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Luke Snellin (born 9 March 1986) is an English screenwriter and director working in film, television, music videos and
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. According to Idol Magazine, he is known for his distinctive use of cinematography and music as well as often employing light hearted themes, romance and nostalgia. He has been featured as a new director in Shots, called "Markedly Talented" by ''The Telegraph'', and nominated by
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for '' V'' magazine. He was named as one of ''
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'' "Stars of Tomorrow" in 2010. and one of ''
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'' "Hot Shots" in 2013.


Short films

His 2009 short film ''Mixtape'' (2 mins) starring
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was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Short Film and won the Virgin Media Shorts competition. The film features music from
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singled out the film in his Trailer Trash column for
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in the build up to the BAFTA Awards in 2010. He stated that he was "Immediately charmed by its retro story of a boy who makes a cassette of songs for the girl next door". In honour of Mixtape's BAFTA nomination,
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6 Music presenter
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invited Snellin on her show to share a mixtape from when he was 11 years old in the memory tapes segment. Snellin's 2010 follow up, Disco (15 mins), once again starring Milner and featuring a soundtrack from
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, played at several Oscar qualifying film festivals and was long listed for a BAFTA for Best Short Film. He has since directed several other short films including the first ever
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24-hour short film JESS//JIM (6 mins) starring
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which was conceived, written, shot, edited and finished in 24 hours. He also wrote and directed Charlie (2 mins), a short film made to commemorate the anniversary of
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's birth.


Music videos

He has directed music videos for notable artists such as
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&
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, Young Rebel Set and
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, the latter starring British actors Alexander Arnold and
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. His video for Emmy The Great and Tim Wheeler's Christmas single 'Home for the Holidays' was called a "Richard Curtis style pub-bound love fest" by the Telegraph.


Television

He was selected as one of seven directors, from nearly a thousand applicants, to direct an episode of original drama for
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through the broadcaster's "Coming Up" scheme. This led to him directing episodes of BAFTA and Emmy-nominated ''
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'',
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'', written by
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and starring
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. He was also the lead director on ''Temple'', written by
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and starring
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for Sky.


Feature films

Snellin directed the feature film adaptation of
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's young adult novel, ''
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'', released by
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on 8 November 2019.


Awards

* Won – Virgin Media Shorts 2009 Grand Prize for Mixtape * Nominated – BAFTA Short Film Award for Mixtape * Nominated – Best Newcomer Rushes Soho Shorts for Patrick * Nominated – British Airways Great Britons 2011 * Won – Purbeck Film Festival Best Film for Mixtape * Won – Landcrab Film Festival Best Film for Mixtape * Won – LA New Wave IFF Best Screenplay for Disco * Longlisted – BAFTA Short Film Award for Disco * Won – NFFTY Seattle Best International Film for Patrick * Won – Current TV/VCAM – Sony PS3 Ad competition


Filmography

Short films * Patrick (2008) * Mixtape (2009) * Disco (2010) * Charlie (2011) * JESS//JIM (2011) * FIRST (2016) Television * ''Sink or Swim'' (Coming Up) * ''
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'' – Series 2 Episode 3 – Girls * ''
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'' – Series 2 Episode 4 – Friday * ''
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'' – Series 2 * ''
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'' * ''
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'' * ''
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'' * ''Temple'' Feature films * ''
Let It Snow "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", also known as simply "Let It Snow", is a song written by lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne in July 1945 in Hollywood, California, during a heat wave as Cahn and Styne imagined cooler conditions ...
'' (2019) Music videos * Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - Collapsing Cities Feat. Shy FX * Young Rebel Set - Red Bricks * Cloud Control - Death Cloud * Emmy The Great & Tim Wheeler - Home for the Holidays * Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - The Real McCoy * Emmy The Great & Tim Wheeler - Zombie Christmas * Summer Camp - Bad Love


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Snellin, Luke 1986 births Living people English screenwriters English male screenwriters English film directors