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Michael Winterbottom
Michael Winterbottom (born 29 March 1961) is an English film director. He began his career working in British television before moving into features. Three of his films—''Welcome to Sarajevo'', ''Wonderland (1999 film), Wonderland'' and ''24 Hour Party People''—have competed for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He and co-director Mat Whitecross won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival for their work on ''The Road to Guantanamo.'' His production company, Revolution Films, has a first look deal with Fremantle. Early life Winterbottom was born in Blackburn, Lancashire. He went to Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, and then studied English at Balliol College, Oxford, before going to film school at Bristol University, where his contemporaries included Marc Evans. Early television career Winterbottom's television directing career began in 1989, with a documentary about Ingmar Bergman and an episode of the childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackburn
Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the River Ribble, Ribble Valley, east of Preston, Lancashire, Preston and north-northwest of Manchester. Blackburn is at the centre of the wider unitary authority area along with the town of Darwen. It is the second largest town (after Blackpool) in Lancashire. At the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census, Blackburn had a population of List of urban areas in England by population, 117,963, whilst the wider borough of Blackburn with Darwen had a population of List of English districts by population, 150,030. Blackburn had a population of 117,963 in 2011, with 30.8% being people of ethnic backgrounds other than white British. A former mill town, Blackburn has been the site of textile production since the mid-13th century, when wool was woven in people's houses in the domestic sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential film directors of all time, his films have been described as "profoundly personal meditations into the myriad struggles facing the psyche and the soul". Among his most acclaimed works are ''The Seventh Seal'' (1957), ''Wild Strawberries (film), Wild Strawberries'' (1957), ''Persona (1966 film), Persona'' (1966) and ''Fanny and Alexander'' (1982), which were included in the The Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time 2012, 2012 edition of ''Sight & Sound'' Greatest Films of All Time. He was also ranked No. 8 on the magazine's 2002 "Greatest Directors of All Time" list. Other notable works include ''Sawdust and Tinsel'' (1953), ''A Lesson in Love (1954 film), A Lesson in Love'' (1954), ''Smiles of a Summer Night'' (1955), ''The Virgin Spring'' (1960), ''Through a Glass Darkly (film), Through a Glass Darkly' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (1994)
''Family'' is a television drama mini-series that aired on RTÉ One and BBC1 in 1994. It was written by Roddy Doyle, the author of '' The Commitments'', and directed by Michael Winterbottom. Premise The show centres on the Spencers, a working-class family living in a vast Dublin housing estate. Charlo, played by Seán McGinley, is the abusive and cheating husband of Paula, played by Ger Ryan. They have four children, teenagers John Paul and Nicola, and younger children Leanne and Jack. There were four episodes, each focusing on a member of the family. Most of the ' on location' filming took place in Ballymun, on the Northside of Dublin. ;Charlo: The first episode focuses on Charlo, a small-time crook who is also an alcoholic, abusive father and husband. ;John Paul: The second episode focuses on the rebellious teenage son. Named after Pope John Paul II due to his 1979 visit to Ireland, John Paul has just started secondary school. ;Nicola: The third episode focuses on Nicola, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cracker (British Television)
''Cracker'' is a British crime drama series produced by Granada Television for ITV, created and principally written by Jimmy McGovern. Set in Manchester, the series follows a criminal psychologist (or "cracker"), Dr Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald, played by Robbie Coltrane, who works with the Greater Manchester Police (GMP) to help them solve crimes. The show consists of three series, originally broadcast from 1993 to 1995. A 100-minute special set in Hong Kong followed in 1996 and another two-hour story in 2006. The show won the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series in 1995 and 1996, and Coltrane received the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in three consecutive years (1994 to 1996). Overview Fitz is Scottish of Irish origin, alcoholic, a chain smoker, obese, sedentary, addicted to gambling, manic, foul-mouthed and sarcastic, yet cerebral and brilliant. He is a genius in his speciality: criminal psychology. As Fitz confesses in "Brotherly Love": " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy McGovern
James Stanley McGovern (born September 1949) is an English screenwriter and producer. He is best known for creating the drama series '' Cracker'' (1993–1995), for which he received two Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America. He also received recognition for creating drama series such as '' Hillsborough'', '' The Lakes'', '' The Street'', and '' Accused'', among others. On 8 December 2021, McGovern was awarded the Freedom of The City of Liverpool in recognition of his life's work. Early life McGovern was born in Liverpool in September 1949, the son of working-class parents Jane (née Warner) and William McGovern. He was the fifth of nine children. He has a stammer, for which he received no therapy and which affects him still. Brought up a Catholic, he attended St Francis Xavier's College which moved to the Woolton suburb of Liverpool in 1961. Career Television In 1982, McGovern started his TV career working on Channel 4's soap opera '' Brookside''. He tackled man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mad Woman In The Attic (Cracker)
''Cracker'' is a British crime drama series, created and principally written by Jimmy McGovern, and starring Robbie Coltrane and Geraldine Somerville. A total of three series and two specials were broadcast over the course of thirteen years. Episodes varied in length from 50 minutes (series one-three) to 120 minutes (specials). The original broadcast of episode one of the "Brotherly Love" story was an hour long, a total of 70 minutes with commercials, and shown on the Sunday before the regular Monday slot for the series. Further broadcasts of this episode, including VHS and DVD release, were edited down to the conventional 50 minute size. ''bfi.org.uk''; undated Series overview Episodes Series 1 (1993)< ...
