Johnny Rafique started Elements Special Effects with Nick Rideout in 1997, and between them they have over 60 years experience in the business of special effects. Johnny can provide you with an efficient, safe and communicative special effects crew to realise all of your ideas on time, on budget and without stress. He offers a full range of special effects including pyrotechnics, atmospherics, prop making and special engineering. His team are multi-skilled and come from a variety of different backgrounds including engineers, sculptors, designers and effects technicians. This collective of talent allows them to offer you solutions to all the demands that you may have for an effects department.
Production Credits
THE NEST
BBC Films
Prod: Amy Jackson
Prod: Andrew Lowe
Prod: Derrin Schlesinger
Dir: Sean Durkin
KING OF THIEVES
Studio Canal
Prod: Tim Bevan
Prod: Eric Fellner
Prod: Amelia Granger
Dir: James Marsh
PETERLOO
BFI Film Fund
Prod: Georgina Lowe
Dir: Mike Leigh
YARDIE
Warp Films
Exec Prod: Mary Burke
Prod: Gina Carter
Dir: Idris Elba
JULIET, NAKED
Los Angeles Media Fund
Prod: Judd Apatow
Prod: Albert Berger
Prod: Barry Mendel
Prod: Jeffrey Soros
Prod: Rob Yerxa
Prod: Igor Srubshchik
Dir: Jesse Peretz
ON CHESIL BEACH
BBC Films
Prod: Elizabeth Karlsen
Prod: Stephen Woolley
Dir: Dominic Cooke
JOURNEY'S END
Fluidity Films
Prod: Guy de Beaujeu
Prod: Simon Reade
Dir: Saul Dibb
THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS
Poison Chef Productions
Prod: Camille Gatin
Prod: Angus Lamont
Dir: Colm McCarthy
BILLIONAIRE RANSOM
Pinewood Pictures
Prod: Sarah Black
Prod: Ed Elbert
Dir: Jim Gillespie
DOUGH
Docler Entertainment
Prod: András Somkuti
Prod: Wolfgang Esenwein
Prod: György Gattyán
Prod: John Goldschm
Dir: John Goldschmidt
PRESSURE
Bigscope Films
Prod: Laurie Cook
Prod: Alan McKenna
Prod: Jason Newmark
Dir: Ron Scalpello
A LONG WAY DOWN
Wildgaze Films
Prod: Amanda Posey
Prod: Finola Dwyer
Dir: Pascal Chaumeil
VAMPIRE ACADEMY
Angry Films
Prod: Susan Montford
Prod: Don Murphy
Prod: Deepak Nayar
Prod: Michael Preger
Dir: Mark Waters
BORN OF WAR
Born Of War
Prod: Rupert Whitaker
Dir: Vicky Jewson
THE ADVENTURER: THE CURSE OF THE MIDAS B
Entertainment Motion Pictures
Prod: Peter Bevan
Prod: Ibon Cormenzana
Prod: Ignasi Estapé
Prod: Karl Richards
Prod: Ignacio Salazar-Simpson
Dir: Jonathan Newman
BLITZ
Lionsgate
Prod: Steven Chasman
Prod: Zygi Kamasa
Prod: Donald Kushner
Prod: Brad Wyman
Dir: Elliott Lester
BASELINE
Prod: Rupert Bryan
Prod: Freddie Connor
Prod: Steffen Wild
Prod: Brendon O'Loughlin
Dir: Brendon O'Loughlin
THE DESCENT
Part 2
Celador Films
Prod: Christian Colson
Prod: Ivana MacKinnon
Dir: Jon Harris
JACK SAID
Press on Features
Prod: Toby Meredith
Prod: Simon Phillips
Dir: Leander Basannavar
Dir: Michael Tchoubouroff
IN YOUR DREAMS
Magnet Films
Prod: Jonathan Weissler
Prod: Gary Sinyor
Dir: Gary Sinyor
EDEN LAKE
Rollercoaster Films
Prod: Christian Colson
Prod: Richard Holmes
Dir: James Watkins
THE BROKEN
Gaumont Film Company
Prod: Lene Bausager
Dir: Sean Ellis
THE DEATHS OF IAN STONE
Odyssey Entertainment
Prod: Brian J. Gilbert
Prod: Ralph Kamp
Prod: Stan Winston
Prod: Dario Piana
Dir: Dario Piana
CLOSURE
UK Film Council
Prod: Damian Jones
Prod: Kevin Loader
Dir: Dan Reed
THE FLYING SCOTSMAN
ContentFilm International
Prod: Peter Broughan
Prod: Claire Chapman
Prod: Peter Gallagher
Prod: Sara Giles
Dir: Douglas Mackinnon
THE DESCENT
Celador Films
Prod: Christian Colson
Dir: Neil Marshall
COLD AND DARK
Paradigm Hyde Films
Prod: Joanne Reay
Dir: Andrew Goth
PICCADILLY JIM
Myriad Pictures
Prod: Graham Broadbent
Prod: Peter Czernin
Prod: Andrew Hauptman
Dir: John McKay
THE CLUB
Logun Media Ltd
Prod: Treva Etienne
Prod: Tony Balogun
Dir: Tony Balogun
SUZIE GOLD
Green Wolf Films
Prod: Rebecca Green
