Writer and Director Ross’s feature debut Dermaphoria (starring Ron Perlman, Joseph Morgan and Walton Goggins) opened the East End Film Festival in June 2014 and comes to Best of Britannia as a demonstration of what is possible when determination and vision are applied.
An inspired experimental chemist, wakes up in a New Orleans jail, accused of arson that’s linked to an illegal drug-manufacturing ring. Suffering from amnesia, he’s unexpectedly released on bail, determined to find his missing girlfriend.
“A freewheelingly moody, mysterious and often hallucinogenic film that mixes film noir with psychological drama, British director Ross Clarke’s feature debut Dermaphoria is fresh and bizarre and veers between being obscure and inaccessible through to intriguing and sultry” Screendaily.com
Ross has also optioned Derek Raymond’s Factory series and is currently developing a pilot script for the first book in the series – He Died With His Eyes Open for UK Television. He has just finished the adaptation of Joe McGinniss’s cult Vegas noir The Delivery Man for independent NYC Producer John Domo.
Ross also directed the award winning feature documentary film Skid Row starring Pras Michel from the Grammy award-winning band The Fugees. The film went on to win awards at film festivals around the world and secured a theatrical release in the US.
