Julian Lloyd "Jules" Williams (born 23 July 1968) is a British writer, director, and producer. He has collaborated with best selling authors, he wrote both the ''
Living The Life
''Living the Life'' is a British television talk show that features unmoderated conversations between two celebrities. It represents a divergence from the standard interviewer-subject talk show format. ''Living the Life'' airs on UK's Sky Ar ...
'' accompanying book and ''The Weigh Forward'', and is the Director and Producer of
Sky Arts 1
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&
Back Door Productions Living The Life
''Living the Life'' is a British television talk show that features unmoderated conversations between two celebrities. It represents a divergence from the standard interviewer-subject talk show format. ''Living the Life'' airs on UK's Sky Ar ...
.
In February 2009, Williams was invited to test the credibility of his profession when
BBC's Newsnight ran a feature on the practice of
remote viewing.
Television
Williams' career in television began when he moved to London to work on ''
Psychic Today'' for
Sky Television as a psychic and presenter. His interest in production led him to direct and produce his own television show ''Living the Life'' with
Back Door Productions for
Sky Arts. Jules worked alongside contributors including
Stephen Fry,
Robin Gibb
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,
Joanna Lumley,
John Hurt
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,
Hans Zimmer,
Elaine Paige and many others.
Williams is set to work alongside
Nick Pope former head of the British Government's UFO program in Back Door Production's ''Contact Alien Hybrid''.
Living The life
William's is the director and co-producer of the Sky Arts series Living The Life, now in its third season.
Season One
:*
Stephen Fry and
Bill Wyman
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:*
Melvyn Bragg
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and
Joanna Lumley
:*
Leslie Phillips and
Robin Gibb
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:*
Dylan Jones and
George Lamb
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:*
Fay Weldon and
Caitlin Moran
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:*
Brigitte Nielsen and
Britt Ekland
:*
Ian Botham
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Hailed as one ...
and
Sir Tim Rice
:*
Lord Sebastian Coe
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and
Gary Newbon
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Biography
He attended Culford School near Bury St Edmunds where he captained the rugby first XV and edited the school magazine. Upon ...
:*
Sir Peter Blake and
Ken Russell
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:*
Charles Dance and
Paul McGann
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Jeremy Clarkson and
Nick Mason
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:*
Cilla Black
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Championed by her friends the Beatles, Black began her career as a singer in 1963. Her ...
and
Daniel O'Donnell
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Howard Marks and
Peter Stringfellow
Season Two
:*
Nicholas Evans and
James Nesbitt
:*
Anna Friel and
Brenda Fricker
:*
Timothy West and
Ken Livingstone
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:*
Dame Monica Mason and
Sir Derek Jacobi
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:*
John Hurt
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and
Sir Alan Parker
:*
Steven Berkoff
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As a theatre maker he is recognised for staging work with a heightened performance style eponymously k ...
and
Martin Kemp
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Des O'Connor and
Alan Davies
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Mary Quant and
Alexandra Shulman
:*
Alan Yentob and
Sir Salman Rushdie
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:*
David Bailey
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Early life
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and
Tim Marlow
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Season Three
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Dave Stewart and
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Elliott's breakthrough role was in the ''Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice'' (1969), for which he received a nomination f ...
:*
Susan George and
Robert Lindsay
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Gareth Edwards and
Matthew Rhys
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Hans Zimmer and
Derren Brown
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Marianne Faithfull and
Ian La Frenais
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Jeffrey Archer and
Sir Donald Sinden
:*
Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber
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and
A. R. Rahman
:*
Elaine Paige and
Twiggy
Writer
Williams contributes to magazines and newspapers such as ''Macs Magazine'', ''Cover Media'', ''
Soho House'', ''The Guardian Cardiff'', and ''The Irish World''. Jules Williams is a regular contributor to ''Natural Health Magazine'', and is included as one of the publications panel of leading experts on matters of the mind, body and soul.
Williams' book ''The Weigh Forward'' posits subconscious blocks as the real reason that people hold on to weight at an increasing pace. The book is available in hard copy and for the
Kindle
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Companies and products
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Williams' most recent release is ''Living The Life'', the accompanying book to the hit Sky Arts Television Series of the same name. It was released in conjunction with
Tesco Entertainment and Back Door Productions & Management.
Williams' also contributed to the children's book
The Tree of Seasons
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helping to finish it after the untimely death of
Boyzone member and writer
Stephen Gately
References
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Alumni of Bath Spa University
British television directors
British television producers
People from Abergavenny
1968 births
British spiritual writers
Welsh writers
Welsh non-fiction writers
Welsh television producers
Welsh television writers
Living people
Anglo-Welsh writers
British male writers
British male television writers
Male non-fiction writers