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Coming Up (TV Series)
''Coming Up'' is a British television anthology series, broadcast on Channel 4. Each series contains up to eight episodes consisting of single stories by writers and directors with no previous experience or less than two hours previous screentime, who are sourced through a talent scheme of the same name. Each series encompasses a wide range of genres and topics, using a range of both experienced and fresh actors. It was created by Darren Bender who pitched the concept to the head of Channel 4's Independent Film & Video department, who turned it down. When Bender later became Commissioning Editor for NightTime at the channel, he asked the channel's drama department to co-commission it with him. It ran initially as Dogma TV (for two series) from 2000 to 2002 and then from 2003 until 2013 as Coming Up. Episodes did not generally air in a single time slot or on a particular day, with many episodes broadcasting back to back. The series gathered considerable press attention, with ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the Epic poetry, epic and the Lyric poetry, lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's ''Poetics (Aristotle), Poetics'' ()—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Ancient Greek, Greek word meaning "deed" or "Action (philosophy), act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional Genre, generic division between Comedy (drama), comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''Play (theatre), play'' or ''game'' (translating the Old English, Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anil Desai
Anil Desai () is an Indian politician belonging to the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray). He is a member of the Lok Sabha, the Lower house of Indian Parliament from Maharashtra. Anil Desai is considered to be excellent at managing elections, legal matters and back room activities. He has played a major role in managing the party’s resources and floated ideas like coining slogan, UTha Maharashtra (Wake up, Maharashtra). He is known as the party’s sober face. In 2020, Desai promoted a Two-child policy A two-child policy is a government-imposed limit of two children allowed per family or the payment of government subsidies only to the first two children. A two-child policy has previously been used in several countries including Iran, Singapore ... with his the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, Desai proposed to amend the Article 47A of the Constitution of India to state - Positions held * 2002: All India Party Secretary, Shiv Sena * 2005: General Secretary, Sthaniya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Wootliff
Harry Wootliff is an English film director and screenwriter. Career Wootliff's feature film '' True Things'' starring Ruth Wilson and Tom Burke, had its World Premiere at Venice Film Festival, and also screened at Toronto and The London Film Festival, where it won the IWC Shaffhausen award. Samuel Goldwyn Films acquired North American distribution rights to the film. Wootliff's debut feature film, the critically acclaimed romantic drama '' Only You'' starring Laia Costa and Josh O'Connor, premiered 19 October 2018 at The London Film Festival, where it was nominated for both the First Feature Award and IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award. ''Only You'' went on to win The Critics’ Award at the 30th Dinard Film Festival, two British Independent Film Awards, a Writers' Guild Award, and a BAFTA nomination. Wootliff's debut short film ''Nits'' premiered in Cannes Directors' Fortnight, was BAFTA nominated, and won The BFI London Film Festival TCM Classic Shorts Film Competition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewen Bremner
Ewen Bremner (born 23 January 1972) is a Scottish actor. His roles have included Shawn Nelson in '' Black Hawk Down'', Julien in '' Julien Donkey-Boy'' and Daniel "Spud" Murphy in '' Trainspotting'' and its 2017 sequel '' T2 Trainspotting''. Early life Bremner was born in Edinburgh, the son of two art teachers. He attended Davidson's Mains Primary School and Portobello High School. He originally wanted to be a circus clown, but was offered a chance at screen acting by television director Richard D. Brooks. One of his first notable roles was as a Glasgow schoolboy in Charles Gormley's '' Heavenly Pursuits'' (1986). He also played the lead in the BBC Scotland feature-length adaptation of the William McIlvanney short story "Dreaming" (1990). Career Bremner portrayed Spud in Danny Boyle's film adaptation of Irvine Welsh's 1993 novel '' Trainspotting'', and later Mullet, a street thug in Guy Ritchie's '' Snatch''. In the 1994 stage version of ''Trainspotting'', Bremner played the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amelia Bullmore
Amelia Mary Bullmore (born 31 January 1964) is an English actress, screenwriter and playwright. She is known for her roles in ''Coronation Street'' (1990–1992, 1995), '' I'm Alan Partridge'' (2002), '' Ashes to Ashes'' (2008–2009), '' Twenty Twelve'' (2011–2012) and '' Scott & Bailey'' (2011–2014). Bullmore began writing in 1994. Her writing credits include episodes of '' This Life'', '' Attachments'', ''Black Cab'', and '' Scott & Bailey.'' Early life and education Bullmore was born in Chelsea, London, to Jeremy Bullmore, an advertising executive, and Pamela Bullmore (née Green), a gardening writer. She has two older brothers, including Edward Bullmore. She studied drama at Manchester University. Career Acting Bullmore was part of a cabaret group named Red Stockings, along with Helen Edmundson. While performing at the Contact Theatre in Manchester, a casting director for ''Coronation Street'' saw her performance. Bullmore played Steph Barnes in ''Coronation S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Colman
Sarah Caroline Sinclair ( Colman; born 30 January 1974), known professionally as Olivia Colman, is an English actress. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, four BAFTA Awards, two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Volpi Cup. A graduate of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Colman's breakthrough came in the Channel 4 sitcom '' Peep Show'' (2003–2015). Her other comedic roles on television include '' Green Wing'' (2004–2006), '' That Mitchell and Webb Look'' (2006–2008), '' Beautiful People'' (2008–2009), '' Rev.'' (2010–2014), ''Flowers'' (2016–2018), and '' Fleabag'' (2016–2019). Colman received the BAFTA Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for the comedy series '' Twenty Twelve'' (2011–2012) and Best Supporting Actress for the crime series '' Accused'' (2012). She earned acclaim for her performance in the ITV crime-drama series ''Broadchurch'' (2013–2017), for which she received the British Academy Television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Marsan
