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Hugo Edgar Maxwell Blick (born 7 December 1964) is a British filmmaker and actor. He has his own production company, called Eight Rooks.


Early life

Hugo Blick studied in Cardiff at the
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Career

He has acted in several films, appearing as a Young Jack Napier, the character who would ultimately become
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''. He delivers the famous line "Have you ever danced with the devil by the pale moon light?" after having killed the young
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's parents. He also wrote the TV series ''The Last Word Monologues,'' a series of three shorts featuring
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. He has also had producer credits on several works including ''
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. As a writer he co-created, produced and co-directed along with Simon Petter the TV comedies ''
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, ''
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'' in which he also appeared as 'Smiler' McCarthy and wrote and created the noir thriller ''
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, which starred
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. In 2014, Hugo Blick wrote and directed the
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drama series ''
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'', which won a
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. In 2017, it was announced that Blick would write and direct ''
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'' for
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. In 2021, it was announced that Blick would direct ''The English'', a western with
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, which he also wrote, for
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. The series debuted on 10 November 2022, on BBC Two.


Filmography


Producer/director/writer

* 1997: ''
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'' * 2000: ''
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'' * 2001: '' A Small Summer Party'' * 2002: '' Up in Town'' * 2005: '' Sensitive Skin'' * 2008: ''The Last Word Monologues'' * 2010: ''
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'' (Executive Producer) * 2011: ''
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'' * 2014: ''
The Honourable Woman ''The Honourable Woman'' is a 2014 British political spy thriller television miniseries in eight parts, directed and written by Hugo Blick for the BBC and SundanceTV. Featuring Maggie Gyllenhaal in the title role, it aired on BBC Two in the Un ...
'' * 2014: '' Sensitive Skin'' * 2018: ''
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'' * 2022: ''
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Actor

* 1989: ''
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'' – Young Jack Napier * 1989: ''
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'' – Lieutenant von Gerhardt * 1989: ''
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* 1990: ''
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'' – Claude Wooster * 1992: '' Christopher Columbus: The Discovery'' – De Torres * 1994: ''Flush'' – Executive * 1996: ''
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'' – Justin * 1997: ''
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'' – Narrator / 'Smiler' McCarthy’ / Hugo Crippin * 2005: '' Sensitive Skin'' – G.I. Johnson * 2018: ''
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'' – Blake Gaines


Self

* 2015: ''
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'' – Self–Nominee


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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blick, Hugo 1964 births Living people English screenwriters English male screenwriters English male television actors People from South Oxfordshire District People from Henley-on-Thames 20th-century English writers 20th-century English male writers 21st-century English writers