Filmed over a 22 year period, No Ifs or Buts delivers a portrait of Soho barbershop, Cuts, an iconic London hub for street fashion and pop innovators. Guided by freewheeling founders James Lebon and Steve Brooks, who met when one was a rockabilly and the other a New Romantic, the salon moved from early ’80s postpunk roots to become a hip-hop club and communal hub for DJs, photographers and style icons. But the film "is not just about the haircut", delivering an intimate portrait of Steve struggling with a traumatic past that threatens to derail the Cuts universe. The film traces profound and often tragic change in the hairdressers' lives within the wider context of the UK's political and cultural landscape- an anthem to the promise of youth and the friendships that endure over a lifetime.
Production | Nic Tuft | Producer |
Production | Sarah Lewis | Producer |
Directing | Sarah Lewis | Director |
Editing | Ken Flanagan | Additional Editor |
Crew | Nic Tuft | Cinematography |
Production | Lucy Guard | Associate Producer |
Crew | Jenny Selden | Cinematography |
Production | Michael Kopelman | Executive Producer |
Editing | Gwyn Evans | Colorist |
Production | Anna Wulff | Associate Producer |
Editing | Sarah Lewis | Editor |
Sound | Aiden Hobbs | Sound Recordist |
Sound | Daniel Kempson | Sound Effects Editor |
Production | Jenny Selden | Co-Producer |
Production | Giorgio di Mitri | Executive Producer |
Sound | Daniel Goddard | Music |
Crew | Anne Scott Wilson | Cinematography |
Sound | Steve Anderson | Sound Recordist |
Editing | Daniel Goddard | Editor |
Editing | Ken Sallows | Editor |
Sound | Gary Cummings | Sound Recordist |
Crew | Rory Rooney | Thanks |
Camera | John Hoare | Director of Photography |