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Brian Tufano
Brian Tufano (1939 – 14 January 2023) was an English cinematographer, best known for his work on the films of Danny Boyle and Menhaj Huda. Tufano was admitted to the British Society of Cinematographers and won the 2001 BAFTA Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film and Television. His most well-known works include ''Trainspotting'', ''A Life Less Ordinary'' and ''Billy Elliot''. Career Tufano began his career at the BBC as a projectionist, working his way up to become a cameraman with the BBC film department in 1963. During his time at the BBC, Tufano worked with directors including Stephen Frears and Alan Parker. In 1992 he was assigned to the series '' Mr. Wroe's Virgins'' and worked with director Danny Boyle. Tufano went freelance in the mid-1970s - his first feature was the 1978 film '' The Sailor's Return'' with director Jack Gold. During the 1980s, Tufano spent time working in the United States, including additional cinematography for Jordan Cronenweth on ''Blade Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Society Of Cinematographers
The British Society of Cinematographers (abbreviated B.S.C. or BSC) was formed in 1949 by Bert Easey (23 August 1901 – 28 February 1973), the then head of the Denham and Pinewood studio camera departments, to represent British cinematographers in the British film industry. The stated objectives at the formation of the BSC were: * To promote and encourage the pursuit of the highest standards in the craft of Motion Picture Photography. * To further the applications by others of the highest standards in the craft of Motion Picture Photography and to encourage original and outstanding work. * To co-operate with all whose aims and interests are wholly or in part related to those of the society. * To provide facilities for social intercourse between the members and arrange lectures, debates and meetings calculated to further the objects of the Society. There were originally 55 members. Currently, there are 256 full, honorary and associate members. For a British cinematographer, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alien Love Triangle
''Alien Love Triangle'' is a 2008 comedy-science fiction short film directed by Danny Boyle. It was filmed in 1999. The film was originally intended to be one of a trilogy of 30-minute short films shown together. However, the two other films, ''Mimic'' and ''Impostor'', were turned into full-length features, and the project was cancelled. The film had its world premiere as part of the closing ceremony of the smallest theatre in the UK, La Charrette, on 23 February 2008, an event organised by Mark Kermode of ''The Culture Show''. Kenneth Branagh attended the screening. The film's only other recorded screening was shortly after the premiere, at the Kenneth Branagh season at the National Media Museum, again with Branagh in attendance. Premise Steven Chesterman is a scientist who has created a teleportation device and hopes to use it for various purposes. He then goes home to his wife to share the news, but he learns she has a surprise for him: she is from outer space. It leads t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middlemarch (TV Serial)
Middlemarch is a 1994 television adaptation of the 1871 novel of the same name by George Eliot. Produced by the BBC on BBC2 in six episodes (seven episodes in the worldwide TV series), it is the second such adaptation for television of the novel. It was directed by Anthony Page from a screenplay by Andrew Davies, and starred Juliet Aubrey, Rufus Sewell, Douglas Hodge and Patrick Malahide. Plot Dorothea Brooke (Juliet Aubrey) attempts to satisfy her underdeveloped intellect through marriage to the Reverend Edward Casaubon (Patrick Malahide), a man twice her age. The marriage proves unsatisfying and ends with Casaubon's unexpected death. Dorothea eventually meets Will Ladislaw (Rufus Sewell), an event which leads to further complications. For a full-length summary of the novel see: ''Middlemarch'' plot summary. Cast *Juliet Aubrey as Dorothea Brooke *Patrick Malahide as Rev. Edward Casaubon *Rufus Sewell as Will Ladislaw *Douglas Hodge as Dr Tertius Lydgate *Robert Hardy as A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Alcott
