Spencer Hawken (born 6 May 1973) is a British film producer, director, writer, and former film critic. His work includes '' Death Walks'' and ''No Reasons''.

Career

Hawken has worked as a retailer and fashion director at

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, and has appeared on TV shows such as BBC's '' Would Like To Meet'', ''

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'', '' RI:SE'' and ''

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''. In 2013 he began working on ''Death Walks'', a zero-budget horror movie that starred

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and Jessie Williams. He later made the film ''No Reasons'', for which Rhodes and Williams both returned. In August 2015 Hawken's production of ''Road Rage'' was forced to change direction when its lead actor George Cole died. ''No Reasons'' is a

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film directed by Hawken. The film stars

Marc Bannerman Marc Bannerman (born 15 August 1973) is an Irish-born British actor. He played Gianni di Marco in the BBC soap opera, '' EastEnders''. His character was introduced in 1998, but was written out three years later by the executive producer of ''Eas ...

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, and

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. It marks the return of

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to feature films after an eight-year break. Since 2017 Hawken has run The Romford Film Festival. In 2020 the festival was the first physical festival in the UK post

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. In 2021 Hawken along with Marat Akhmedjanov, led the first ever UK film delegation to Uzbekistan for the Tashkent Film Festival, since the beginning of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev's term, he has championed great change in the country and the invitation to the UK delegates was part of this change. As of 2021 Hawken consults for Netflix with The Takedown, Mothership and You People being subjects of his consultancy.

Personal life

Hawken was born in

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, United Kingdom, and now resides in London, United Kingdom.

Filmography

*''Revisited'' (2014) Producer *'' Death Walks'' (2016) Director *''No Reasons'' (2016) Director *''The Grey Room'' (2020) Associate Producer *''Mask Of The Devil'' (2021) Associate Producer *''And I'' (2021) Executive Producer *''Wanderland'' (2021) Executive Producer *''Mosaic'' (2022) Associate Producer *''Video Shop Tales Of Terror'' (2022) Co-Producer *''The Takedown'' (2022) Executive Producer *''The Call'' (2022) Associate Producer *''Crossfire'' (2022) Executive Producer *''Birds'' (2023) Associate Producer *''Banish'' (2022) Executive Producer *''Mothership'' (2022) Consultant *''You People'' (2022) Consultant *''

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'' (2024) Executive Producer *''Players In The Game'' (2024) Executive Producer *''Video Shop Tales Of Terror 2'' (2024) Executive Producer

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hawken, Spencer British film directors British screenwriters British film producers 1973 births Living people