Role: Oliver Fellows

Mark plays the role of Oliver Fellows, the hero of our story. Mark brought great humour, generosity and professionalism to the character and to the project. He was unflagging in his enthusiasm and motivation for the work.

Role: Manel

Previously, Miguel has mostly played serious and dramatic characters. However, when he took on the role of Manel in The Right Juice, his comic talents came to the fore. Not only on screen, but on set he made us giggle too.

Role: Sally Fellows

Beautiful, vibrant and captivating. Ellie made the character of Oliver’s wife, Sally, come alive and made us love her and engage with her. She lights up the screen every scene she is in, just as she lights up a room when she walks in.

Director

Kristjan Knigge grew up in the Algarve and even though he now lives in Amsterdam he still considers the Algarve his ‘terra’. To date he has made short films, commercials, corporates, music videos and a full length documentary. The Right Juice was the perfect opportunity to do what he loves in the place that he loves; filming in the Algarve.

Production Designer & Producer

With over 40 years experience in film, from Wardrobe Mistress at the ABC in Australia, through to Art Directing in Amsterdam and now producing in Portugal, BJ wis the driving force behind the project. The Right Juice is not just a whim and is a challenge to her full professional, design and organisation experience in making movies.

Co-Producer

Chris comes from a commercial and corporate background, and The Right Juice is the opportunity to fulfill a life long goal of producing a feature film. His main motivation is the chance to work with such a great creative team and support them in the realisation of their dream – bringing The Right Juice to the big screen. His contribution to this effort is specifically focused on creating and achieving a plan which balances the creative ambitions of the team with the commercial realities of the market.

Director of Photography

Dick’s job was to make sure every shot looked beautiful… and he did! with his keen eye and propensity for using minimal tools and maximising the use of natural light he endeavoured to make every shot as stunning and impactful as possible.

2nd Assistand Director

A 1st AD is only as good as their 2nd AD. On larger shoots the ADs will have a whole department, with 2nd 2nd ADs and PA’s to take on various tasks. Karen just had Miguel. He was an entire department in himself and he did an awesome job co-ordinating actors schedules, supporting Karen and helping on set.

Camera Operator

Local filmaker Pedro Matos joined the team as Camera Operator. His boundless energy and enthusiasm was a boon on tough days, and the shots look fantastic. He also formed a great bridge between the Dutch and Portuguese crew members.

Script Supervisor

The Right Juice was Suzy’s first time on a film set (she is a successful author), and she took on the daunting task of Script Supervisor. Learning every day, Suzy took to the task with a great attitude and proved invaluable on set. Her work is still being used right through post-production, as the editor relies heavily on her script notes.

Sound Recordist & Sound Designer

Erik joined the team half way through production. Thrown in at the deep end, he got into the flow of things quickly and did a great job. He inherited an assistant, André, but they quickly became a team and saw the film through to the end of shooting. Erik is also in charge of audio post production sound, as the Sound Designer. Pictured here with André Espada. Erik’s the one without the beard!

2nd Assistand Camera

Besides diligently marking the clapperboard Fábio spent a lot of time running back and forth fetching batteries. There being no electricity at many of our locations, this often involved quite a bit of traveling.

Art Director
Besides acting in the movie, João was the rock in the Art Department. Creative, talented, dedicated, peaceful, inspiring, gentle… João. And he’s an excellent cook, often treating us to wonderful dinners back at Oxalá after a hard days shooting!

2nd Assistand Director

João joined us on the action days as Stunt Coordinator. There are some great action sequences in the film, and João was on hand to make sure everything went safely and smoothly. Specially important considering Mark did his own stunts and amazing Ape driving!

Editor

Sonja is a steady and careful editor, a perfect foil for Kristjan’s flighty burbeliness. She started collating and cutting scenes during production a farm warehouse at our basecamp!