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Richard Heslop (born 1961) is a British director of
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s and films. He has produced videos for artists including
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,
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, and New Order, as well as programmes on
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and the
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. He has also been credited as a cinematographer and camera operator.


Biography

In 1986 he made the film ''Procar'' (16 mm, black and white, 19 mins.) in collaboration with Daniel Landin and Herbert Verhey with his
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(Nederlands Auto Ensemble) for live performances in Amsterdam during the Romantic Aesthetics Festival. For this project, a two-day
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was built in the centre of the city. The film was shown later that year at the
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and released as part of a compilation of British short films 1984-1987 called Fat of the Land which also included an early Tilda Swinton short ''The Sluggard'' by Joy Perino and work by Cerith Wyn Evens. In the 80s he started to create photo-montages that were exhibited in The London Gallery. He also continued his career as director of music videos, including clips for New Order,
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("Wrote for Luck" "24 Hour Party People" and "Hallelujah"),
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and
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. During the same period, he started Trigger Happy Films which would produce many videos including ''Unbelievable'' by EMF. In 1991 for Channel 4, Heslop wrote and directed ''Floating'', a 39 min film about a Docklands bus driver who, on the verge of a nervous breakdown, destroys his house to build an ark in his living room. This film was awarded Best Short Film in the Semaine de la Critique at the
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in 1992. In 1996 Heslop was commissioned by the rock group
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to direct a film for the track " I Was Born to Love You" on the ''
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'' compilation which was co-produced by the
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and
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at Hot Property Films. In 1997 Heslop directed commercials for Oil Factory Films which included the rebranding campaign of
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for St Lukes in 1997. He also did promos for
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,
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and X-AM jeans. Starting in 2000, Heslop directed shows for the BBC and Channel 4, including the TV series ''The Residents'' an 8 x 30min black comedy and began shooting a 35mm feature film ''State of the Party'', a contemporary drama set in and about the dance culture scene, adapted from the book ''Disco Biscuits'' by Sarah Champion and Irvine Welsh. This project did not complete. In 2010, after making a music video for Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip called "Get Better" Heslop set up I Like Films, Me Ltd with producers Ciska Faulkner and Philip Shotton to produce the feature film ''Frank'' which he both wrote and directed. The film was shot in the north of England and was completed in March 2012. It premiered at the
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and was nominated for BIFA's Raindance Award in 2012. In March 2014 Heslop showed his live multiple projections for 23 Skidoo as part of the BFI's This Is Now: Film and Video After Punk. It covered underground film from 1979 to 1985. It ended with 23 Skidoo playing live at the BFI Southbank as a tribute to Heslop's '7 Songs' experimental music Video. In December 2014 Heslop directed ''Pour It On'', an 8-minute short film piece, serving also as a music video for
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. The film featured a performance of Second Skin by London performance artist Rachel Gomme. The film premiered in the
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in a review of the album "Pour It On" by Ilana Kaplan. Richard Heslop's experimental 'The Raft of the Medusa' was completed for BBC Radio 4 and aired 12 April 2015. Medusa is a tribute to the late
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.


See also

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References


External links

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Aesthetica Magazine interview with Richard Heslop 2015
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heslop, Richard Living people British film directors British television directors British music video directors 1961 births Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art