Frank Ewen Flowers Jr. (born 1979) is a

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and

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, writer and director of the award-winning 2003 short film ''Swallow'' and the 2004 feature

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'' Haven'', the latter photographed on the island of

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. Flowers is a graduate of the

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School of Cinema-Television (now the USC School of Cinematic Arts). Flowers also co-wrote ''

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'' with director

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. The film won an audience award at the

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and was nominated for a BAFTA in 2014 after winning numerous

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s. He was commissioned in 2015 to script a biopic about the teenage years of basketball legend

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for

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. The film is being produced by James and his partner Maveric Carter, alongside Academy Award nominees

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and Terrance Winter. Flowers is also attached to direct the drama ''Our Father'' for

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and Lantica in the Dominican Republic.

Biography

Frank Ewen Flowers Jr. was born in August 1979 to Frank Sr. and Eve Flowers. He is the grandson of Cayman Islands businessman, Clarence Flowers, a man who rose to commercial wealth from very humble beginnings. Initially, Flowers' family wished for him to go into the family businesses of cement block making, bottled water, real estate and development. Flowers' younger sister, Dara, now understudies her father and two uncles in the gradual preparation to hand over the group of companies to the third generation of Flowers. Since the production of his feature film HAVEN, his family has been outspoken in their support of his career.

External links

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About: Hollywood Movies – Exclusive Interview with Haven Writer/Director Frank E Flowers
by Rebecca Murray
Bahama News Archive – Frank E. Flowers: Bahamas International Film Festival fundraiser features the work of this emerging Caribbean filmmaker
by Matt Cromwell Flowers Conducts School Workgroups

Official Site

LeBron James Movie
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