​ABOUT RATTLESNAKE PRODUCTIONS

RATTLESNAKE PRODUCTIONS is a genuinely independent Film Production Company, founded in 2007 by Declan Maynes and run by Declan and his wife, Beate.

Born midst of the troubles in Belfast/Northern Ireland in 1971, DECLAN went from deep-sea fisherman in Ardglass, to E-Bass Alumni at the AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MUSIC in Vienna, session bass player, roadie and stage hand for tons of Bands, tattooist, founder of the RATTLESNAKE TATTOO & PIERCING STUDIO in Vienna and finally to - Film Maker.
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BEATE, born in Vienna in 1964, got her high school diploma and has worked at several record companies such as WEA Records and in various Record Stores until 1989 when she opened the first Rock/Metal/Punk Band Merch Store RATTLESNAKE in Vienna/Austria, which she still attends to aside from working with Declan on their films and projects.

"We are both self-taught - filming, directing and editing Music Videos and Documentaries. We don't need a crew, carrying and setting up our gear - we do it all ourselves, and we enjoy every moment of it!

As a small team, we very often need to be inventive always to find a way to achieve the best result for all the tasks we set for ourselves.

Our first feature documentary TATTOOED - THE MOVIE has won the prestigious Indie Award and is available on Amazon Prime.

After TATTOOED - THE MOVIE, we started our next documentary - under the working title GUITAR'D - for which we interviewed over 80 guitarists, about their love and passion for their instrument.

In 2016 we took a break from GUITAR'D to visit the Los Angeles based rock photographer NEIL ZLOZOWER, whose VAN HALEN shots accompanied us through our whole life. 
Although "Zloz" is mostly known for his photos of VAN HALEN, MOTLEY CRUE or GUNS N' ROSES, he shot probably everybody you can think of... 

IN YOUR FACE - THE NEIL ZLOZOWER STORY won acclaim at international film festivals and had its premiere at the Beverly Hills Film Festival on April 6th, 2018 at the TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood.​

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Self-taught film makers

We are both self-taught in filming, directing, and editing - enjoying interviewing interesting people and then telling their stories.
Finding solutions to all kinds of problems and learning new skills is what makes our jobs so much fun.

Self-financed

Everything - from equipment or software to travel expenses - we finance everything ourselves - with the financial help our store: RATTLESNAKE in Vienna where you can get awesome Band Merch - and a tattoo > www.rattlesnake.at

Visionaries

With having so many ideas, it can be hard to pick one and sticking with it.
​So, most of the times, we work on more than one projects simultaneously.

Main Equipment & Gear

Cameras:
2x Sony FS70, Sony FS7, Sony NEX-FS700E, Panasonic P2, Atomos Samurais & Shoguns
Editing Software:
Final Cut X, After Effects, Pro-Tools

Please CONTACT us for our PRESS KIT

For Those About To Rock - We Salute You!

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