what do we do?
Headed up by award-winning Director and DoP duo, Archie Rowell and Elliot Millson, we are a production company that creates exciting and dynamic films, commercials, theatre productions and occasionally mixtures of all three.
Our films have won awards, been selected for BAFTA-Qualifying Film Festivals, theatre shows that have toured the region and we have helped raise thousands of pounds for organisations through our commercial work.
Based in Dorset and Bristol, we work across the country.
ARCHIE ROWELL
Archie is a film and theatre director/writer, as well as the Artistic Director of OffPiste.
Since 2019, he has led the company through all of their multi-disciplinary work and six Arts Council England funded projects.
OffPiste is Archie’s vehicle to showcase South West and rural talent, create cross-genre, diverse work and connect people across the region.
Working as a freelance director, as well as through the company, he is also an actor and experienced arts producer.
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ELLIOT MILLSON
Elliot Millson is an award-winning cinematographer hailing from the depths of Dorset, on the south coast of England. He started off in the film world making Aardman-inspired stop-frame animations at the age of nine.
Since making the switch to live-action, Elliot has shot a wide range of narrative shorts, mini docs, dance and music promos, as well as a handful of independent features; the first of which, Signs of Life, had a limited theatrical release in 2025.
“BEAUTIFULLY SHOT BY ELLIOT MILLSON” – MARK KERMODE on Signs of Life.
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ARCHIE ROWELL - Director Reel
SYDNEY ALDRIDGE
Sydney Aldridge Casting has been running since 2018 casting projects for TV, film, theatre and commercials.
She has cast multiple films and short films for production companies such as Academy Award Winning Production Company Slick Films, The BFI, Film London, Red Productions, Flumeri Films, Heretic Productions, AK Productions & Sonder Pictures to name a few.
Sydney has worked in casting for TV with ITV, HBO, Netflix and the History Channel.
Sydney came on board OffPiste as our in-house Casting Director, after casting ENCORE during 2022. All of our projects that need casting go through her.
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ELLIOT MILLSON - DoP Reel