Justin Chadwick (born 6 December 1968) is an English actor and television and film director. He directed episodes of ''

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'', '' Byker Grove'', ''

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'', '' Spooks'' and '' Red Cap'' before directing nine of the fifteen episodes of the

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'', which was broadcast by the BBC in the UK and by PBS in the

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as part of its '' Masterpiece Theatre'' series. Chadwick was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special, the

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Award for Breakout Performance Behind the Scenes and the

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for ''

'', which was the Best Drama Serial winner in the

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Life and career

Chadwick was born in Salford,

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imdb.com; accessed 16 March 2015. He began acting at the age of eleven. He joined Bolton Little Theatre and played Billy Casper in '' Kes''. He attended Turton High School in Bolton, before graduating from

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and in 1991 made his screen debut in ''

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''. Other acting credits include ''

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'' and appearances in the television dramas '' Heartbeat'', '' Dangerfield'', '' Dalziel and Pascoe'' and others. Chadwick's directorial debut was the 1993

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''Family Style'' starring Ewan McGregor, after which he directed and performed in ''Shakespeare Shorts'', a series that explored the history of

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characters and presented them in key scenes from the plays in which they appeared. He directed episodes of ''

'', '' Byker Grove'', ''

'', '' Spooks'', ''

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'' and '' Red Cap''"Bleak House About The Show"
bbc.co.uk; accessed 16 March 2015. before directing nine of the fifteen episodes of the

'', which was broadcast by the BBC in the UK and by PBS in the

as part of its '' Masterpiece Theatre'' series. Chadwick was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special, the

Award for Breakout Performance Behind the Scenes and the

for ''

'', which was the Best Drama Serial winner in the

.''Bleak House'' at Fandango.com
accessed 16 March 2015. ''Bleak House'' was also nominated for two Golden Globes, four Royal Television Society Awards, three Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, three Satellite Awards, and the Television Critics Award.''The Other Boleyn Girl'' (2008 film)
sonypictures.com; accessed 6 March 2008.) Chadwick was the director of '' The Other Boleyn Girl'', which was shown at the February 2008

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. He worked on screen adaptations of '' Birdsong'' (released 2012) and '' Jamaica Inn'' in 2008. He completed the feature film ''

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'', which was released on 13 May 2010.

Filmography

* ''

'' (1991) * '' The Other Boleyn Girl'' (2008) * ''

'' (2010) * '' Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom'' (2013) * '' Tulip Fever'' (2017)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chadwick, Justin 1968 births Living people Alumni of the University of Leicester English male film actors English male television actors English television directors English film directors Male actors from Salford 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors