All UK/Ireland articles – Page 530
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FeaturesLeah Harvey, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
ACTOR: Despite the fact 22-year-old Londoner Leah Harvey just graduated from LAMDA this summer, she has already shot a lead role in Michael Winterbottom’s next feature and is starring in Phyllida Lloyd’s The Tempest at London’s Donmar Warehouse with Lloyd’s Henry IV yet to come.
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FeaturesSope Dirisu, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
ACTOR: Despite acting since the age of 11, life could have turned out very differently for Sope Dirisu.
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FeaturesAnthony Boyle, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
ACTOR: After leaving school at 16, Anthony Boyle was doing “anything and everything I could” as an actor when a teacher at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama saw him perform at the Lyric Drama School in Belfast and invited him to audition.
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FeaturesEleanor Worthington-Cox, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
ACTOR: At 10 years of age, Eleanor Worthington-Cox shared the lead role in stage musical Matilda, going on to jointly win an Olivier award for best actress.
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FeaturesMolly Windsor, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
ACTOR: At the age of 11, Molly Windsor earned plaudits for her lead role in Samantha Morton’s Bafta-winning The Unloved.
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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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FeaturesStars of Tomorrow One-to-One: Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly meets Damian Jones
With films ranging from Belle to Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie under his belt, producer Damian Jones — now working on an AA Milne project with Simon Curtis directing and Margot Robbie and Domhnall Gleeson in the leads — talks to Star of Tomorrow Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly.
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FeaturesStars of Tomorrow One-to-One: Len Rowles meets Iain Smith
Veteran producer Iain Smith has moved between the UK and Hollywood with consummate ease over his career. He tells Star of Tomorrow and aspiring producer Len Rowles the secrets of his success.
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FeaturesStars of Tomorrow One-to-One: Sam Yates meets Jonathan Teplitzky
The Railway Man director Jonathan Teplitzky takes time from his new Churchill project to talk to Star of Tomorrow Sam Yates about what new talent really needs to make it
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FeaturesJosh O’Connor, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
ACTOR: Having graduated from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2011, Josh O’Connor believes that extended runs on television shows have been an “important learning curve” for his craft.
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FeaturesSennia Nanua, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
ACTOR: At the age of 12, Nottingham-born newcomer Sennia Nanua landed the critical role of Melanie in Colm McCarthy’s The Girl With All The Gifts, starring opposite Glenn Close, Gemma Arterton and Paddy Considine.
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FeaturesFionn Whitehead, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
ACTOR: Fionn Whitehead (pronounced Finn) made casting headlines when, as an unknown, he landed a pivotal role in Christopher Nolan’s Second World War epic Dunkirk, which has been shooting in the UK and France and is set for release next July.
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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.