Christian Dines

Christian Dines was born and raised in East London. His mother a poet and teacher, his father an artist and teacher and his sister a west end stage actress in her youth, Christian was naturally immersed in the arts. His career as a director began aged 23, when he began studying acting. Having briefly attended the prestigious 'Drama Centre London', he spent the following 4 years, acting in various fringe theatre productions, including Chekhov's 'The Seagull', 'Temptation' by Vaclav Havel and W. Somerset Maugham's 'Before The Party'. In between productions, he took roles in student and low budget films. Over the next 5 years, Christian continued to study different approaches to acting including: Stanislavsky, Meisner, The American Method and The Science. In 1999 having developed some of the short stories he wrote in his youth - Christian wrote, produced, directed and acted in his first short film, 'Perceptions'. In the wake of 'Perceptions' success, Christian shot over 70 hours of footage using various scripts and actors, learned Final Cut Pro and subsequently, spent the following 8 years studying the editing process - while taking the occasional acting job. In 2002, Christian established Layman Productions - later renamed Realigo Films. The companies mission statement was simply: 'Striving to bring original and cinematic storytelling to fruition." ...'Realigo' translated from Esperanto means simply, 'Fruition'. Throughout 2007, Christian shot, edited and directed corporate videos and the following year, began to study photography with award winning photographer Ewa Bialek. Three years later, Christian began employment at IBF (Independent Broadcasting Facilities) as a quality control operator. While there, he quality controlled every film, edited DVD montages for promotional purposes and encoded and restored films for the DVD/BD home entertainment market. On the weekends, he continued directing short films. In 2011, Christian began work at SDC (Soho Digital Cinema). After a year working as a quality control operator and projectionist, Christian freelanced in various capacities, shooting corporate videos and editing interviews for film3sixty magazine. That same year saw his acclaimed short film 'Forget To Remember' shortlisted for the audience award at the Newport International Film Festival. In 2012, 6 months after his short film 'Hands To The Wheel' was shortlisted at the London Sci-Fi Competition, Christian began work on his first full length feature film, 'Yellow Jacket' - a production that would take 5 years to complete. In 2013 he began work as a quality control operator and projectionist at AAM (Arts Alliance Media) and MPS (Motion Picture Solutions). He also worked that same year, at the 'The Actors Centre' in London's Covent Garden, working with actors and helping them develop their skill set. The same year also saw his short film 'Blue Channel' become runner-up, at the London Sci-Fi Competition. Over the following year, Christian continued work on 'Yellow Jacket', while conducting his own acting classes privately. As 2015 drew to a close, Christian was hired to edit sequences for the Martin Scorsese produced film 'Tomorrow'. 2017 saw post-production on 'Yellow Jacket' finally completed, with festival submissions beginning shortly thereafter. That same year, Christian began filming his first episodic work, with the web series 'Natural Selection'. The following year, Christian shot his sophomore feature Somero - the first part of his 'Four seasons Tetralogy'. Christian continues to work on a variety of productions in various capacities and has several other feature film productions in development.