Luke Massey was born 12 June 1984 (as Luke Morrison), is a British screenwriter and film director, known for making movies such as ''

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'' (2011) and ''500 Miles North'' (2014).

Early career

The Morrison family moved to

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, where his father Campbell Morrison (1952-2008) worked as an actor with the

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. Luke worked as a camera trainee with the

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straight from school, and then as D.O.P on several short films for the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 2008, he wrote and filmed a short film called "Within The Woods" made under £10,000 new "zombie" horror movie. It stars

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and James Chalmers. It was filmed at

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, also in the woods around

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, and in Leamington. In 2011, Luke wrote and directed his first feature, ''Armistice'' (originally called Warhouse), starring Joseph Morgan and Matt Ryan. A month after completing Armistice, Luke then started work on his second independent feature, 500 Miles North, starring Joseph Morgan, Matt Ryan,

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and Sue Johnson. Luke currently lives in Liverpool. He also runs a rental/production company called 'Green Manalishi Productions' based in Leamington. His main influences are

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, and

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Personal life

He has an older brother, Tom.

Filmography

Within The Woods 2008 directed by Luke Massey

Feature films

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Massey, Luke 1984 births Living people British film directors British male screenwriters