John Alcott, BSC (27 November 1930 – 28 July 1986) was an English cinematographer known for his four collaborations with director Stanley Kubrick: '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'' (1968), for which he took over as lighting cameraman from Geoffrey Unsworth in mid-shoot, '' A Clockwork Orange'' (1971), '' Barry Lyndon'' (1975), the film for which he won his Oscar, and '' The Shining'' (1980). Alcott died from a heart attack in Cannes, France, in July 1986; he was 55. He received a tribute at the end of his last film '' No Way Out'' starring Kevin Costner. Life John Alcott was born in Isleworth, England, in 1930. John's father was Arthur Alcott, a film executive. At a young age, Alcott started his career in film by becoming a clapper boy, which was the lowest position in the camera crew chain. As time progressed however, he moved his way up and eventually became the third highest position of the camera following the lighting cameraman and the main camera operator. His position was e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Independent Film Awards
The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) is an organisation that celebrates, supports and promotes British independent cinema and filmmaking talent in United Kingdom. Nominations for the annual awards ceremony are announced in early November, with the ceremony itself taking place in early December. Since 2015, BIFA has also hosted UK-wide talent development and film screening programmes with the support of Creative Skillset and the British Film Institute. History The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) were created in 1998 by Elliot Grove and Suzanne Ballantyne of the Raindance Film Festival, with the aim of celebrating merit and achievement in independently funded British filmmaking, honouring new talent and promoting British films and filmmaking to a wider public audience. BIFA founding members include Phillip Alberstat, Chris Auty, André Burgess, Sally Caplan, Pippa Cross, Christopher Fowler, Lora Fox Gamble, Steven Gaydos, Norma Heyman, Emma E. Hickox, Fred Hogge, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Independent Film Awards 2002
The 5th British Independent Film Awards, held on October 30, 2002 at the Pacha Nightclub in Victoria, London honoured the best British independent films of 2002. Awards Best Actor *James Nesbitt - ''Bloody Sunday'' *Bill Nighy - ''Lawless Heart'' *Richard Harris - '' My Kingdom'' *Timothy Spall - '' All or Nothing'' Best Actress *Samantha Morton - '' Morvern Callar'' *Elaine Cassidy - ''Disco Pigs'' *Harriet Walter - ''Villa des Roses'' *Shirley Henderson - ''Villa des Roses'' Best Director *Paul Greengrass - ''Bloody Sunday'' *Ken Loach - '' Sweet Sixteen'' *Lynne Ramsay - '' Morvern Callar'' * Neil Hunter - ''Lawless Heart'' *Tom Hunsinger - ''Lawless Heart'' Best Screenplay *Tom Hunsinger - ''Lawless Heart'' * Neil Hunter - ''Lawless Heart'' *Lynne Ramsay - '' Morvern Callar'' * Liana Dognini - ''Morvern Callar'' *Paul Greengrass - ''Bloody Sunday'' *Paul Laverty - '' Sweet Sixteen'' Best Technical Achievement * Alwin H. Küchler - '' Morvern Callar'' *Ivan Strasburg - ''Bloo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evening Standard British Film Awards
The Evening Standard British Film Awards were established in 1973 by London's ''Evening Standard'' newspaper. The Standard Awards is the only ceremony "dedicated to British and Irish talent," judged by a panel of "top UK critics." Each ceremony honours films from the previous year. 1973–1980 Winners 1973 Winners *Best Actor : Keith Michell – '' Henry VIII and His Six Wives'' *Best Actress : Glenda Jackson – ''Mary, Queen of Scots'' *Best Comedy : '' The National Health'' – Jack Gold *Best Film : '' Ryan's Daughter'' – David Lean *Best Newcomer – Actor : Simon Ward *Best Newcomer – Actress : Lynne Frederick 1974 Winners *Best Actor : Michael Caine – ''Sleuth'' *Best Actress : Glenda Jackson – '' A Touch of Class'' *Best Comedy : ''The Three Musketeers'' – Richard Lester *Best Film : '' Live and Let Die'' – Guy Hamilton *Best Newcomer – Actor : Edward Fox *Best Newcomer – Actress : Heather Wright 1975 Winners *Best Actor : Albert Finney – '' Murd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Late Night Shopping
''Late Night Shopping'' is a 2001 comedy film funded by FilmFour Productions, centering on a group of friends who all work the graveyard shifts. Plot Sean, Vincent, Jody and Lenny work graveyard shifts in various soul-killing jobs (the hospital, a supermarket, a factory and a call centre, respectively) and meet up in a cafe after work to kill time. Apart from this each has very little of a life. Sean hasn't met his girlfriend for three weeks and is beginning to wonder if she still lives in his apartment. Vincent is a serial womanizer. Lenny, formerly a writer of porn stories, can't pluck up the courage to ask out his attractive workmate Gail. Jody, unknown to the others, has been fired from her job, but still shows up after her "shift" every night to talk. At the hospital, Sean strikes up a friendship with the girlfriend of a coma patient; she confides in him that at the time of the accident she was about to end the relationship. Later, the two sleep together. Meanwhile, V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaconsfield
Beaconsfield ( ) is a market town and civil parish within the unitary authority of Buckinghamshire, England, west-northwest of central London and south-southeast of Aylesbury. Three other towns are within : Gerrards Cross, Amersham and High Wycombe. The town is adjacent to the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and has a wide area of Georgian, neo-Georgian and Tudor revival high street architecture, known as the Old Town. It is known for the first model village in the world and the National Film and Television School. Beaconsfield was named 'Britain's richest town' (based on an average house price of £684,474) by ''The Daily Telegraph'' in 2008. In 2011 the post town had the highest proportion in the UK of £1 million-plus homes for sale (at 47%, compared to 3.5% nationally). In 2011, Burkes Road was named as the second most expensive road in the country outside London. History and description The parish comprises Beaconsfield town and land mainly given o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film And Television School
The National Film and Television School (NFTS) is a film, television and games school established in 1971 and based at Beaconsfield Studios in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England. It is featured in the 2021 ranking by ''The Hollywood Reporter'' of the top 15 International film schools. Its community of students makes around a hundred and fifty films a year on courses that are over 90% practical and unlike courses offered at other UK film schools. As of 2021 it had over 500 students and about a fifteen hundred a year on its short courses delivered in Beaconsfield and at its hubs in Glasgow, Leeds and Cardiff. Beaconsfield Studios consists of film and television stages; animation and production design studios; edit suites; sound post-production facilities; a music recording studio and four dubbing theatres. The school completed an expansion and modernisation programme in early 2017 with new teaching facilities, a third cinema and a new 4K Television Studio. The BBC stated th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everywhere And Nowhere
''Everywhere and Nowhere'' is a 2011 coming of age British drama film focusing on the identity struggles of Ash ( James Floyd) a young British Pakistani who is torn between the traditions of middle-class family life and his passion for DJing. The film comes from Kidulthood director Menhaj Huda. Synopsis Young and educated, Ash leads a privileged life but finds himself between two cultures: hedonistic, multi-cultural London with his friends and a traditional Pakistani family upbringing in the middle class suburbs. Tormented by the idea of entering the family business, Ash rebels and he finds identity through blending classic Bollywood soundtracks with contemporary electronic music. Cast * James Floyd as Ash Khan *Adam Deacon as Zaf *Shivani Ghai as Sairah Khan *Neet Mohan as Riz *Elyes Gabel as Jaz *Katia Winter as Bella * Shaheen Khan as Rubena Khan * Simon Webbe as Ronnie * James Buckley as Jamie *Art Malik as Uncle Mirza *Saeed Jaffrey as Zaf's Dad *Ronny Jhutti as Salim *Ambe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Clarke
Noel Anthony Clarke (born 6 December 1975) is a British actor, screenwriter, director, and comic book writer. Rising to prominence for playing Mickey Smith in ''Doctor Who'' (2005–2010), he played Sam in the films ''Kidulthood'' (2006), ''Adulthood'' (2008) and ''Brotherhood'' (2016), which he also wrote and directed. He played Aaron Bishop in the TV series ''Bulletproof'' (2018–2021), which he also wrote and produced. Making his film debut in '' I'll Sleep When I'm Dead'' (2003), Clarke has gone on to star in films including ''Centurion'' (2010), ''4.3.2.1.'' (2010), '' Fast Girls'' (2012), '' Storage 24'' (2012), ''Star Trek Into Darkness'' (2013), '' I Am Soldier'' (2014), ''The Anomaly'' (2014), ''I Kill Giants'' (2017), ''Mute'' (2018), '' 10x10'' (2018), ''The Corrupted'' (2019), ''Twist'' (2021) and '' SAS: Red Notice'' (2021), some of which he also wrote, directed or produced. In 2015, Clarke founded the company Unstoppable Film and Television with friend and fello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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