Sharpe and Kingsley have been working together since meeting at Cambridge University in 2007, where they wrote and directed the national tour of the Cambridge Footlights. Sharpe spent a year performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company; more recently, he appeared in the latest series of BBC's SHERLOCK. Kingsley is a director at Blink Productions, helming music videos and advertisements. His work has played on MTV and at the BFI. He and Sharp won Best Newcomers at the Evening Standard Film Awards for their debut BLACK POND. They intend to keep working together and are currently collaborating on an adaptation of Voltaire's "Candide". Alissa Simon, Variety