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Citing as his three major influences Steven Spielberg, David Lynch and Stanley Kubrick, a 30-year-old aspiring British filmmaker has finally thrown his hat into the cinematic ring.

After attending the 2001 Cannes Film Festival and soaking up the French Riviera atmosphere, James T. Williams and his British pals returned to Shrewsbury intent on putting together a script for a feature film. Seven years later, they’ve turned that desire into the finished product of Waiting for Dawn, a metaphysical love story set against the backdrop of a reopened British pub (”The Waiting Room”) sitting at the crossroads of various space-time portals.

Per a report in the Shropshire Star, Williams is clearly the ringleader of Mr. Glass Productions’ maiden effort, having written, directed and produced it as well as found time for a small cameo role. True to start-up enterprise form, Waiting for Dawn was shot over three weeks for the bargain basement sum of three thousand pounds ($5,800 U.S.).

“Our dream result from this film would be for a movie producer to spot our talent, and give us several million pounds to make another feature, or maybe even see Waiting For Dawn as the pilot for a possible TV series,” the now 30-year-old Williams says. “We’re hoping to book the film into a few film festivals.”

Waiting for Dawn premiered this past April in Shrewsbury and is slated to screen next in July in Stoke. Meanwhile, Mr. Glass Productions continues to make short films for clients such as the local BBC broadcaster