"Best Actor Award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for ""Mr. Turner"", a biographical film on J. M. W. Turner directed by Mike Leigh. From 29 March to 14 May 2016, Spall played the title role of Davies in Harold Pinter's play ""The Caretaker"", directed by Matthew Warchus at the Old Vic theatre in London opposite George MacKay and Daniel Mays. Spall and his wife Shane have three children: Pascale (born 1976), Rafe (born 1983), who is also an actor and Mercedes (born 1985). He lives in Forest Hill, south east London. In 1996, Spall was diagnosed with acute myeloid"
"Best Actor in a Leading Role and a London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year. Timothy Spall filmography English actor Timothy Spall OBE (born 27 February 1957) has made over 100 appearances in film and television. Having made his cinematic debut in the 1979 film ""Quadrophenia"", Spall first rose to fame for playing boring Barry Spencer Taylor in the sitcom ""Auf Wiedersehen, Pet"" (1983–2004), a role that won him popularity and critical praise. He has gone on to become a highly paid Hollywood actor featuring in a vast number of cinematic roles, among them the starring role"
"original artists as him and Bill Forsyth loose in Britain at the same time is a remarkable thing."" The playwright David Edgar was critical, and wondered about Leigh's methods, and techniques, which produced ""work of extraordinary, naturalistic perception; but it also appears to produce an attitude to the character of little more than rank contempt."" Timothy Spall, (whose father was a postman, and thought the film 'pretty accurate') has said: ""If you were to tell me you think Mike's patronising, I'd accuse him of the dead opposite: of elevating, and of making amusing and tragic, what most people in life"
"Levin (portrayed by Kevin Spacey) a friend of Warhol's who was murdered in 1986. In September 2016, it was announced that Jared Leto would portray the title character in ""Warhol"", an upcoming American biographical drama film produced by Michael De Luca and written by Terence Winter, based on the book ""Warhol: The Biography"" by Victor Bockris. In 2002, the U.S. Postal Service issued an 18-cent stamp commemorating Warhol. Designed by Richard Sheaff of Scottsdale, Arizona, the stamp was unveiled at a ceremony at The Andy Warhol Museum and features Warhol's painting ""Self-Portrait, 1964"". In March 2011, a chrome statue of"
"Supporter of Humanists UK. In 2014, Leigh publicly backed ""Hacked Off"" and its campaign for UK press self-regulation by ""safeguarding the press from political interference while also giving vital protection to the vulnerable."" |- ! colspan=""3"" style=""background: #DAA520;"" | Cannes Film Festival ! colspan=""3"" style=""background: #DAA520;"" | Cannes Film Festival ! colspan=""3"" style=""background: #DAA520;"" | Venice International Film Festival Mike Leigh Mike Leigh (born 20 February 1943) is an English writer and director of film and theatre. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) before honing his directing skills at East 15 Acting School and further at"
"Mike Leigh Mike Leigh (born 20 February 1943) is an English writer and director of film and theatre. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) before honing his directing skills at East 15 Acting School and further at the Camberwell School of Art and the Central School of Art and Design. He began as a theatre director and playwright in the mid-1960s. In the 1970s and '80s his career moved between theatre work and making films for BBC Television, many of which were characterised by a gritty ""kitchen sink realism"" style. His well-known films include the comedy-dramas"
"""The Atlantic"" called it ""a gorgeous, important film"". ""Observer"" critic Mark Kermode described the film as a ""portrait of a man wrestling light with his hands as if it were a physical element: tangible, malleable, corporeal"". ""Slate"" reviewer Dana Stevens wrote, ""Writing about ""Mr. Turner"" a few weeks after seeing it, I feel a craving to be again immersed in its world, which is rich with colors, textures, and, it sometimes almost seems, smells"". The consonance between the film and its subject was addressed by Sir Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate Galleries in England: “Mike Leigh and Timothy Spall’s"
"Timothy Spall filmography English actor Timothy Spall OBE (born 27 February 1957) has made over 100 appearances in film and television. Having made his cinematic debut in the 1979 film ""Quadrophenia"", Spall first rose to fame for playing boring Barry Spencer Taylor in the sitcom ""Auf Wiedersehen, Pet"" (1983–2004), a role that won him popularity and critical praise. He has gone on to become a highly paid Hollywood actor featuring in a vast number of cinematic roles, among them the starring role of Maurice Purley in ""Secrets & Lies"" (1996), for which he received nominations for a BAFTA Award for"