Dir: Ric Cantor
TRINITY
Worldmark Films Ltd
Prod: Robert Carter
Prod: David Wooster
Prod: Gary Boulton-Brown
Dir: Gary Boulton-Brown
COLD FISH
Opus Productions
Prod: Paul McMinn
Prod: Jon Morrey
Prod: David Fairman
Dir: David Fairman
THE CALLING
Constantin Film
Prod: Bernd Eichinger
Prod: Martin Moszkowicz
Prod: Norbert Preuss
Dir: Richard Caesar
LIAM
BBC Studios
Prod: Colin McKeown
Prod: Martin Tempia
Dir: Stephen Frears
AFTER LIFE
Season I
Episodes 1 - 6
NETFLIX
Exec Prod: Ricky Gervais
Dir: Ricky Gervais
A CONFESSION
Series I
Episodes 1 - 6
ITV Studios
Prod: Tom Dunbar
Dir: Paul Andrew Williams
YEAR OF THE RABBIT
Season I
Episodes 1 - 6
Independent Film Channel
Dir: Ben Taylor
THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL
Season I
Episodes 1 - 6
The Ink Factory
Prod: Laura Hastings-Smith
Dir: Chan-Wook Park
CHIMERICA
Season I
Episodes 1 - 4
Playground Entertainment
Channel 4
Exec Prod: Colin Callender
Prod: Adrian Sturges
Dir: Michael Keillor
DEATH BY MAGIC
Series I
Episode 4
A. Smith & Co. Productions
NETFLIX
Prod: Maria Afshari
Prod: Katie Rose Vaughan
Dir: Simon Dinsell
VANITY FAIR
Series I
Episodes 1-7
Mammoth Screen
Amazon Studios
Exec Prod: Gwyneth Hughes
Exec Prod: Tom Mullens
Prod: Julia Stannard
Dir: James Strong
STRANGERS
Season I
Episodes 1 - 8
Two Brothers Pictures
ITV Studios
Head of Production: Emma Pike
Prod: Matthew Bird
Exec Prod: Harry Williams
Dir: Paul Andrew Williams
CALL THE MIDWIFE
Season VIII
Episodes 1 - 8 & Christmas Special
Neal Street Productions
BBC One
Exec Prod: Pippa Harris
Exec Prod: Heidi Thomas
Exec Prod: Christopher Aird
Dir: Syd Macartney
MY DINNER WITH HERVE
Single Drama
Daredevil Films
HBO
Exec Prod: Steven Zaillian
Exec Prod: Ross Katz
Exec Prod: Peter Dinklage
Dir: Sacha Gervasi
KILLING EVE
Series I
Episodes 1 - 8
Endeavor Content
Prod: Colin Wratten
Dir: Damon Thomas
BRITANNIA
Series II
Episodes 1 - 10
Amazon Studios
Prod: Rupert Ryle-Hodges
Dir: Luke Watson
Dir: Lisa James Larsson
THE TUNNEL
Series I, II, III
Episodes 1 - 10 Series I
Episodes 1 - 8 Series II
Episodes 1 - 6 Series III
Canal+
Prod: Ruth Kenley-Letts
Dir: Thomas Vincent
Dir: Philip Martin
Dir: Hettie Macdonald
Dir: Udayan Prasad
Dir: Dominik Moll
LONDON'S BURNING
Single Drama
Juniper Communications
Prod: Paula Prynn
Dir: Justin Hardy
TOP BOY
Series I & II
Cowboy Films
Prod: Ronan Bennett
Prod: Laura Hastings-Smith
Prod: Alasdair Flind
Dir: Yann Demange
Dir: Jonathan van Tulleken
BLOODY FOREIGNERS
Series I
Episode 1 & 2
Hardy Pictures
Prod: Sophia Roberts
Prod: Carl Hindmarch
Dir: Carl Hindmarch
Dir: Justin Hardy
SPECIAL FORCES HEROES
Series I
Episode 1
Dangerous Films
Co-Prod: Rhidian Bridge
Dir: Mark Hedgecoe
SURVIVING TERROR
Single Drama
Wall to Wall Media
Prod: Bill Katz
Dir: Tim Conrad
ASSAULT ON WACO
Single Drama
Darlow Smithson Productions
Prod: Tom Tanner
Dir: Neil Rawles
THE QUARTERMASS EXPERIMENT
Single Drama
BBC Studios
Prod: Bill Boyes
Prod: Alison Willett
Dir: Sam Miller
THE BEST MAN
Touchpaper Television
Prod: Hugh Warren
Dir: Alex Pillai
REBUS
Series II
Episode 1
SMG Productions
Prod: Alan J Wands
Dir: Matthew Evans
A BEAR'S CHRISTMAS TAIL
Single Drama
Bellyache Productions
Prod: Ben Palmer
Dir: Ben Palmer
FUNGUS THE BOGEYMAN
Series I
Episodes 1 - 3
BBC Studios
Prod: Ian Whitehead
Dir: Stuart Orme
SHOEBOX ZOO
Series I & II
BBC Scotland
Exec Prod: Claire Mundell
Prod: Jordy Randall
Prod: Christine Shipton
Dir: Justin Molotnikov
Dir: James Henry
Dir: Francis Damberger
Dir: Grant Harvey
POMEII: THE LAST DAY
Single Drama
BBC Studios
TLC Network
NDR Network
Prod: Ailsa Orr
Dir: Peter Nicholson
SM:TV GOLD
Blaze Productions
Prod: David Staite
THE INFINITE WORLDS OF H.G. WELLS
Series I
Episodes 1 - 6
Hallmark Entertainment
Prod: Dyson Lovell
Prod: Nick Willing
Dir: Robert Young