Julian Farino (born 12 December 1965) is an English film and

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and director. He was the sports editor of ''

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'' and directed much of the first three seasons of the HBO series '' Entourage''. Farino was born and raised in

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and educated at

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. He began directing film documentaries at

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in England, making a sequence of observational films about

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s, young classical musicians, children's entertainers and boxers. ''They Call Us Nutters'' was a portrait of life on a ward of Ashworth Maximum Security Hospital, and ''A Winter's Tale'' described life in the coldest inhabited place on earth,

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in Eastern

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. In 2000 he directed '' 7Up 2000'', a continuation of the multi-award winning documentary series, featuring 7-year-olds from all over Britain - a project that continued with ''14 Up in 2007''. His film drama in the UK includes an adaptation of

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's ''

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'', which won four

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including Best Drama; ''Bob and Rose'', a romantic comedy which won Best Series at The British Comedy Awards; and ''Flesh and Blood'', starring

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, which won the Prix Europa for Best Film. Other credits in the UK include ''The Last Yellow'' for

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starring

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and

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, and ''Byron'', a biopic of the romantic poet, starring

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and

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. Farino went to the United States in 2004 to work for HBO, and directed the majority of episodes of the first three seasons of ''Entourage''. He stayed to work on the series ''Big Love'' and ''Rome'', and has received four Emmy and three DGA nominations.' He was executive producer and director of the HBO television show ''How to Make It in America'' for its two series. For ''Entourage: The Sundance Kids'' he was nominated in category ''Best Directing for a Comedy''. In 2010, Farino directed ''

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'' starring

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and

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, his first feature film in the US. The movie premiered at the

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and was released on 5 October 2012. Farino was based in Los Angeles, where he lived with his wife, actress Branka Katić, and their two sons, Louis and Joe before his return to the UK. During the 1980s, Farino also appeared as a co-presenter on ''

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'', alongside

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and main presenter Roy Castle.

Filmography

*''

Marvellous ''Marvellous'' is a 90-minute British drama television film first broadcast on BBC Two on 25 September 2014. Directed by Julian Farino and written by Peter Bowker, it is about the life of Neil Baldwin from Westlands, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staff ...

'' (2014) Film ** BAFTA Television Craft Award for Best Director *''

'' (2011) Film *''

How to Make It in America ''How to Make It in America'' is an American comedy-drama television series that ran on HBO from February 14, 2010, to November 20, 2011. The series follows the lives of Ben Epstein ( Bryan Greenberg) and his friend Cam Calderon ( Victor Rasuk) a ...

'' (2010) TV series *'' The Office, US version'' (2006) TV Series *''

Big Love ''Big Love'' is an American drama television series that aired on HBO from March 12, 2006 to March 20, 2011. It stars Bill Paxton as the patriarch of a fundamentalist Mormon family in contemporary Utah that practices polygamy, with Jeanne Tri ...

'' (2006) TV Series *''

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'' (2005) TV Series *'' Entourage'' (2004) TV Series *''

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'' (2003) (TV) *'' Flesh and Blood'' (2002) (TV) *''

Bob & Rose ''Bob & Rose'' is a British television drama, originally screened in six one-hour episodes on the ITV network in the UK in Autumn 2001. It was produced by the independent Red Production Company, and was that company's first prime-time drama for t ...

'' (2001) TV Series *'' 7Up 2000'' (2000) (TV) *'' The Last Yellow'' (1999) *''

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'' (1998) TV Series *''

'' (1998) (mini) TV Series *''

Wokenwell ''Wokenwell'' was a six-part British television crime drama series, first broadcast on 18 May 1997, that aired on ITV. The series was produced by LWT and created by screenwriter Bill Gallagher. The series centred on three policemen and their ...

'' (1997) TV Series *'' Savage Skies'' (1996) (TV) (segment "The Winter's Tale") *'' Out of the Blue'' (1995) TV Series *''

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'' (1994) TV Series *''

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'' (1960) TV Series * '' 14up 2000'' (2007) (TV, follow up to 7Up 2000)

References

External links

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Director Julian Farino and actor Gemma Jones talk about why the ''Marvellous'' experience was a special one

The Oranges: How I found myself in a real-life Entourage
Julian Farino at Guardian interview about having a "go" movie in Hollywood, 30 November 2012 {{DEFAULTSORT:Farino, Julian British film directors British television directors Living people 1965 births