Luke Seomore is an English film director, and musician, part of a critically acclaimed filmmaking duo working alongside English director Joseph Bull. He often performs and writes under the moniker ‘Blessed are the Hearts that Bend'. Seomore's work includes
music videos
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,
Feature film
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s, television and art installations. They write and direct their films together, while Seomore composes original soundtracks. Their debut feature
''Blood Cells'' premiered at
71st Venice International Film Festival
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French composer Alexandre Desplat was the jury president for the main competition. Italian actress Luisa Ranieri hoste ...
in 2014.
Career
Their feature documentary ''
Isolation'' premiered at
Edinburgh International Film Festival
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EIFF presents both UK and international films (all titles are World, international, European or UK Premieres), in al ...
in 2009. The film received numerous positive reviews, ''
The Guardian
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'' wrote that
Isolation was 'a beautifully attuned piece of work' while ''
Sight and Sound
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'' wrote 'The film replicates this chaos by introducing a potent clash of poetry and magic realism in between the naturalistic interviews.' and
Little White Lies proclaimed it was one of the three best British films at EIFF, describing the documentary had a 'visually stunning aesthetic that is absolutely riveting, a vital and important documentary that stays with you long after it has finished'.
The film also caught the attention of English film director
Ken Loach
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, who described the film as 'important document of the experiences of ex-soldiers through the eyes of someone who knows.’ ''
Dazed & Confused'' magazine commissioned a discussion between Seomore and Loach, to celebrate the release of
Route Irish
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.
Seomore composed the film's entire score and a live soundtrack version of the film premiered at Branchange Film festival in Jersey. After Jersey the film backed by live score (additional musicians Michael Garrad and David Stephens) sold out two dates at
The Roundhouse
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and one date at the
Barbican
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Europe
Medieval Europeans typically b ...
.
In July 2010
Picturehouse Cinemas
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released
Isolation nationwide. The film toured throughout the UK, a live score was performed at each screening by Seomore alongside musicians Michael Garrad and David Stephens.
Music videos
The duo have produced numerous music videos and documentaries for such acts as,
Four Tet
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,
Steve Reid
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Biography
Born in ...
,
Tricky (who described them as 'genius'),
Liquid Liquid
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,
Wild Beasts
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(shot in a blizzard, where Seomore contracted frostbite),
Duffy,
British Sea Power
Sea Power, previously known as British Sea Power and initially as British Air Powers, are an English alternative rock band. The group's original lineup consisted of Jan Scott Wilkinson, known as Yan; Martin Noble, known as Noble; and Alison Co ...
and
The Last Shadow Puppets
The Last Shadow Puppets are an English supergroup consisting of Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys), Miles Kane ( the Little Flames, the Rascals), James Ford (Simian, Simian Mobile Disco), and Zach Dawes ( Mini Mansions).
The Last Shadow Puppe ...
whom
Alex Turner
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and
Miles Kane
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hired to document the making of their album '
Age of the understatement
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Time and its effects
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** ...
'
Filmography
* ''Lost & Found: Jim Lee'' (short) (2005)
* ''
Isolation'' (2010)
* ''The First Dead Lies'' (short) (2012)
*
Blood Cells
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(2015)
Moving Image Art
* ''Forgotten Landscapes'' (2009) (Installation)
References
External links
*
The Times Blood Cells reviewGuardian article and Interview With Luke Seomore about ''Isolation''Interview with It's Nice that Isolation's official Picturehouse siteIsolation at Edinburgh Film FestivalD & AD Award for Granta
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People from Essex
Living people
English film directors
Year of birth missing (living people)