Richard Mark Elson is a UK based director for film and television.
Career
Elson has directed drama, documentary and theatre.
In 2014 he directed the feature film ''
A Christmas Star
''A Christmas Star'' is a 2015 British Christmas film featuring Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson.
Plot
Born in dramatic circumstances under the Christmas Star, Noelle believes she has the gift to perform strange miracles.
A businessman, originall ...
'', Ireland and Northern Ireland's first Christmas children's film, for Cinemagic. The film was nominated for an RTS award and featured
Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brendan Brosnan (born 16 May 1953) is an Irish actor and film producer. He was the fifth actor to play the fictional secret agent Portrayal of James Bond in film, James Bond in the List of James Bond films, James Bond film series, starri ...
,
Liam Neeson
William John Neeson (born 7 June 1952) is an actor from Northern Ireland. He has received List of awards and nominations received by Liam Neeson, several accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, BAFT ...
, Kylie Minogue, Bronagh Waugh, Rob James-Collier and Suranne Jones.
In 2001 he set up film production company
Barebone Films which produced several award winning short films
and historical dramas including the 'I Love' series (commissioned by Filmaka
which won a Filmaka and LoveFilm award in 2008
).
Elson's other directing credits include the popular children's TV series ''
M.I. High
''M.I. High'' is a British action television series produced by Kudos for CBBC and created by Keith Brumpton. The series focused on a team of undercover teenage spies working for the fictional British secret intelligence agency MI9 who had to ...
'' for the BBC, the award winning documentary 'Shadow Trade' and the award winning play 'Walking'.
References
External links
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Barebone Films
1979 births
Living people
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