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- Actor
- Soundtrack
Ben Daniels is a multi-award winning performer who is equally at home whether working in Film, Television or Theatre. He was born in the Midlands and became interested in acting through drama lessons while at comprehensive school. He began his career after leaving London's prestigious LAMDA drama school. His early work in theatres around the UK led to him being cast as Richard Loeb, one of the two Chicago "thrill killers" who murdered a nine-year-old boy in John Logan's factual play, "Never the Sinner", at London's Playhouse Theatre. His performance earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor in that year's Laurence Olivier Awards and has led to a highly respected theatre career, notably "Martin Yesterday" by Canadian writer Brad Fraser for which he received a M.E.N. nomination for Best Actor, "As You Like It" (TMA Supporting Actor award nomination), "All My Sons" receiving an Olivier Award and a Whatsonstage Award for Supporting Actor and, most recently, starring opposite Academy Award nominee Laura Linney in the Broadway revival of Christopher Hampton's "Les Liaisons Dangereuses", for which he received a Tony Nomination for Best Actor, A Theatre World Award for Breakthrough Broadway Performance, a Drama Desk nomination for Distinguished Performance and an Outer Critics Circle nomination for Outstanding Performance.
Ben's television breakthrough came playing philandering "Finn Bevan" in three seasons of the BAFTA-nominated BBC series Cutting It (2002). Other notable television work includes the late, great Frank Deasy's hard-hitting drama Real Men (2003) and the controversial The Passion (2008), playing "Caiaphas"; "Francis Walsingham" in The Virgin Queen (2005); HBO's Conspiracy (2001); Ian Fleming in Ian Fleming: Bondmaker (2005); the political thriller The State Within (2006) and, more recently, four seasons of the acclaimed ITV drama, Law & Order: UK (2009), as senior crown prosecutor "James Steel".
His diverse film work includes the religious fanatic "Goat" in Doom (2005); "Leopold the Tutor" in Daisy von Scherler Mayer's Madeline (1998); neo-hippy "Tony" in Beautiful Thing (1996); "DJ Bob" in Michael Winterbottom's I Want You (1998); "Augustin Robert", the soldier who falls in love with a leopard, in Passion in the Desert (1997), the sadistic "Danny" in Noli's disturbing Married/Unmarried (2001) and the also excellent Luna (2014), written and directed by cult artist and graphic novelist Dave McKean.- Visual Effects
- Director
- Writer
Gareth James Edwards was born on June 1, 1975 in the English town of Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Growing up, he admired movies such as the 1977 classic "Star Wars", and went on to pursue a film career. He even cites George Lucas and Steven Spielberg as his biggest influences. Edwards studied BA (Hons) Film & Video at the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham (formerly the Surrey Institute of Art & Design), graduating in 1996. In 2012, he received an honorary Master of Arts from UCA.
Edwards got his start in special visual effects, working on visual f/x for programs that aired on networks such as PBS, BBC and the Discovery Channel. In 2008 he entered (and won) the Sci-Fi-London 48-hour film challenge, where a movie had to be created from start-to-finish in just two days, within certain criteria. Edwards wrote and directed his first full-length feature, "Monsters", which was shot in only three weeks. Edwards personally created the film's special effects by using off-the-shelf equipment. Asides from the two main actors (real-life couple Scoot McNairy and Whitney Able), the crew consisted of just five people. The $500,000 thriller received a riotous reception at the South by Southwest festival, and was released by Veritgo Films to great success.
The success of "Monsters" resulted in Edwards getting offers from the major studios, especially Warner Bros., who tapped him to direct an English-language reboot of the 1954 Japanese classic "Gojira". Produced by Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures, "Godzilla" began development in 2011 with Edwards at the helm, and was released on May 16, 2014 to mixed reviews and tremendous box office success, grossing $529 million worldwide against a $160 million budget.
Following the success of "Godzilla", producer Kathleen Kennedy tapped Edwards to helm a spin-off of "Star Wars" for Lucasfilm Limited. In 2015, it was revealed that Edwards' "Star Wars" spin-off, written Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy, would be titled "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story", set for release on December 16, 2016. The film boasts an ensemble cast including Felicity Jones, Donnie Yen, Mad Mikkelsen and James Earl Jones among others.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Unlike virtually all his contemporaries, Ken Loach has never succumbed to the siren call of Hollywood, and it's virtually impossible to imagine his particular brand of British socialist realism translating well to that context.
After studying law at St. Peter's College, Oxford, he branched out into the theater, performing with a touring repertory company. This led to television, where in alliance with producer Tony Garnett he produced a series of docudramas, most notably the devastating "Cathy Come Home" episode of The Wednesday Play (1964), whose impact was so massive that it led directly to a change in the homeless laws.
He made his feature debut Poor Cow (1967) the following year, and with Kes (1969), he produced what is now acclaimed as one of the finest films ever made in Britain. However, the following two decades saw his career in the doldrums with his films poorly distributed (despite the obvious quality of work such as The Gamekeeper (1968) and Looks and Smiles (1981)) and his TV work in some cases never broadcast (most notoriously, his documentaries on the 1984 miners' strike).
