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The Missing (British TV Series)
''The Missing'' is a British anthology drama television series written by brothers Harry and Jack Williams. It was first broadcast in the UK on BBC One on 28 October 2014, and in the United States on Starz on 15 November 2014. ''The Missing'' is an international co-production between the BBC and Starz. The first eight-part series, about the search for a missing boy in France, was directed by Tom Shankland. It stars Tchéky Karyo as Julien Baptiste, the French detective who leads the case, with James Nesbitt and Frances O'Connor as the boy's parents. The second eight-part series, about a missing girl in Germany, was directed by Ben Chanan. It was broadcast in the UK, on BBC One, from 12 October 2016 and in the United States, on Starz, on 12 February 2017. Tchéky Karyo returns as Julien Baptiste, with David Morrissey and Keeley Hawes as the girl's parents. Both series received positive reviews, with critics praising the cast, especially Tchéky Karyo's performance, and the story ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychological Drama
Psychological drama or psychodrama is a sub-genre of drama that places emphasis on psychological elements. It often overlaps with other genres such as crime, fantasy, black comedy, and science fiction, and it is closely related with the psychological horror and psychological thriller genres. Psychological dramas use these genres' tropes to focus on the human condition and psychological effects, usually in a mature and serious tone. Psychological dramas explore thematic elements such as abandonment, coming-of-age problems, denialism, disability, distorted sequences, dysfunctional relationships, human sexuality, mental disorder A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. Such features may be persistent, relapsing and remitti ...s, mood swings, Behavior, odd behaviors, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychological abuse, psychedel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Allam
Roger William Allam (born 26 October 1953) is a British actor, who has performed on stage, in film, on television and radio. He played Inspector Javert in the original London production of the stage musical ''Les Misérables'', First Officer Douglas Richardson in the award-winning radio series ''Cabin Pressure'', and DCI Fred Thursday in the TV series '' Endeavour''. He is also known for his roles as Illyrio Mopatis in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'', Royalton in ''Speed Racer'', Lewis Prothero in the 2005 adaptation of ''V for Vendetta'' and as Peter Mannion MP in ''The Thick Of It''. He has been nominated a Laurence Olivier Award six times, winning thrice. Life and career Allam was born in Bow, London, England. He was educated at Christ's Hospital and Manchester University. His father was rector of St Mary Woolnoth. He played Mercutio for the Royal Shakespeare Company, in 1983. From 1985 to 1986, he played Inspector Javert in the original London production of the sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Úna Nà DhonghaÃle
Úna Nà DhonghaÃle () is an Irish film editor, who has worked on cinema and television projects. Career She won a BAFTA award in 2017 for her work on Netflix's ''The Crown''. She won BAFTA, IFTA and WIFTA awards in 2018 for her work on the '' Three Girls'' miniseries. She was the editor of Kenneth Branagh's 2018 film, '' All Is True''. She was also editor for Branagh's 2021 film ''Belfast'' and his 2022 film ''Death on the Nile''. For her work on ''Belfast'', she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Editing This is a list of winners and nominees for the BAFTA Award for Best Editing, which is presented to film editors, given out by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts since 1968. The film-voting members of the Academy select the five nom .... Filmography Film References External links * Irish film editors 21st-century Irish women Alumni of Dublin Institute of Technology BAFTA winners (people) Living people Year of birth missing (livin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Clough
Chris Clough (born 9 March 1951 in Harrogate, Yorkshire, England) is an English television producer and director. Clough studied English literature at Leeds University. He went there because they had a television studio available for the students. He used the material he created there to apply for jobs and he got a job as a researcher at Granada Television. He then started directing. In 1982 he went freelance and in that decade he directed episodes of the television soap operas ''Brookside'' and '' EastEnders''. While working on ''EastEnders'', Clough got to know one of the assistant directors, Gary Downie, who had also worked on '' Doctor Who''. He got an interview with ''Doctor Who'' producer John Nathan-Turner and he later directed six serials of the series — '' Terror of the Vervoids'', '' The Ultimate Foe'', ''Delta and the Bannermen'', '' Dragonfire'', ''The Happiness Patrol'' and '' Silver Nemesis''. In the 1990s, Clough directed several episodes of ''The Bill'' and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Callender
Sir Colin Nigel Callender (born May 1952) is a British television, film and theater producer. He is the CEO at Playground Entertainment, a production company with offices in New York and London. Early life and education Callender was born to an Orthodox Jewish family in London, the son of Lydia and Martin Callender. He has a brother, Neeman, and a sister, Claire. Callender holds a BA with Honors in Philosophy and Politics from the University of East Anglia. Career Early career Callender started in the entertainment industry as a member of Britain's National Youth Theatre and began his production career in 1974 at the Royal Court Theatre in London as stage manager working with directors such as Mike Leigh, David Hare and Sam Shepard. Later he joined Granada Television as a graduate trainee where he worked on ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'' the Granada co-production with NBC starring Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner and Laurence Olivier. Primetime Television In 1978 Callender founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Pattinson
