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Angela Pope (born in 1945) is a British television and film director, documentarist, producer and screenwriter.
Life and career
Born in
Walton-on-Thames
Walton-on-Thames, locally known as Walton, is a market town on the south bank of the Thames in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey, England. Walton forms part of the Greater London built-up area, within the KT postcode and is served by a wide ran ...
, Pope graduated in political sciences at the
University of Sussex
, mottoeng = Be Still and Know
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £14.4 million (2020)
, budget = £319.6 million (2019–20)
, chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar
, vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil
, ...
.
She started her career as a documentarist for
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, getting critical acclaim as well as raising controversies with ''
Yesterday's Men
"Yesterday's Men" is a song by the English ska and pop band Madness, released on 19 August 1985 as the lead single from their sixth studio album '' Mad Not Mad'' (1985). It was written by Graham McPherson and Chris Foreman, and produced by C ...
'' (1971), which portrayed some members of the
Wilson Cabinet in the aftermath of the
Labour Party defeat at
1970 United Kingdom general election.
After numerous documentaries, including the controversial ''The Best Days?'' (1977), which criticized the
comprehensive school system using the Faraday High School in
Ealing as
case study
A case study is an in-depth, detailed examination of a particular case (or cases) within a real-world context. For example, case studies in medicine may focus on an individual patient or ailment; case studies in business might cover a particular fi ...
,
she made her narrative film debut in 1986 with the television film ''Night Shift'',
based on her own play.
In 1987 Pope got critical acclaim with the
Screen Two
''Screen Two'' was a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1985 to 1998 (not to be confused with a run of films shown on BBC2 under the billing ''Screen 2'' between April 1977 and March ...
AIDS-themed television film ''Sweet As You Are'', starring
Liam Neeson
William John Neeson (born 7 June 1952) is an actor from Northern Ireland. He has received several accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and two Tony Awards. In 2020, he was placed 7th on ''The I ...
and
Miranda Richardson, which was awarded best film from the
Royal Television Society.
Her feature film debut ''
Captives
''Captives'' is a 1994 British romantic crime drama film directed by Angela Pope and written by the Dublin screenwriter Frank Deasy. It stars Julia Ormond, Tim Roth and Keith Allen. The picture was selected as the opening film in the Venetian N ...
'' premiered out of competition at the
1994 edition of the
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival h ...
, and was followed two years later by the family drama ''
Hollow Reed
''Hollow Reed'' is a 1996 drama film directed by Angela Pope. The plot follows a divorced gay man who begins to suspect that his son is being physically abused by his ex-wife's new boyfriend. The story takes place in Bath, Somerset.
Plot
Olive ...
''.
References
External links
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1945 births
Living people
People from Walton-on-Thames
British film directors
British television directors
British screenwriters
British women film directors
British women television directors