   

Short films

Awards

Feature screenplays

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Other Films

These are other films we have partnered with another production company / co-written etc – such as our partnerships with Darwin Reina.

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DON’T FORGET TO BREATHE

Sometimes love doesn’t just hurt, it kills. But will Sofia realise this before it’s too late? – a dark exploration of abuse in a relationship written for Darwin Reina.

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SVEN-GUNNAR

A short serial killer film written for Darwin Reina.

Sometimes what we must do for love, can kill us. That’s the realization that Tim must come to if he is to stop Sven-Gunnar. Tim, a father and husband, is forced to commit the unspeakable in order to save his family; he must realize that the man holding his family hostage has done this before, if he is to stop them all becoming victims of SVEN- GUNNAR and prevent others falling victim to the same fate.

SEPULTURE

An experimental short horror film – a passion project which has been optioned three times and flirted with almost being brought to fruition numerous times. It will be made. In pre-production, date TBC.

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LOVELY TO MEET YOU

Michael wants a plaything for the night. But may have misjudged the motivations of the best looking girl at the bar.

LOVELY TO MEET YOU is a dark, cautionary tale about one night stands, and why you should be careful about what you drink and who to talk to; especially in a city where holiday romances might not last and a heart can be bought very cheaply.. written for Darwin Reina.

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NEVER AGAIN

aka MAI PIU

A WWII war film that Darwin and I worked on to help our friend Alessandro Fiorucci in Italy.

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DESEO EQUIVOCADO

A furtive look, a sensual touch, lust, temptation. An invitation…to murder.

MARIANO RIVERA is an earnest law student jogging along the Playa De Bogatell in Barcelona when a chance encounter with a beguiling American, REBECA MILLER, interrupts his plan and changes his course. MARIANO is instantly attracted to REBECA to the point of distraction. His obsession causes this unsuspecting academic to fall into the deadly trap the deceptive vixen has set for him. MARIANO is warned that in life there are three rules to follow. Forgetting the principle imperative; “No te fies de una mujer” [never trust a woman], ultimately costs him everything... co-written with Eric Ayala and Darwin Reina.

NO TELL film poster showing Hasse smelling money

NO TELL

What price can buy loyalty?

A jaded crime boss, looking to cash in his chips before his luck runs out, orders one final hit from his best killers – each other.

Lee Bailes wrote this from a rough script by Darwin Reina and Scott Simpson, provided the bulk of the film gear for the production and shot the film with Darwin. 

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BLOOD MIST

Modesto, an escaped and desperate convict, finds himself at the centre of a hostage situation as he tries to talk his wife out of divorcing him and struggles to overcome his murderous rage...

BLOOD MIST is the tale of Modesto, an escaped and desperate convict, who now finds himself at the centre of a hostage situation and must try to talk his wife out of divorcing him and overcome his murderous rage, before the police SWAT team decide to bring events to a close. He’s a desperate man. An abusive career criminal. Desperate enough to break out of prison and locate his soon-to-be ex-wife. And stupid enough to end up in a hostage situation. All he wants to do is talk, to try and make her see the love he still has for her. The problem is that he’s having trouble getting the words out and he’s a natural killer, who keeps reacting before he thinks things through. Can he overcome his natural rage and express his love in time, before the police SWAT team decides to intervene? written for Darwin Reina.

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