James Edward Threapleton (born 8 November 1973) is an English

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and

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. He worked as a third assistant director in films such as '' Hideous Kinky'' (1998), ''

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'' (1999) and '' The Mummy'' (1999). He also wrote and directed the film ''

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'' (2007). Since the 2010s, Threapleton has worked as a painter. From 1998 to 2001, Threapleton was married to actress

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, with whom he has a daughter, actress Mia Threapleton. Since 2008, he has been married to Julie Vuorinen, with whom he has two children.

Early life

He is the son of RAF Officer Edward ‘Ted’ Threapleton and Louise Threapleton. The older of two boys, he has a younger brother, Robin. He studied History of Art at the

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. He completed his Fine Art MA in 2010, earned a PhD in painting at Camberwell College of Arts, and earned his doctorate from the Chelsea College of Art in 2016.

Career

Threapleton worked as a production runner on the television series '' Screen Two'' (1996) and ''

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'' (1996). He worked as a unit driver in the film '' The Tribe'' (1998). He then worked as an assistant director on the television film ''Gobble'' (1997), and as a third assistant director on the television series '' The Jump'' (1998), and in films such as '' The Governess'' (1998), '' Hideous Kinky'' (1998), ''

'' (1999) and '' The Mummy'' (1999). In 2001, Threapleton directed one episode of the horror anthology series '' Dark Realm''. He made his feature directorial and screenwriting debut with the film ''

'' (2007), starring Omar Berdouni and Andy Serkis, which premiered at the 2007

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. Since the 2010s, Threapleton has worked as a painter in London and Vancouver and has held exhibitions of his works at several art galleries.

Personal life

Threapleton began a relationship with actress

after meeting her on the set of '' Hideous Kinky'' (1998), in which he worked as a third assistant director. They married on 22 November 1998 in

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, Winslet's hometown. They have a daughter, actress Mia Threapleton (b. 12 October 2000 in

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). The couple separated in September 2001 and divorced on 13 December 2001. In 2008, Threapleton married his second wife, Julie Vuorinen, a school administrator and teacher to special needs students. They have two daughters, Olivia, born in 2009, and Georgia, born in 2013. As of 2022, Threapleton has lived between London and Vancouver.

Filmography

As director

As assistant director

As production runner

As actor

References

External links

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