"his lengthy rehearsal and improvisation techniques with actors to build characters and narrative for his films. His purpose is to capture reality and present ""emotional, subjective, intuitive, instinctive, vulnerable films."" His aesthetic has been compared to the sensibility of the Japanese director Yasujirō Ozu. His films and stage plays, according to critic Michael Coveney, ""comprise a distinctive, homogenous body of work which stands comparison with anyone's in the British theatre and cinema over the same period."" Coveney further noted Leigh's role in helping to create stars – Liz Smith in ""Hard Labour"", Alison Steadman in ""Abigail's Party"", Brenda Blethyn in"
"Spawn (upcoming film) Spawn is an upcoming American superhero supernatural horror film written and directed by Todd McFarlane, in his directorial debut. It is based on the Image Comics character of the same name and is the second live-action film to focus on the character, acting as reboot to the 1997 film. Jamie Foxx is set to star as Al Simmons/Spawn, with Jeremy Renner as Twitch Williams. The film has been in development hell since 1998 where it was initially conceived as a sequel to 1997 film starring Michael Jai White, with a primary focus on the detective characters Sam"
"confirmed their involvement with the film, while announcing that McFarlane had also signed on to direct the project. The movie was expected to begin production by February 2018. In May 2018, it was announced that Jamie Foxx would portray the titular character. In July 2018, it was reported that Jeremy Renner would be starring alongside Foxx as Detective Twitch. On October 25, 2018, the filming start date was delayed to June 2019. Spawn (upcoming film) Spawn is an upcoming American superhero supernatural horror film written and directed by Todd McFarlane, in his directorial debut. It is based on the Image"
"Timothy Spall Timothy Leonard Spall (born 27 February 1957) is a British character actor and occasional presenter. He became a household name in the UK after appearing as Barry Spencer Taylor in the 1983 ITV comedy-drama series ""Auf Wiedersehen, Pet"". Spall received critical acclaim for his performance in ""Secrets & Lies"" (1996), for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Subsequently, he starred in supporting roles, including Simon Graham in ""The Last Samurai"" (2003), Peter Pettigrew in the ""Harry Potter"" film series (2004–2010), Albert Pierrepoint in ""Pierrepoint"" (2005), Beadle Bamford in """""
"from 2010–2011, and has portrayed characters on the TV series ""The Shadow Line"" and ""Black Mirror"". He will appear in the upcoming ""Men in Black"" spin-off film ""Men in Black International"" (2019). Spall was born at King's College Hospital in Camberwell, London, the second of three children of Shane (""née"" Baker) and actor Timothy Spall. Named after the protagonist in ""The Knight of the Burning Pestle"", a role his father played in the Royal Shakespeare Company and one he would later play himself, he always had ambitions to act. When he was 12, his father was diagnosed with leukaemia and"
"go through."" Home Sweet Home (1982 film) Home Sweet Home is a 1982 television film devised and directed by Mike Leigh, for BBC TV, 'about postmen, parenthood, social workers and sex.' It was Leigh's second collaboration with ""Play for Today"" producer Louis Marks, and cinematographer Remi Adefarasin, (after ""Grown-Ups""), and with composer Carl Davis – the musical score featured a quartet of basses – (Davis had also provided the music for 1977s ""The Kiss of Death""). It stars Timothy Spall, here working with Leigh for the first time, Eric Richard, Tim Barker, Kay Stonham, Su Elliot, Frances Barber, Sheila Kelley,"
"a BBC Four TV series """". Timothy Spall Timothy Leonard Spall (born 27 February 1957) is a British character actor and occasional presenter. He became a household name in the UK after appearing as Barry Spencer Taylor in the 1983 ITV comedy-drama series ""Auf Wiedersehen, Pet"". Spall received critical acclaim for his performance in ""Secrets & Lies"" (1996), for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Subsequently, he starred in supporting roles, including Simon Graham in ""The Last Samurai"" (2003), Peter Pettigrew in the ""Harry Potter"" film series (2004–2010), Albert Pierrepoint in"
"Home Sweet Home (1982 film) Home Sweet Home is a 1982 television film devised and directed by Mike Leigh, for BBC TV, 'about postmen, parenthood, social workers and sex.' It was Leigh's second collaboration with ""Play for Today"" producer Louis Marks, and cinematographer Remi Adefarasin, (after ""Grown-Ups""), and with composer Carl Davis – the musical score featured a quartet of basses – (Davis had also provided the music for 1977s ""The Kiss of Death""). It stars Timothy Spall, here working with Leigh for the first time, Eric Richard, Tim Barker, Kay Stonham, Su Elliot, Frances Barber, Sheila Kelley, and Lorraine"
