All articles by Tom Grater – Page 83
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FeaturesLen Rowles, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
PRODUCER: Having recently left Pathé to join London production outfit Wildgaze Films as head of development for film and television, producer Len Rowles is thrilled by her new role.
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FeaturesBilly Lumby, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
WRITER-DIRECTOR: Billy Lumby discovered cinema through the likes of Buñuel, Tarkovsky, Godard and Lynch while bed-ridden with an illness for several months as a teenager.
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FeaturesEva Riley, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
WRITER-DIRECTOR: Having studied photography and film at Edinburgh Napier University, Eva Riley decided to devote herself to film-making after first dabbling in shorts.
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FeaturesBrady Hood, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
WRITER-DIRECTOR: Growing up in his Yorkshire family home, writer-director Brady Hood recalls regularly settling in for a film night, often involving gritty social-realist dramas such as Alan Clarke’s Scum, which he was allowed to watch despite its violent content.
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FeaturesFodhla Cronin O’Reilly, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
PRODUCER: Ireland-born Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly moved to England to study film production after starting out as a special-effects trainee on productions including The Wind That Shakes The Barley.
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FeaturesSam Yates, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
DIRECTOR: Despite carving out a successful career as a theatre director - including The El Train starring Ruth Wilson - Sam Yates says he always had “an instinct” to get into film.
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NewsScreen unveils Stars of Tomorrow 2016 with LFF
Screen International has revealed its Stars of Tomorrow 2016, spotlighting the hottest up-and-coming actors and filmmakers.
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FeaturesChris Urch, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
WRITER: Having trained as an actor at Drama Centre London - where both Tom Hardy and Michael Fassbender studied - writer Chris Urch was soon drawn to screenwriting, albeit “from an actor’s point of view”.
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FeaturesMelissa Iqbal, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
WRITER: Melissa Iqbal initially caught the movie bug in her teenage years while watching fantasy films.
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News'The Magnificent Seven' dominates UK social media buzz
Antoine Fuqua’s western generated the most online attention over the last week.
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NewsICO, BFI launch 'Britain on Film' touring archive project
Programme areas include South Asian Britain, LGBT Britain and Black Britain.
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NewsOrganic promotes Caragh Cook to MD
EXCLUSIVE: The PR agency has made a raft of promotions as it celebrates ten years of operations.
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NewsJay Z, Weinstein Company ink first-look deal
Partnership already has “exceptional projects in the works”, teases Harvey Weinstein.
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NewsShoot underway on Fox Searchlight's A. A. Milne biopic
First look at Domnhall Gleeson and Margot Robbie in biopic which has begun shoot in Oxfordshire.
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NewsEuropean Genre Forum gets Creative Europe backing
Industry development programme runs at Amsterdam, Zagreb and Tallinn festivals.
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NewsLFF: Athina Rachel Tsangari, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Abi Morgan among jurors
Michael Sheen will host this year’s London Film Festival awards ceremony.
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NewsDisney plots live action 'Lion King'
The Jungle Book director Jon Favreau is attached to the project.
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NewsMediapro appoints head of international content
Former Globomedia and Imagina exec will oversee international strategy for The Young Pope co-producer.
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NewsUmedia launches Vancouver VFX house
Company now operates three VFX facilities with additional bases in Brussels and Paris.
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NewsMetrodome, Little Film Company execs launch Truffle Pictures
Sales and production outfit’s inaugural sales slate to include John Jencks’ The Hippopotamus.