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Julian Gilbey
Julian Gilbey is a British film director, screenwriter, film editor, cinematographer, producer and actor. He is known for his work on horror and gangster films. His directing work includes '' Rollin' With The Nines'' (2005), '' Rise of the Footsoldier'' (2007), '' A Lonely Place to Die'' (2010), ''Plastic'' (2013), ''ABCs of Death 2'' (2014), and '' Summit Fever'' (2022). Biography Gilbey began his movie career in the 2000s with the low-budget 2002 horror film ''Reckoning Day'', as director, screenwriter, actor, cinematographer, editor, make-up artist and costume designer. In 2006 he wrote, directed and edited the crime drama '' Rollin' With The Nines''. Gilbey wrote, directed and edited '' Rise of the Footsoldier'' in 2007. In 2009 he worked as editor on Jake West's comedy horror film ''Doghouse''. In 2011 he directed and edited survival thriller '' A Lonely Place to Die'', co-written with his brother Will Gilbey. In 2013 Gilbey directed the international thriller ''Plastic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Bruce
William Nigel Ernle Bruce (4 February 1895 – 8 October 1953) was an English character actor on stage and screen. He was best known for his portrayal of Dr. Watson in a series of films and in the radio series '' The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'', starring with Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes in both. Bruce is also remembered for his roles in the Alfred Hitchcock films ''Rebecca'' and ''Suspicion'', as well as Charlie Chaplin's '' Limelight'' and the original Lassie film '' Lassie Come Home''. Early life Bruce was the second son of Sir William Waller Bruce, 10th Baronet and his wife Angelica, Lady Bruce, daughter of General George Selby, Royal Artillery. He was born in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, whilst his parents were touring the world. His older brother was the author and adventurer Sir Michael Bruce. He received his formal education at The Grange School in Stevenage, and from 1908 to 1912 at Abingdon School in Abingdon-on-Thames. At Abingdon he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake West
Jake West (born 1972) is a British film director, known mostly for his horror films and for a series of documentaries looking at film censorship and interviewing well-known directors, actors and industry figures. Biography West's first feature film was '' Razor Blade Smile'', released in 1998. His second film, released in 2005, was '' Evil Aliens'', described as a 'British slapstick horror-comedy', in the tradition of films such as ''Braindead'', ''House'', and ''Evil Dead''. It was the first full-length British horror film to be filmed using Sony HD cameras and contains over a hundred digital effect shots as well as many conventional gory special effects. Following the success of Evil Aliens, West directed a made-for-TV sequel to the 1988 film '' Pumpkinhead''. '' Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes'' was co-written by West with Barbara Werner. The film was shot in Romania for the American Sci Fi Channel. His next film ''Doghouse'' was a horror-comedy starring Danny Dyer, Noel Clarke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Film Directors
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British Cinematographers
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** British Isles, an island group ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** British Empire, a historical global colonial empire ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) * British Raj, colonial India under the British Empire * British Hong Kong, colonial Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1978 Births
Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – The Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since World War II. * January 10 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, a critic of the Nicaraguan government, is assassinated; riots erupt against Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Somoza's government. * January 13 – Former American Vice President Hubert Humphrey, a Democrat, dies of cancer in Waverly, Minnesota, at the age of 66. * January 18 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the British government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. * January 22 – Ethiopia declares the ambassador of West Germany ''persona non grata''. * January 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Mackey
Emma Margaret Marie Tachard-Mackey (born ) is a British and French actress. Her breakthrough performance in the Netflix comedy-drama series ''Sex Education'' (2019–2023) earned her a British Academy Television Award nomination. Mackey has since starred in the mystery film ''Death on the Nile'' (2022) and portrayed Emily Brontë in the drama film ''Emily'' (2022). She won the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2023. Early life and education Tachard-Mackey was born in Le Mans, the daughter of a French father and an English mother. Her father is a school headmaster. She grew up in Sablé-sur-Sarthe, and received her in 2013 with High Honours in l'académie de Nantes, a French school district, subsequently moving to England to study English language and literature at the University of Leeds. She graduated in 2016. Mackey lives in London as a dual French-British citizen. Career Mackey was cast in her first professional role with the Netflix comedy-drama series ''Sex Educat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddie Thorp
Frederick Nicholas Thorp (born 7 March 1994) is a British actor. He starred in the action film '' Overdrive'' (2017), as well as the Netflix series ''Safe'' (2018) and '' Fate: The Winx Saga'' (2021–2022). Early life Thorp was born in Kensington and Chelsea, London, to Nick Thorp and Antonia Manley. He has an older sister, Ophelia. Thorp attended Summer Fields School in Oxford and later Eton College with fellow actor Jonah Hauer-King. He spent the summer of 2013 in New York City taking classes with the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. That autumn, he began his studies in psychology at the University of Exeter, where he participated in theatre through EUTCo. Career In 2016, he played his first role, Tommy, in the film ''To Dream''. In 2017, Thorp was nominated at the British Urban Film Festival as the ''best emerging male actor''."Nominees and Winners". British Urban Film Festival. In 2017, he played Garrett Foster, a car thief, in '' Overdrive''. The scenes were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doghouse (film)
''Doghouse '' is a 2009 British slapstick comedy horror splatter film. A group of male friends travel to a remote town in England for a 'boys' weekend'. Upon their arrival, they find out that all the women in the town have been transformed into ravenous man-eaters; literally. Plot Vince is depressed over his recent divorce. Six of his friends—Neil, Mikey, Graham, Matt, Patrick and Banksy, all of whom have their own women problems—decide to take him on a "boys' weekend". They hire a minibus driven by Candy (real name Ruth) to Moodley, a town where the women allegedly outnumber the men 4 to 1. Banksy misses the bus and travels to the town on his own. Arriving at the town, the boys find it quiet and surprisingly devoid of women. On the way back to the minibus, the men notice a hooded teenage girl being attacked by a man in military uniform. They rush to her aid and in the confusion of the moment, the hooded teen takes the soldier's knife and stabs Neil. They run for the bus d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Horror
Comedy horror (also called horror comedy) is a literary, television and film genre that combines elements of comedy and horror fiction. Comedy horror has been described as having three types: "black comedy, parody and spoof." Comedy horror can also parody or subtly spoof horror clichés as its main source of humour or use those elements to take a story in a different direction. Examples of comedy horror films include ''Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein'' (1948), ''An American Werewolf in London'' (1981), the '' Evil Dead'' franchise (1981–present), '' Gremlins'' (1984), '' Shaun of the Dead'' (2004) and '' The Cabin in the Woods'' (2011). In literature Horror and comedy have been associated with each other since the early days of horror novels. Author Bruce G. Hallenbeck cites the 1820 short story " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving as "the first great comedy horror story". The story made readers "laugh one moment and scream the next" and its premise was bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summit Fever
''Summit Fever'' is a 2022 British thriller film written and directed by Julian Gilbey and starring Ryan Phillippe. Cast *Freddie Thorp as Michael *Michel Biel as Jean-Pierre *Laura Ferries as Lucy * Mathilde Warnier as Isabelle * Theo Christine as Rudi *Ryan Phillippe as Leo *Hannah New as Natascha *Jocelyn Wedow as Béa *Jacopo Carta as Angelo *Gianmarco Saurino as Tino *Thomas Ancora as Damien Roux *Jake Meniani as Claude *Régis Romele as Mr Beaudin *Nancy Tate as Mrs Beaudin *Rupert Procter as Michael's Dad *Nick Nevern as David Production Production on the film began in January 2018. The film was shot in Chamonix Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (; ; (no longer in use)), more commonly known simply as Chamonix (), is a communes of France, commune in the departments of France, department in the regions of France, region in Southeastern France. It was the site of the f .... Release The film was released in theaters and on demand and digital platforms on October 14, 2022. Reception ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
