Jeff Baynes

Filmmaker / Cameraman

& sometimes artist

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One Man’s Madness

A portrait of Lee “Kix” Thompson

A Jeff Baynes Film

80 minutes

Trailer
I decided to make a documentary about Lee Thompson, interviewing the other members of Madness along with his family, the parents of members of the band along with Neil Brand, the musicologist, a psychologist, the manager of Stiff Records and their re
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I interviewed several people including Madness's lawyer and accountant, Fat Boy Slim and their managers. I then edited down the interviews and got Lee to play each of the characters using the original voices, hence the tittle One Man's Madness
 

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