"At the end of the War of Spanish Succession in 1713, the captain of a privateering vessel faces a difficult confrontation with his disgruntled crew." A historical action short film written and directed by Liam J. M. Wilson.
I have always been greatly interested the golden age of piracy and was very excited to make something set in that period of history. While this is not directly a 'pirate' film, the history detailing how privateers and merchant sailors turned pirate after the end of the war really interested me so I set out to make this short.
This film was written shortly after I filmed 'Warlock', I was inspired to do more sword combat, however at the time of writing it, this project was a little bit too ambituous for me to be able to achieve it. Four years later, I returned to that script with Harry Phipps producing and DOP on the project, making it now actually feel achievable! It can't be understated how important Harry was to getting this film finally made, I might have sat on this script for many more years and producing it myself seemed such an immense prospect, without Harry, it wouldn't have been made.
Starring Dean Michael Gregory, James Bryan & Joshua Chadwick, this film was shot in June of 2024. We had such a fantastic, if gruelling, tiring and hot weekend bringing this idea to life. After a long year and a bit working on post-production on this short, I'm happy to say it has finally been completed in October 2025. It was a massive undertaking, so many effects and a really challenging film, I feel so relieved, grateful and proud that I finally have this film completed.
Follow me @liamjmwilson to keep up to date with where you can see the film.
SCREENING UPDATE: Mutiny will be having it's first screening at the South Yorkshire Filmmakers Network in Sheffield on Tuesday 18th November. Find more details here: https://syfn.org/events/showroom-shorts/
From Left to Right: Joanna Rowling (1st AD), Elise Lucia (Art & Costume Director), Liam Clarke (Sound Operator), Harry Phipps (Producer & DOP), Me (Writer, DIrector), James Bryan (as Henry), Joshua Chadwick (as Thomas), and Dean Michael Gregory (as the Captain)
