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Malcolm Frank Venville"Malcolm Frank Venville." ''People of Today''.
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Ltd., 2009. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 19 July 2011. is a British photographer and film director.


Life and career

Born in Birmingham, Venville was a hearing child to deaf parents. He was, in the words of his uncle, "caught in some no-man's land between the deaf world and the hearing world." Venville attended
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(1981–83) and
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(1983–86), graduating with honors with a BA in film, video, and photographic arts. After working as an assistant, Venville began producing images. After winning awards with The Association Of Photographers, he became a sought-after advertising photographer. His first print work was the “Be more than just a number” campaign for the advertising agency Simons Palmer Denton for Wrangler. This was followed by print campaigns for Wieden and Kennedy,
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and
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. Venville began directing award winning commercials, most notably was the
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“Squares” project for the agency Arnolds. This spot was the most world’s most awarded TV commercial of 2003 winning a
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at
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, a
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, a Grandy at the ANDY Awards, an AICP’s Award of Overall Excellence and an
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nomination. Venville has published three books of photography. ''Layers'' (Westzone 2001) is a monograph of Venville's advertising and personal photography. ''Lucha Loco'' (Therapy 2006) is a collection of over a hundred portraits of
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wrestlers taken in
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. ''The Women of Casa X'' (Schilt Publishing 2013) is a series of portraits and interviews with sex workers housed in Casa Xochiquetzal in the
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district of Mexico City. Venville's film career began with the award winning ''Silent Film'' (
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. 1997), a short film about his profoundly deaf parents. This was followed with short documentary films; ''Remembering Sister Ruth'' (BBC 1997), that features
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discussing her role as Sister Ruth in ''
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'', and ''Remembering Miss Torso'' (2004) about Georgine Darcy, who played the ballet dancer Miss Torso in ''
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'' (Therapy Films 2003). Venville directed the short ''Zillions'' (
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2013) featuring
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which won best documentary at The International Fashion Film Festival. Venville's feature film debut was '' 44 Inch Chest'' (
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2009), which won the Jury Prize at Seville Film Festival and the
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for best Ensemble. This was followed by another independent feature ''
Henry's Crime ''Henry's Crime'' is a 2010 American romantic comedy crime film directed by Malcolm Venville and starring Keanu Reeves, Vera Farmiga, and James Caan. The film follows Henry (Reeves), who goes to jail for a bank robbery he did not commit. Once ...
'' (2010), which he filmed in New York City and Buffalo. In 2019, A&E aired a mini series directed by Venville based on
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’s biography of Ulysses Grant. Justin Salinger played Grant (
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). This was followed by the mini series, ''
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'' (2022) featuring Graham Sibley as
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. This show was executive produced by Doris Goodwin Kearns’ and based on her book ''Leadership In Turbulent Times''. Venville continued his collaboration with Kearns Goodwin, Radical Media and A&E with ''
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'' (2022).


Filmography


Feature films

* '' 44 Inch Chest'' (2009) * ''
Henry's Crime ''Henry's Crime'' is a 2010 American romantic comedy crime film directed by Malcolm Venville and starring Keanu Reeves, Vera Farmiga, and James Caan. The film follows Henry (Reeves), who goes to jail for a bank robbery he did not commit. Once ...
'' (2010) * ''And We Go Green'' (2019)


Miniseries

* ''
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'' (2020) * ''
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'' (2022) * ''
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'' (2022)


Short films

* ''Remembering Sister Ruth'' (1997) * ''Silent Film'' (1998) * ''Zillions'' (2013) * ''Philophiles'' (2014) * ''Portrait of a Dancer: Sarah Lamb'' (2015)


Bibliography

* ''Layers'' (2003) * ''Lucha Loco'' (2006) * ''The Women of Casa X'' (2013)


References


External links

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Commercials by Venville
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