All Features articles – Page 255
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FeaturesHannah John-Kamen, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
ACTOR: Back in June, Hannah John-Kamen landed a key role in her biggest project to date, Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Ernest Cline’s bestselling novel Ready Player One, and she does not think it will ever sink in.
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FeaturesLeah Harvey, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
ACTOR: Despite the fact 22-year-old Londoner Leah Harvey just graduated from LAMDA this summer, she has already shot a lead role in Michael Winterbottom’s next feature and is starring in Phyllida Lloyd’s The Tempest at London’s Donmar Warehouse with Lloyd’s Henry IV yet to come.
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FeaturesSope Dirisu, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
ACTOR: Despite acting since the age of 11, life could have turned out very differently for Sope Dirisu.
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FeaturesAnthony Boyle, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
ACTOR: After leaving school at 16, Anthony Boyle was doing “anything and everything I could” as an actor when a teacher at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama saw him perform at the Lyric Drama School in Belfast and invited him to audition.
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FeaturesEleanor Worthington-Cox, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
ACTOR: At 10 years of age, Eleanor Worthington-Cox shared the lead role in stage musical Matilda, going on to jointly win an Olivier award for best actress.
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FeaturesMolly Windsor, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
ACTOR: At the age of 11, Molly Windsor earned plaudits for her lead role in Samantha Morton’s Bafta-winning The Unloved.
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FeaturesLen Rowles, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
PRODUCER: Having recently left Pathé to join London production outfit Wildgaze Films as head of development for film and television, producer Len Rowles is thrilled by her new role.
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FeaturesBilly Lumby, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
WRITER-DIRECTOR: Billy Lumby discovered cinema through the likes of Buñuel, Tarkovsky, Godard and Lynch while bed-ridden with an illness for several months as a teenager.
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FeaturesEva Riley, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
WRITER-DIRECTOR: Having studied photography and film at Edinburgh Napier University, Eva Riley decided to devote herself to film-making after first dabbling in shorts.
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FeaturesBrady Hood, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
WRITER-DIRECTOR: Growing up in his Yorkshire family home, writer-director Brady Hood recalls regularly settling in for a film night, often involving gritty social-realist dramas such as Alan Clarke’s Scum, which he was allowed to watch despite its violent content.
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FeaturesFodhla Cronin O’Reilly, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
PRODUCER: Ireland-born Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly moved to England to study film production after starting out as a special-effects trainee on productions including The Wind That Shakes The Barley.
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FeaturesSam Yates, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
DIRECTOR: Despite carving out a successful career as a theatre director - including The El Train starring Ruth Wilson - Sam Yates says he always had “an instinct” to get into film.
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FeaturesDIGITAL EDITION: Stars of Tomorrow 2016
SCREEN SUBSCRIBERS: Browse this year’s selection of the hottest upcoming actors and filmmakers…
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FeaturesScreen's Stars of Tomorrow 2015: Where are they now?
Screen’s Stars of Tomorrow 2015 have had a stellar year, featuring in major Hollywood productions, working with arthouse legends and making their feature debuts behind the camera.
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FeaturesJosh O’Connor, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
ACTOR: Having graduated from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2011, Josh O’Connor believes that extended runs on television shows have been an “important learning curve” for his craft.
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FeaturesSennia Nanua, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
ACTOR: At the age of 12, Nottingham-born newcomer Sennia Nanua landed the critical role of Melanie in Colm McCarthy’s The Girl With All The Gifts, starring opposite Glenn Close, Gemma Arterton and Paddy Considine.
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FeaturesFionn Whitehead, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
ACTOR: Fionn Whitehead (pronounced Finn) made casting headlines when, as an unknown, he landed a pivotal role in Christopher Nolan’s Second World War epic Dunkirk, which has been shooting in the UK and France and is set for release next July.
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FeaturesChris Urch, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
WRITER: Having trained as an actor at Drama Centre London - where both Tom Hardy and Michael Fassbender studied - writer Chris Urch was soon drawn to screenwriting, albeit “from an actor’s point of view”.
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FeaturesMelissa Iqbal, Stars of Tomorrow 2016
WRITER: Melissa Iqbal initially caught the movie bug in her teenage years while watching fantasy films.
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FeaturesHow 'Light Years' took the direct distribution route
Guest comment: How Light Years producer Samm Haillay strategised the release of Esther Campbell’s drama.