All Features articles – Page 322
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FeaturesRose Wicksteed, UK Stars of Tomorrow 2014
CASTING DIRECTOR: “There’s no formula,” says Rose Wicksteed of the profession of casting.
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FeaturesLaura Tarrant-Brown, UK Stars of Tomorrow 2014
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: At its best, production design feels ‘real’, the world presented onscreen convincing and believable, no matter where it might be.
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FeaturesSi Bell, UK Stars of Tomorrow 2014
CINEMATOGRAPHER: It is unusual for a DoP to work his way up the camera department on set; there are a lot of steps to climb.
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FeaturesKrysty Wilson-Cairns, UK Stars of Tomorrow 2014
WRITER: “I wrote Aether over Christmas, during six weeks.”
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FeaturesChris Foggin, UK Stars of Tomorrow 2014
DIRECTOR: How do you get Judi Dench to appear in her first short film?
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FeaturesDawn King, UK Stars of Tomorrow 2014
WRITER: Dawn King is a much-awarded young writer for the stage and, at last, the screen, having signed a deal with Cowboy Films to adapt her sell-out play Ciphers from Bush Theatre.
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FeaturesMichael Berliner, UK Stars of Tomorrow 2014
PRODUCER: Bedfordshire-born producer Michael Berliner started out as an actor in his teens and throughout university; it wasn’t until he produced his own short film after graduation “that I realised this was the thing for me”.
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FeaturesKeri Collins, UK Stars of Tomorrow 2014
DIRECTOR: “I feel as if I’ve taken a long time to get here,” says Cardiff-born director Keri Collins.
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FeaturesSarah Brocklehurst, UK Stars of Tomorrow 2014
PRODUCER: Born in the US of Chinese and UK heritage, 29-year-old Sarah Brocklehurst broke out with 2011 micro-budget feature production Black Pond.
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FeaturesLynsey Miller, UK Stars of Tomorrow 2014
WRITER-DIRECTOR: “I tend to fall in love with my characters,” says director Lynsey Miller. “And consequently whatever I do visually is motivated by them and what they’re thinking or feeling.”
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FeaturesDaniel Fajemisin-Duncan and Marlon Smith, UK Stars of Tomorrow 2014
WRITERS: Daniel Fajemisin-Duncan and Marlon Smith won a Bafta shortly after being selected for Stars of Tomorrow: a television craft award for breakthrough talent for their gripping Channel 4 drama Run, which they co-wrote (they are in the throes of writing a second series).
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FeaturesRoberto Oliveri, UK Stars of Tomorrow 2014
WRITER-DIRECTOR: The least experienced of this year’s Stars of Tomorrow, 24-year-old Roberto Oliveri has just produced, written, shot and funded his first short, Compassion, while living with his parents in Hertfordshire and working in a garage to raise funds.
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FeaturesSimon Stephenson, UK Stars of Tomorrow 2014
WRITER: Simon Stephenson is a man with his own rich back story.
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FeaturesPhoebe Waller-Bridge, UK Stars of Tomorrow 2014
ACTOR, WRITER, THEATRE PRODUCER: “It’s been the maddest year imaginable,” says actress-writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
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FeaturesSam Keeley, UK Stars of Tomorrow 2014
ACTOR: Sam Keeley got his break at an open casting call in his home town of Tullamore, County Offaly in southern Ireland, a town not exactly known as being a hub for movie stars.
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FeaturesAisling Franciosi, UK Stars of Tomorrow 2014
ACTOR: Like everyone else who watched TV series The Fall, casting director Kahleen Crawford’s eyes were drawn to Aisling Franciosi as the precocious teenage neighbour of the serial killer played by Jamie Dornan.
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FeaturesOlivia Cooke, UK Stars of Tomorrow 2014
ACTOR: Olivia Cooke has been living out of a suitcase for two years.
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FeaturesKevin Guthrie, UK Stars of Tomorrow 2014
ACTOR: Born in Neilston near Glasgow, Kevin Guthrie’s career is on a clear trajectory.
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FeaturesKate Phillips, UK Stars of Tomorrow 2014
ACTOR: Kate Phillips is shooting out of Guildhall and into one of the most sought-after roles in the UK this year — as Jane Seymour in the BBC One adaptation of Wolf Hall.
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FeaturesTaron Egerton, UK Stars of Tomorrow 2014
ACTOR: To put it in sporting terms, Taron Egerton (pronounced Edge-r-ton) is 2014’s man of the match, the name on every UK casting director’s hot young talent list.