Ron Scalpello is a director, writer and producer who started his career in music/film and sports  journalism at the tender age of seventeen, working for Sounds, reviewing and hanging out with the likes of The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, The Fall, Public Enemy and The Jesus and Marychain. Ron pursued his passion for film and studied for a BA in Film and Video.

Ron combined his time at university with directing over twenty pop promos, and writing for Dazed and Confused, VOX and “Goal” with one of his first articles being selected for a compendium of the “Best Football Writing”.   A highlight was directing the pop promo for The Prodigy’s “Voodoo People” and working on numerous sports commercials with Pep Guardiola,  Neymar, Pele,  Tevez, Sam Allardyce, Gary Lineker and Raheem Sterling. Commercials have included work for major brands and charities, including The FA,  Children In Need, Barclays,  BM, Sony and Hope For Depression with artists and talent including Michael Fassbender. 

He went on to work as an in-house director for the BBC. His acclaimed “Radio Five Live 8 Mile’ commercial proved a huge success: co-written by Ron, the film won a BTAA, Creative Circle and Promax, Sony awards and featured in Campaign's 'Top Ten Ads of the Year' as well as a Best Director award UK Promax.  His love of film, music and sport was fully expressed in one of the campaigns of the year. 

Ron has gone on to make five feature films in the last six years with international stars for global markets. His debut film, “Offender” launched Joe Cole as a major talent in his debut lead role and was highly acclaimed. Receiving 4/5 rating from Heat Magazine "this bloody borstal drama makes quiet political points alongside a powerful revenge storyline" and a 4/5 rating from Sky Movies calling it an "admirably crafted, a compelling drama" and likening it to French prison film A Prophet and Alan Clarke's 1979 film Scum. While Empire said “Social realism meets Tony Scott”. Ron went on to direct “Pressure” with  Danny Huston and Matthew Goode, a sport feature documentary about the legendary Bobby Moore, titled, “Bobby”,  and “My Name Is Lenny” with the late great, Sir John Hurt, Michael Bisping, Chanel Cresswell, Nick Moran  and Josh Helman.

Ron is also attached to a number of projects in the US, including “The One-Five” written by Jeffrey Deaver (The Bone Collector) with Zach Studin producing and “Buster” with Mark Ciadi (Secretariat/The Long Arm/The Senator) at Mayhem Pictures that are out for casting. Ron also continues to write and develop Film and TV scripts for Scalpel and Mack Films.

Suji has been working in marketing and development for Scalpel and Mack. She recently co-produced a documentary for Sky Originals, the critically praised “Hurst – The First And Only” which aired in 2023, setting up shoots, co-ordination high profile interviews, managing the budget, liaising with archive research and assisting in editing, post production and final delivery to Sky.

This year, Suji produced a short film “Jaded Haze” which is in post-production and also the first in a series of two-tone documentaries, Two-Tone Untold: Neville’s Story, which is also in post-production.

She continues to work across the Scalpel and Mack’s drama, documentary and advertising slate, evolving projects from development into production.

After having studied for a degree in Genetics at Sheffield University and completed an MSC in Management Science at Imperial College. Suji followed her passion for makeup and personal transformations and worked in the marketing and insights departments for blue chip beauty companies for over 20 years (Unilever, L’Oréal, Estee Lauder). She specialised in championing the local consumer and representing the UK company within a multi-national structure, latterly she specialised in luxury products and was Director of Insights at Estee Lauder. 

Alan has been acting in the TV and Film industry for over 20 years and has appeared in numerous productions, ranging from Hollywood movies to BAFTA winning UK television dramas. He has worked alongside a vast array of talent including: Tom Wilkinson, Lennie James, Julie Delpy, Heather Graham, Timothy Spall, Andy Serkis, Sam Clafin, Julie Walters, Andy Garcia and Kate Winslet.

At some point in the early part of this century Ron asked Alan to appear in a short film and pop video he was directing. It was to be the start of a long-term collaboration and the two of them soon joined forces. Their first project was “Here Comes the Summer” a rites of passage set in Britain during the riots of 1981. The script garnered a huge amount of praise and was quickly optioned by Studio Canal. This in turn led to a significant number of industry doors swinging opening.

In 2011 Alan produced “The Somnambulists” with director Richard Jobson. The film premiered at The London Film Festival where its unique style and bold execution was highly acclaimed.

 In early 2013 Alan wrote and starred in the award winning short film “Here With Me”, directed by Pete Riski. 

And later that same year Ron directed Alan’s script for the feature film, “Pressure”, a tense, claustrophobic underwater thriller. The film was shot at Pinewood Studios and stars Danny Huston, Matthew Goode, Joe Cole and Alan Mckenna. 

In 2014 Alan’s script Slammer appeared on the Brit List. a collection of the best unproduced screenplays in the UK.

In 2016 Alan played the lead in Lorcan Finnegan’s psychological thriller Without Name which premiered at TIFF and LFF. "The actors all are strong, particularly McKenna, who conveys the terrifying isolation of Eric's paranoia as he retreats further and further from reality" - The Hollywood Reporter

Alan’s work in front of the camera continued with roles in Happy Valley, Save Me, Arthur & George, MacBeth and The Hitman’s Bodyguard.  And most recently Alan completed work on The Spanish Princess for Starz and worked alongside Ron once more, playing ruthless hitman, Issac, in The Corrupted.

Alan has also recently sold a TV comedy series in the US and has several TV and film projects at various stages of development.