He made a spectacular comeback in the 1990s, with a series of award-winning films firmly establishing him in the pantheon of great European directors - his films have always been more popular in mainland Europe than in his native country or the US (where Riff-Raff (1991) was shown with subtitles because of the wide range of dialects). Hidden Agenda (1990) won the Special Jury Prize at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival; Riff-Raff (1991) won the Felix award for Best European Film of 1992; Raining Stones (1993) won the Cannes Special Jury Prize for 1993, and Land and Freedom (1995) won the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize and the Ecumenical Jury Prize at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival - and was a substantial box-office hit in Spain where it sparked intense debate about its subject matter. This needless to say, was one of the reasons that Loach made the film!- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Paul Bradley was born on 28 May 1955 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Pianist (2002), EastEnders (1985) and Red Dwarf (1988).- Carla was born in Coventry to parents who were both dancers. Her English mother was appearing in a company in Lisbon when she met her Portuguese husband-to-be, and the couple returned to live in England. One of Carla's 2 brothers, Jorge, joined the British Army and, at the age of 36, became its youngest-ever Colonel. Carla went to the University of Warwick, where she read Dramatic Arts and Theatre Studies, graduating in 1985. The inevitable round of theatrical work followed but she remains best known for her work in television comedy, especially two children's shows, My Dad's the Prime Minister (2003) and My Parents Are Aliens (1999), the latter running for seven years (though Carla was not in the first series). When, in 2006, the parent company ITV decided, for financial reasons, to axe afternoon programmes for children, Carla and her 'Aliens' co-star, Tony Gardner, spear-headed the Save Kids' TV campaign though they were unsuccessful. She has since appeared in various TV shows, most recently 2 series of 'So Awkward" for ChannelX/CBBC and is about to start filming a 3rd series. She has been working mainly in theatre (RSC, Royal Exchange, Tobacco Factory) including 'Noises Off' by Michael Frayn at the Nottingham Playhouse and is working on series 4 of So Awkward for Channel X. She is married to actor and writer Clive Mantle.
- Caroline Graham was born on 17 July 1931 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK. She is a writer, known for Midsomer Murders (1997), Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem (2022) and Super Sleuths (2006).
- Make-Up Department
Sally Sutton was born in August 1954 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK. She is known for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018), State of the Union (2008) and Jason Bourne (2016). She has been married to Matt Craven since 1990. They have two children.- Mary Whitehouse was born on 13 June 1910 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK. She was married to Ernest Raymond Whitehouse. She died on 23 November 2001 in Colchester, Essex, England, UK.
- A.J. Quinnell was born on 25 June 1940 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Man on Fire (2004), Man on Fire and Man on Fire (1987). He was married to Elsebeth Egholm. He died on 10 July 2005 in Gozo, Malta.
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Christine Cartwright was born in 1953 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Lassiter (1984) and Kiss Me Kate (1998). She is married to Chris Langham. They have two children.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
- Writer
Frederic Goode was born on 20 August 1927 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK. He was an assistant director and director, known for Valley of the Kings (1964), Stop-over Forever (1964) and Love Is a Woman (1966). He was married to Jean Haynes. He died on 2 June 2015.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Freddie Stevens was born on 29 March 1934 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Tin Men (1987), Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show (1984) and E.M.U. TV (1989). He died on 26 January 2016 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK.- Alex Hall was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK. She is known for Unconditional Love (2012), This Time Next Year I'll Be Famous (2025) and Parallel Lies (2023).
- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Chris Emmett was born on 13 December 1938 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for 3-2-1 (1978), Spitting Image (1984) and The Punch Review (1975).- Actress
Jane Hayward was born on 26 April 1950 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Appolis, La cloche tibétaine (1974) and The Generator (2017). She died on 15 June 2019 in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK.- Tim Burrett was born on 13 April 1965 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for You Are My Sunshine (2015).
- Susan Taylor was born on 30 May 1913 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Doctor 'My Book' (1938). She died on 7 September 1998 in Worthing, Sussex, England, UK.
- Peter Whittingham was born on 8 September 1984 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK. He died on 19 March 2020 in Cardiff, Wales, UK.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
- Producer
Paul Horton was born on 15 May 1986 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for Invasion Planet Earth (2019), A Kidnap (2022) and Dystopia (2013). He has been married to Sophie Horton since 6 September 2015.- Sound Department
Tim Dalton was born on 12 November 1989 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK. He is known for Neville Rumble (2015).- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jonathan Rhodes was born on 17 May 1985 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK. Jonathan is a cinematographer and assistant director, known for The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud (2020), Black Ops (2019) and Black Site (2018).- Marcus Kelly was born on 21 October 1957 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Seven Days, Downton Abbey (2010) and Stalled (2013). He was married to Rose Kelly. He died on 8 February 2019 in Dorset, England, UK.
- Judith Hackitt was born on 1 December 1954 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK.
- Sound Department
Ben Brightwell was born in 1910 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK. He is known for Hill 24 Doesn't Answer (1955), Dark Interval (1950) and Chelsea Story (1951).