Replete with guns, gore and grisly black humour, Ian Vernon’s Rebels Without A Clue was the toast of this year’s Raindance Film Festival. We caught up with the man himself to find out how he went from professional photographer to writer-director, how best to frame a shot whilst hanging out of a helicopter, and the time he met Michelle Pfeiffer in a BlockBuster…

One of the highlights of this year’s Raindance Film Festival, Rebels Without A Clue marks the feature-length directorial debut of photographer and short-film maker Ian Vernon. Blending expert cinematography with dark humour and memorable performances, it may be the best teenage sex/drugs/stolen car film set in the Peak District that you ever see.