Edward Maurice Charles Marsan (born 9 June 1968) is an English actor. He won the London Film Critics Circle Award and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film '' Happy-Go-Lucky'' (2008). Early life and education Marsan was born on 9 June 1968 in the Stepney district of London to a working-class family; his father was a lorry driver and his mother was a school dinner lady and teaching assistant. He was brought up in Bethnal Green and attended Raine's Foundation School. He left school at 16 and initially served an apprenticeship as a printer before beginning his career in theatre. He trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, graduating in 1991, and went on to study under Sam Kogan at the Kogan Academy of Dramatic Arts, now known as The School of the Science of Acting, of which Marsan is now a patron. His first year at drama school was funded by Mr Benny, a bookmaker who ran a menswear shop where Marsan worked; he obtained sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Carter (actor)
Dominic Carter is an English actor. Carter has appeared in several British television and film projects, including '' Going Off Big Time'', '' Dockers'', ''The Bill'', ''Dalziel and Pascoe'', ''Doctors'', '' Drop Dead Gorgeous'' and ''The Case''. He played the recurring role of DC Hooch in ''Coronation Street'' and he portrayed Janos Slynt in four seasons of the HBO TV series ''Game of Thrones ''Game of Thrones'' is an American Fantasy television, fantasy Drama (film and television), drama television series created by David Benioff and for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of high fantasy novels by ...''. Film filmography Television filmography References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carter, Dominic 21st-century English male actors Living people English male television actors English male film actors Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amber Sealey
Amber Sealey is a British-American actress, film producer, screenwriter, and film director. Early life Sealey was born in Brighton, England and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She attended the University of California, Santa Cruz and studied Theater and Modern Dance. She attended the acclaimed Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the Central School of Speech and Drama. In 1998 she moved to London where she worked with the acclaimed theatre collective, Shunt. In 2008 she moved to Los Angeles and began writing, directing, and producing her own feature films, which have screened in festivals internationally. Career Sealey is known as an actor in the feature films '' The Good Night'' and '' Big Nothing'', and the television series '' Attachments''. She also voiced many audio books, including '' How I Live Now'', '' Penny from Heaven'', and the acclaimed ''The Princess Diaries''. Sealey has directed the feature film ''A Plus D'', which was distributed by IndiePix Films and Seed & Spark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Tremarco
Christine Tremarco (born 1977) is a British actress. Her career began in 1992 when, at the age of 15, she starred as Lily in the ABC/BBC miniseries ''The Leaving of Liverpool'', for which she was nominated for an AACTA Award. Other television roles include Davina Shackleton in '' Waterloo Road'' (2007–2009), Linda Andrews in ''Casualty'' (2010–2013), Marie Thompson in '' Little Boy Blue'' (2017), Sinead Kovac in ''Clink'' (2019), and DCI Betsy Chambers in '' Wolfe'' (2021). Tremarco's film credits include '' Under the Skin'', ''Face'' (both 1997), and '' Anita and Me'' (2002). Early life Educated at St Cecilia's Catholic Infant and Junior Schools and then Holly Lodge Girls' College, Tremarco was spotted in a school play and invited to a new dance and drama school. Then, when attending a drama group, an Australian casting agent offered her a leading role in ''The Leaving of Liverpool'', a 1950s-based drama about the forced migration of children to Australia. Career Trem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Newman
Mark Alexander Newman (born 27 November 1974) is a Scottish actor best known for portraying Paul Atreides in the Sci Fi Channel's 2000 miniseries adaptation of Frank Herbert's ''Dune''. He played Adam Smasher in '' Cyberpunk 2077'' and '' Cyberpunk: Edgerunners'' and main character Cameron "Caz" McLeary in '' Still Wakes the Deep'', for which he won the British Academy Games Award for Performer in a Leading Role. Early life Newman was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and moved to Berkshire at the age of four. His father is Sandy Newman, a member of Scottish band Marmalade. He has a brother, John James Newman, who appeared on ''The Voice UK'' in 2012. Prior to joining the National Youth Theatre in London at age 17, Newman considered becoming a professional footballer. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Career After graduating from LAMDA Newman built up a steady list of television and film credits before landing the lead role in the Sci Fi channel's Emmy a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Cilenti
Vincenzo Leonardo "Enzo" Cilenti (born 8 August 1974) is a British actor. Film credits include '' Wonderland'' (1999), ''24 Hour Party People'' (2002), '' Millions'' (2004), ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' (2014), '' The Theory of Everything'' (2014), '' The Martian'' (2015), '' High-Rise'' (2015), '' Bridget Jones's Baby'' (2016), ''Greed'' (2019), '' Heart of Stone'' (2023), ''The Beekeeper'' (2024). Television credits include '' Spooks'' (2003), ''Rome'' (2005), ''NCIS'' (2006-2007), ''Wolf Hall'' (2015), '' Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell'' (2015), ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'' (2015), ''Jekyll and Hyde'' (2015), ''Game of Thrones'' (2015-2016), ''The Last Tycoon'' (2016-2017), '' Luther'' (2019), ''Les Misérables'' (2019), ''Breeders'' (2021), '' Domina'' (2021), '' The Serpent Queen'' (2022-2024), ''The Crown'' (2023), and ''Black Mirror'' episode " Hotel Reverie" (2025). Early life Cilenti was born 8 August 1974 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, to Italian parents from Foiano di V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
