Harry Macqueen is an

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actor, writer and director. He trained at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London.

Career

His professional acting debut was in

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's 2008 film, ''

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'' playing 1930's Broadway star John Willard. Other credits include Jed Quinn in ''

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'', for BBC and Peter in the feature film
Provenance
', for which he won Best Supporting Actor at the 2017 Madrid Film Festival. ''

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'' was his debut feature film as a writer and director. It was nominated Best British Feature at Raindance Film Festival 2014 and in three categories including Best Debut Film at the Beijing International Film Festival 2015. ''Hinterland'' was the UK's first fully carbon-neutral feature film. His second feature as writer and director titled ''Supernova'', starred

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and

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. It had its world premiere at San Sebastian Film Festival in 2020 and played as one of only 12 physical screenings at the 2020

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. The film was released by

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in the UK and

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in the USA. It gained rave reviews on its release. The film scores 91% on Rotten Tomatoes. The film was long-listed for three BAFTA Awards, including Best British Film in 2021 and short-listed for Best Film at the European Film Award in the same year. In 2022, ''Supernova'' appeared on the Best British Films of the 21st Century list - a poll by UK film critics.

Filmography

As actor

As filmmaker

References

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