Steven Rumbelow (also credited as Steve Rumbelow, 30 July 1949 − 27 February 2016), was a director in the

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for more than four decades. He began in

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at the Bristol Old Vic, subsequently becoming the youngest director for the Royal Shakespeare Company in

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before forming Triple Action Theatre and then later starting on

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. His career has been a melange between media productions and theatre ever since. Rumbelow operated his own

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, Renegade Motion Pictures, with his wife, Rachel, until his sudden death from sepsis on 27 February 2016.

Early life

Rumbelow was born in

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on 30 July 1949. His mother was Rita Rumbelow, who later became a

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and

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with the BBC. His father was Mike Marino, a

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. At age 16 he took a summer job as a

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at the

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and was promoted to technical stage manager within six weeks. He started directing professionally the following year.

Theatre

With his career in theatre started at

he moved to London aged eighteen and worked with an experimental unit of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He adapted Christopher Marlowe's ''Dr. Faustus'' into a 60-minute play that was so successful; he began the show in 1971 and toured all over the world with it until the late nineties. Rumbelow has directed around 150 theatre productions around the world and has written for the stage, screen and television. He founded Triple Action Company, one of the world's foremost physical theatre companies, and was involved with the Company for fourteen years. Following a move to Canada he started a post-graduate improvisation program at

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. Establishing contacts throughout North America, he also worked extensively as a director in

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Film

Renegade Motion Pictures was founded by Rumbelow and credits include feature films, television, commercials and music videos.

Renegade filmography

* ''

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'' - 2009 - adapted from the novel by David Moody * ''

Beyond, The Series ''Beyond'' is a Canadian paranormal documentary television series created by Steven Rumbelow and produced by Renegade Motion Pictures. The show premiered on Space and ran from 2005 to 2007. Robin Poitras was the hostess in seasons one and two, a ...

'' - 2005 - 2007 - currently airing on

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* ''The Deed'' (previously titled ''The Covenant'') - (post-production) 2007 * ''Lost Souls'' - (post-production) 2007 * ''Queen City Blowout'' - (re-release) 2007 * ''Rocking Horse Dreams'' - (full-length documentary) - 2004 * ''Ghosts'' - (90 minute documentary) 1998 - aired on

* ''The Proteus Chronicles'' - (feature film) 1999

Independent filmography

* ''King Lear'' - (feature film) 1976 * ''Saint Joan'' - (feature film) 1977 * ''Faust'' - (feature film) 1980

References

External links

* * 1949 births 2016 deaths British film directors British theatre directors {{theat-director-stub