Charles Pattinson (sometimes credited as Charlie Pattinson) is a British television producer. His initial career was in the theatre, where he was an assistant director at the Royal Court Theatre in the mid-1980s. In 1985 he moved into television, joining the staff of the BBC as a production trainee, before eventually becoming a producer in the drama department. He produced a variety of series and one-offs for the Corporation during the 1990s, of which the best known are 1996's ''Our Friends in the North'' (winner of the 1997 Best Drama Serial accolades from both the British Academy Television Awards and the Royal Television Society) and the 1997 Jimmy McGovern serial '' The Lakes''. In 1998, he and fellow producer George Faber set up their own independent production company, Company Pictures. The company has produced several notable and award-winning series and one-offs, such as '' Shameless'', ''The Life and Death of Peter Sellers'', '' Skins'', ''Elizabeth I'', '' Talk to Me'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Yorke (producer)
John Roland Clifford Yorke (born 9 July 1962) is a British television producer and script editor, who was head of Channel 4 Drama 2003-2005, controller of BBC drama production 2006-2012 and MD of Company Pictures (2013-2015). Outside of television production, Yorke authored ''Into the Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them (2014)'', a best-selling screenwriting guide that proposes a five act structure to film and television narrative and draws from Yorke's research and experience. Career Background Yorke attended Newcastle University. He joined the BBC in 1986, working initially in radio as a studio manager and then as a producer on BBC Radio 5. Early career - the 1990s and ''EastEnders'' In 1994, he moved to television, working as a script editor on ''EastEnders'' before becoming the storyline consultant on ''Casualty''. In 1999, after a brief period as producer on ''Sunburn'', he took on the executive producer role on ''EastEnders''. During his time there, he was give ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominik Scherrer
Dominik Scherrer is a Swiss-British composer born in 1967 in Zurich, Switzerland, who has written prolifically for film, theatre and television. Career Scherrer has composed the music score for both seasons of the British television series ''Ripper Street'' and worked on a third series in 2014. He won the Best Television Soundtrack Award for his work on ''Ripper Street'' at the 2014 Ivor Novello Awards. Filmography *''The Honeytrap'' (2002) * ''The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz'' (2002) * ''Agatha Christie's Marple'' (2004–13) * ''Jericho'' (2005) * ''The Truth'' (2006) * ''Scenes of a Sexual Nature'' (2006) * ''Primeval'' (2007–09) * ''Inspector George Gently'' (2010–11) * ''Christopher and His Kind'' (2011) * ''Just Henry'' (2011) * '' Monroe'' (2011–12) * ' (2012) * ''Ripper Street'' (2012–16) * '' The Missing'' (2014-2016) * ''An Inspector Calls'' (2015) * '' The Collection'' (2016) * '' One of Us'' (2016) * ''Requiem'' (2018) * ''The City and the City'' (2018) *'' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amatorski
Amatorski is a Belgian post-rock band consisting of Inne Eysermans, Sebastiaan Van den Branden and Christophe Claeys. History Amatorski was formed in 2008. The group became famous after reaching the final at the Humo's Rock Rally in 2010. The band name comes from the Polish word for ''amateurish'', accordingly the group records its music in low fidelity. Apart from that their music is also characterized by a melancholic, blurry style in which the texts are often very narrative. This is expressed in their record ''Come home'' for which singer Inne Eysermans found inspiration by reading the love letters from her grandmother that were written during World War II. This song gained fame since it was used in Belgium during publicity spots for water brand Spa Reine. In 2011 they travelled to London, England to work with producer Darren Allison (Spiritualized, The Divine Comedy, Belle & Sebastian) on their debut album '' TBC''. Upon its release, '' TBC'' garnered much critical a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Riddell
Derek Riddell (born 11 January 1967) is a Scottish television and theatre actor. He is best known for the portrayal of Dr. Jamie Patterson in the Channel 4 television series ''No Angels''. He has also guest starred in '' Doctor Who'', ''Ugly Betty'', '' Silent Witness'', '' Waterloo Road,'' and '' Shetland'' (2013–). Early life Riddell was born in Glasgow, the son of teacher and former actress Hope Ross and former St Mirren and Berwick Rangers footballer Ian Riddell. He graduated from the University of Strathclyde with a degree in business before training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 1990. Career After finishing drama school, Riddell was cast in '' BBC Scotland'' production '' Strathblair'' and guest-starred in a number of popular TV shows such as ''Taggart'', ''Casualty'' and ''The Bill''. His big break came in the critically acclaimed Channel 4 series '' The Book Group'' and comedy drama ''No Angels''. In addition to his television work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filip Peeters
Filip Peeters or Philip Peeters (born 2 December 1962) is a Flemish actor. He is well known for his work in the television series ''Salamander'' as Paul Gerardi and ''Zone Stad'' as Didier Francks. He is one of a few Flemish actors who have been credited internationally. He initially trained as a chef, however he found a talent in acting and attended the Studio Herman Teirlinck drama school. Since leaving the institute, he has starred in numerous Dutch, Belgian and German television programmes. Filmography *'' Unit 13'' (1997) - rijkswachter *'' Recht op Recht'' (1998-2002) - Hugo Van Eyck *'' Iedereen Beroemd!'' (2000) *''Team Spirit (film), Team Spirit'' (2000) *''De Stilte van het Naderen'' (2000) *''Baby'' (2002) *'' Resistance'' (2003) *''Briefgeheim (film)'' (2010) - Kolonel Brandsema *''Team Spirit 2'' (2003) *''Buitenspel (film)'' (2005) *''De Hel van Tanger'' (2006) *''Vermist (film)'' (2007) *'' Soeur Sourire'' (2009) - Antoine Brusson *'' Dossier K'' (2009) - Hoofdcomm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (born 13 March 1973) is an Icelandic-American actor, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for ''Children'', '' Trapped'', '' The Deep'', ''Lady Dynamite'', and ''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty''. Early life Ólafur was born to Icelandic parents in Connecticut, United States, where his father studied medicine. His family returned to Iceland when he was around four years old. Career Ólafur graduated from The Icelandic Drama School in 1998. Afterward, he became involved in numerous productions with the National Theatre of Iceland and ReykjavÃk City Theatre, also working with various independent theatre groups. He is one of the founders of Vesturport Theatre in ReykjavÃk. Ólafur is best known internationally for his role as Andri, the chief of police in the small town of Seyðisfjörður in the east of Iceland, in the series '' Trapped''. Baltasar Kormákur, who devised the series, has said that the actor was chosen because he was not a typical lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |