Code 404), Liam Lau Fernandez and Jasmine Blackborow.
We spoke to Oliver about making the film, his love of the books upon which it is based on and working with the young cast…
How did it all begin for you for
School’s Out Forever?
It began a long time ago; over ten years ago, when I read the book. I’d just met with the producer of
School’s Out Forever, I’d made my grad film at uni with her, and we were looking to make feature-length film, which we did with the abandon of people who have no idea how soul-destroying that would be as as a thing to do with no money [haha]. But we managed to do it and we were lucky enough to get it released in a DVD version in the UK and in America.