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DAISY DONOVAN
WriterAfter a decade in television in which she proved herself to be one of the UK's brightest comedians - her witty interviews with well-known public figures have become TV classics, while her investigations into US subculture showed her playful, self-deprecating sense of humour - Daisy Donovan is now embarking on ...
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TOM MARSHALL
Writer-directorTom Marshall has not let money - or lack of it - get in the way of making films. Twenty one years old and just out of Teesside University, he has been making films since he was 17. Two, shot for less than $1,000 (£500), have got him noticed. Daddy's ...
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LAURA REES
ProducerWith a background at Intermedia Film & Video in Nottingham, where she produced short documentaries for Carlton TV as well as shorts for the UKFC's digital strand, Laura Rees has just graduated from the NFTS' producing course. She is now developing a slate of features which reflect her wide-ranging taste ...
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CHINA MOO-YOUNG
DirectorHaving cut her teeth directing video games and commercials, China Moo-Young is now ready to graduate to feature films. Her debut short, Liar, was a tightly constructed exercise on deception starring Glenn Doherty. Her follow-up Juvenile, made for the UKFC and shown this year at Sundance and Berlin, is an ...
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ESTHER MAY CAMPBELL
Writer-directorIt is no wonder Esther May Campbell's compelling visual style has caught the eye of UK film executives. Her short films - Delilah, Poppy and most recently September, about a man's infatuation with a circus performer - make the most of their modest budgets and have a mesmerising sense of ...
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VIRGINIA GILBERT
Writer-directorA coolly directed short about a morally compromised man whose holiday is ruined by an unruly boy, Hesitation marks Virginia Gilbert's first foray into directing. That it was nominated for a BAFTA this year (as well as winning awards at Galway and Chicago film festivals last year) shows what a ...
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SEBASTIAN GODWIN and HUGO GODWIN
Writer-Director and ProducerPerhaps it is not surprising brothers Sebastian (standing left) and Hugo Godwin are interested in cinema that explores the theme of the family - but their reference point is more Michael Haneke than Steven Spielberg. The Girls shows how a game between two young sisters and their father ...
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MICHAEL LESSLIE
WriterJust 23, Michael Lesslie has notched up a formidable array of credits since he started writing at 16. Flipping between stage and screen, he wrote the 2006 BAFTAnominated short Heavy Metal Drummer, adapted Swimming With Sharks for the London stage last year, and has written another short, Airlock Or How ...
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MDP, Crystal Sky spread Fear.com
Mark Damon's MDP Worldwide and Steven Paul's Crystal Sky have teamed up to handle the worldwide distribution of two new films - Fear.com to be directed by William Malone (House On Haunted Hill) and sports action thriller The Extremists to be directed by Christian Duguay (The Art Of War). The ...
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JANIS PUGH
Writer-directorJanis Pugh has been making no-budget shorts, inspired by the stories of her home town of Flint in north Wales, for almost a decade. Her break came in 2005 with documentary short House about elderly women playing bingo and reminiscing about their lives. It won her a scholarship to the ...
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Knightsbridge Media wraps Hindi remake of Winding Refn's Pusher
UK production company Knightsbridge Media has finished its independent film Pusher, which it expects to launch in 40 UK cinemas later in 2008.Pusher is a UK-made, Hindi-language remake of Nicolas Winding Refn's Danish hit of the same name, now about an Asian drug dealer whose world collapses around him during ...
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JOSEPH PIERCE
Writer-director-animatorJust graduated from the National Film and Television School (NFTS), Joseph Pierce's imaginative animated shorts have made a splash on the festival circuit. Big On Love, about a sweet encounter between a man and a woman, shows how expressive graphic animation can be. His graduation film, Stand Up, about a ...
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JEREMY LOVERING
Writer-directorHaving built a solid reputation in television on acclaimed series such as Spooks, Jeremy Lovering confirmed his cinematic ambitions with Miss Austen Regrets, which screened on the BBC in April. A poignant drama about the Regency author, it had a broad filmic sweep and gave a contemporary twist to a ...
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Kaos starts feature screenwriting competition
Kaos Films, founders of the British Short Screenplay Competition, is now launching a Feature Screenplay Competition.The competition will be open to international screenwriters working in any genre of film that can be produced for $2m or less.The winning screenplay will be announced at the 2009 Screenwriters Festival in Cheltenham.Kaos will ...
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JUSTIN TREFGARNE
Writer-directorAfter four years as one of the development team at Working Title, Justin Trefgarne took the bold step of going freelance in 2006. And it was a gamble that has paid off so far. He has made two shorts - the smart, ambitious self-funded science-fiction thriller Life XP and the ...
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Kevin Macdonald, Stephen Frears to host classes in UK Schools Week
The UK is planning its 13th National Film Schools Week, which will host about 2,000 free film screenings with up to 320,000 children set to attend.The event is planned for Oct 20-24 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and Nov 3-7 in Scotland.Events will be held in more than 500 ...
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POLLY STENHAM
WriterPolly Stenham has already caused quite a stir in the London theatre world. Her debut, That Face, which has just finished a second run in the West End, was hailed as the most exciting in years. A searing portrait of a middle-class family in crisis, its energy, humour and raw ...
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MATTHEW WALKER
Writer-director-animatorMatthew Walker's smart little animations have won him an army of fans at festivals. John And Karen, a sweet film about a penguin and a polar bear making up over tea and biscuits, premiered at Edinburgh last year and has been around the world winning awards including best short at ...
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Mothman flies at Screen Gems
Screen Gems, the mid-budget releasing division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, has acquired all North American rights to Lakeshore Entertainment's psychological thriller The Mothman Prophecies which is set to start shooting in Jan 2001. Richard Gere will star and Mark Pellington (Arlington Road) will direct. The film is based on a ...
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JANE LINFOOT
Writer-directorA background working in production has served Jane Linfoot well. Not only because it has given her an address book full of contacts to call on when making her selffinanced shorts, but because it has taught her the importance of the relationship between directors and actors. Two shorts so far ...