Mark Gill is an English screenwriter and film director. He is from

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. Gill graduated from

University of Central Lancashire , mottoeng = "From the Earth to the Sun" , established = as Institution for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledgere-established 1992 (University status granted) , type = Public , chancellor ...

in 2007, and soon after he met his collaborator Baldwin Li. Gill has won numerous awards, including a

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. In 2014 Gill and fellow producer Baldwin Li were nominated for an

Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film is an award presented at the annual Academy Awards ceremony. The award has existed, under various names, since 1957. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards, "Best Short Subject, One- ...

for their film ''

The Voorman Problem ''The Voorman Problem'' is a 2011 British short film directed by Mark Gill, who also co-wrote the screenplay and edited the film with producer Baldwin Li, who also wrote the score. It is adapted from "Panopticon", a film within a story from t ...

'', as well as receiving a

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nomination in 2013 Gill co-wrote and directed '' England Is Mine'', a biopic based on the early life of

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. It premiered at the closing gala of the

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on 2 July 2017, and will go into wide release in the UK in August 2017.

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