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Ronan Bennett
Ronan Bennett (born 14 January 1956) is an Irish novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for his work as showrunner, writer and executive producer of the drug and gang-related crime drama television series ''Top Boy''. His other writing credits include the 1997 crime film ''Face'', the 2009 Michael Mann crime biopic '' Public Enemies'' and the 2017 BBC historical drama miniseries ''Gunpowder''. He has since gone on to create, write and executive-produce the Golden Globe-nominated thriller series ''The Day of the Jackal'', which has been renewed for second series. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Bennett moved to Hackney, East London, where he lived with his wife and two children. Inspired by witnessing a twelve-year-old boy dealing drugs at his local Tesco supermarket in Hackney, Bennett created and wrote ''Top Boy'', a British crime drama television series focusing on gang culture and drug dealing in a predominantly black council estate in East London. Originally airing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
''The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries'' is a British detective television series, broadcast on BBC1, which was adapted from nine of the novels by Dame Ngaio Marsh, featuring the character Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn. The pilot episode was shown in 1990, with Simon Williams playing the part of Alleyn. Two series followed in 1993 and 1994, with Patrick Malahide replacing Williams in the title role. Premise In the pilot episode, the character of Alleyn was played by Simon Williams. William Simons was cast as Alleyn's right-hand man and "Dr Watson", Detective Inspector Fox, and Belinda Lang starred as painter Agatha Troy, Alleyn's love interest. When a full series finally came to screen three years later, Simon Williams was unavailable, and the role of Alleyn was filled by Patrick Malahide, while Simons and Lang reprised their roles. Over the course of two series, eight episodes were broadcast, each focusing on a separate novel in the series. Both Malahide series were released on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Hardie
Kate Hardie (born Kate Louise Oddie; 26 April 1968) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles in '' The Krays'', ''Mona Lisa'' and the 2016 Channel 4 original series ''National Treasure''. Hardie's stage name is derived from those of both her parents: Jean Hart and Bill Oddie. Career With no formal training, she auditioned for her first role, in the 1983 film '' Runners'' (written by Stephen Poliakoff and directed by Charles Sturridge), at the age of 14, telling her parents she had done so only when she had the part. She went on to appear in numerous films, including ''Revolution'' (1985), Neil Jordan's ''Mona Lisa'' (1986), ''Cry Freedom'' (1987), '' Tree of Hands'' (1989), '' The Krays'' (1990), '' Jack and Sarah'' (1995), ''Croupier'' (1998) and ''I Am Dina'' (2002). On television her roles include the episode "The Man Upstairs" (1988) of '' The Ray Bradbury Theatre'', ''Thin Air'', ''The Men's Room, Safe'' in which she was nominated for the Royal Television Soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boon (TV Series)
''Boon'' is a British television drama starring Michael Elphick, David Daker, and later Neil Morrissey. It was created by Jim Hill and Bill Stair and filmed by Central Television for ITV, and was originally broadcast between 1986 and 1992 with a delayed episode which aired in 1995. It revolved around the life of an ex-fireman called Ken Boon, a motorcycle-obsessed small time businessman who at the same time acts as a private investigator, bodyguard and general troubleshooter. Since 16 January 2017, it has been rerun on UKTV channel Drama. The first two series are currently streaming on BritBox. The show was memorable for its theme tune - " Hi Ho Silver" by Scottish singer Jim Diamond, which became a UK top ten hit single in 1986. Premise Ken Boon (Elphick) and Harry Crawford (Daker) are both old-fashioned 'smokeys' (firemen) in the West Midlands Fire Service. In episode 1 Crawford takes early retirement and moves to Spain to open a bar, leaving Ken behind. Ken attend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Riders (TV Series)
''Time Riders'' is a 4-part 1991 CITV show directed by Michael Winterbottom and starring Haydn Gwynne as Dr. B. B. Miller, a motorbike riding time traveler. Location filming was carried out at the Polytechnic of Wales for scenes set in the modern day (Part One and the end of Part Four), whilst those set in the past (Parts Two, Three and the bulk of Part Four) occurred at Chepstow Castle. A novelisation of the series written by Eldridge (ISBN ) was published in 1991. It was illustrated by Mark Robertson. Cast * Haydn Gwynne as Dr. B. B. Miller * Kenneth Hall as Ben * Ian McNeice as Leather Hardbones * Paul Bown as Captain * Clive Merrison as Professor Crow * Kerry Shale Kerry Shale (born 4 June 1952) is a Canadian actor based in London, England. His BBC Radio 4 comedy-drama ''The Kubrick Test'' was broadcast in 2020. He is the co-host of ''Is It Rolling, Bob? Talking Dylan'', a podcast about Bob Dylan ... as Hepworth * Julie T. Wallace as Lady Chalmerston * James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Frank Cottrell-Boyce (born 23 September 1959)"COTTRELL-BOYCE, Frank", ''Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2009 ; online edn, Nov 200 Retrieved 2010-05-16. is a British people, British screenwriter, novelist and occasional actor, known for his children's fiction and for his collaborations with film director Michael Winterbottom. He has achieved fame as the writer for the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony and for sequels to '' Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car'', a children's classic by Ian Fleming. Cottrell-Boyce has won two major British awards for children's books, the 2004 Carnegie Medal for '' Millions'', which originated as a film script, and the 2012 Guardian Prize for ''The Unforgotten Coat'', which was commissioned by a charity. In July 2024 he was appointed as Children's Laureate, succeeding Joseph Coelho. Personal life Cottrell-Boyce was born in 1959 in Bootle near Liverpool to a Catholic family. He moved to Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