"End ""alongside Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Spall was also featured in Wright's segment in the 2007 Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez film ""Grindhouse"". In 2007, he performed for the first time with his father in the ITV adaptation of ""A Room with a View"" playing father and son. In 2012, Spall portrayed Canadian author Yann Martel in the Academy Award-winning drama film ""Life of Pi"", directed by Ang Lee and starring Suraj Sharma and Irrfan Khan. The film was a critical and financial success, winning four Academy Awards and making over $600 million at the box office. In 2013,"
"as part of the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Queer Palm award on 23 May 2014. In May 2014 Warchus was announced as the new Artistic Director of the Old Vic Theatre London, succeeding Kevin Spacey. His first season began in September 2015 directing a new play, ""Future Conditional"" by Tamsin Oglesby, starring Rob Brydon. He also directed ""The Master Builder"" by Henrik Ibsen starring Ralph Finnes, ""The Caretaker"" by Harold Pinter starring Timothy Spall, Daniel Mays and George Mackay, and reunited with the same creative team as ""Matilda"" to create the"
"Bill's suicide and the following events. Wendy has since seen the movie, and was reportedly very moved by the depiction, however Lisa has declined to see the previews when offered. Mysterious Creatures Mysterious Creatures is a 2006 British Indie drama, directed by David Evans, and starring Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn and Rebekah Staton. It is a true story of a married couple struggling to cope with the demands of their daughter who suffers from Aspergers Syndrome. It is November 2004, and Bill and Wendy Ainscow are struggling to cope with Social Services' neglect of their daughter, in her 30s and"
"The Homesman The Homesman is a 2014 historical period drama set in the 1850s Midwest, directed by Tommy Lee Jones. The screenplay by Jones, Kieran Fitzgerald and Wesley Oliver is based on the 1988 novel of the same name by Glendon Swarthout. The film stars Jones and Hilary Swank and also features Meryl Streep, Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto, Hailee Steinfeld, John Lithgow, and James Spader. The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and received a North American limited release on November 14, 2014 by Roadside Attractions."
"2013. Released in the USA by BBC Home Entertainment on 19 November 2013. Two of Britain's finest actors, Timothy Spall (Harry Potter) and Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice), star in this heart-warming Christmas story perfect for the whole family. Fifteen-year-old Eddie (Joseph Phillips) is on a shopping trip with his mother when she is tragically struck by a car and left in critical condition. With their father absent from their lives, Eddie and his brother Stewart (Angus Harrison) face the daunting prospect of potentially losing their mother just as Christmas approaches. One night, Eddie's mother visits him in a dream"
"in the United States, and over $11 billion worldwide. In 2012, Oldman was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles' ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" album cover – to celebrate the British cultural figures of his life that he most admires to mark his 80th birthday. In 2014, he received the Dilys Powell Award For Excellence In Film by the London Film Critics. In 2018, Oldman received the Variety Award at the British Independent Film Awards, which recognizes a director, actor,"
"in April/May 2012. Several other exhibitions have followed from this, and another large-scale exhibition at the Turnpike Gallery, Leigh, in Summer 2018 that showed work originally hung in the same space in 1994. Dave Pearson (painter) David Samuel Pearson (4 August 1937 – 19 July 2008), commonly known as ""Dave Pearson"", was an English painter and educator who was ""a great example of an artist whose life was completely dedicated to serving the imagination"". Highly prolific, throughout his life he produced a prodigious quantity of work. Dave Pearson was born in Clapton, London in 1937. His father, Sam, was a"
"(1997), ""Basil"" (1998), ""Shakespeare in Love"" (1998) and ""Topsy-Turvy"" (1999). After a six-year hiatus for legal reasons the James Bond films returned to production with the 17th Bond film, ""GoldenEye"". With their traditional home Pinewood Studios fully booked, a new studio was created for the film in a former Rolls-Royce aero-engine factory at Leavesden in Hertfordshire. Mike Leigh emerged as a significant figure in British cinema in the 1990s, with a series of films financed by Channel 4 about working and middle class life in modern England, including ""Life Is Sweet"" (1991), ""Naked"" (1993) and his biggest hit ""Secrets &"
"as it does interviews with Helga, Andrew's son and painter Jamie Wyeth, and Andrew himself before his death in 2009. A real treat – particularly if you're as ignorant of Wyeth's world as we were."" ""The Independent""'s Gerard Gilbert called the film ""unexpectedly absorbing"". John Crace of ""The Guardian"" wrote that """"Michael Palin in Wyeth's World"" (BBC2) was a little gem; a one-hour documentary about a 20th-century American painter, Andrew Wyeth, of whom I had never heard, yet which kept me intrigued"". Michael Palin in Wyeth's World Michael Palin in Wyeth's World is a 2013 British documentary film directed by"
"selected for the Sedition show in 2010 and the Sea Change exhibition in 2014. In 2017 he made a film to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Brass Eye. Oxide Ghosts:The Brass Eye Tapes featured unseen material from the director's personal archive and played to over 60 sold out cinemas all over the UK and Ireland. The shows featured an introduction and Q&A session from Cumming. The film continues to have occasional screenings and Cumming has made it clear that these live events will be the only way to see the film. Michael Cumming Michael Cumming is a British director and"
"that McFarlane had also signed on to direct the project. The movie was expected to begin production by February 2018. In May 2018, it was announced that Jamie Foxx would portray the titular character. In July 2018, it was reported that Jeremy Renner would be starring alongside Foxx as Detective Twitch. Spawn: The Album was released in July 1997 and featured popular rock / metal group of bands at the time including: Metallica, Korn, Slayer, Marilyn Manson, Stabbing Westward, Filter, Soul Coughing and Silverchair of collaboration with well-known electronic producers such as The Crystal Method, Roni Size, The Prodigy, DJ"
"Houser and Deborah Fallender); and Benjamin Guggenheim (John Moffatt), returning to his wife and children after a scandalous affair. One plot line relates the tentative shipboard romance of two schoolteachers, ""Titanic"" survivor Lawrence Beesley (David Warner, later appearing in the James Cameron 1997 film ""Titanic"") and the fictional Leigh Goodwin (Susan Saint James). Both are saved. In steerage, the plot focuses on the experiences of eight Irish immigrants, who are first depicted approaching the ship from a tender in the harbor of Queenstown (now Cobh), Ireland. These characters, all based on real people, include Katie Gilnagh (played by Shevaun Bryers),"
"directed by David Keating and starring Timothy Spall, Aidan Gillen and Eva Birthistle and Outcast (2010 film) directed by Colm McCarthy (director) and starring James Nesbitt, Kate Dickie and fellow Scottish actress Hannah Stanbridge, who received a Scottish BAFTA for her role in the film. Brendan McCarthy is Film Adviser to Arts Council of Ireland, where he consults on both policy and project related issues. From 2001 to 2012 McCarthy acted as the Irish delegate to Eurimages. Eurimages is the European co-production fund based at the Council of Europe. He was active in the creation of policy and project selection"
"of scenes. in the Historic Dockyard Chatham was used in the scene where Turner has himself strapped to the mast of a sailing ship during a storm. Stangate Creek doubled as the Thames when Turner and his friends are rowed along Thames and discuss , they then toast . ""Mr. Turner"" had its premiere at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or, with Timothy Spall winning the Best Actor award and cinematographer Dick Pope winning the Vulcan Award. Entertainment One released the film in the United Kingdom on 31 October 2014. Sony Pictures Classics handled"
"this statue was the Irish sculptor Jim Connolly, a graduate of the Limerick School of Art and Design. At the 2009 BAFTAs, Mickey Rourke dedicated his Best Actor award to Harris, calling him a ""good friend and great actor"". In 2013, Rob Gill and Zeb Moore founded the annual Richard Harris International Film Festival. www.richardharrisfilmfestival.com. The Richard Harris Film Festival is one of Ireland fastest growing film festivals. Growing from just 10 films in 2013 to screening over 115 films in 2017. Each year one of Richard’s sons attends the annual festival (October Bank Holiday Weekend) in Limerick, Ireland. Richard"
"scene at the beginning of the film, when a lonely figure is seen walking along the marshes. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 64%, based on 53 reviews with an average rating of 6.2/10. The website's critical consensus reads, """"Peterloo"" proves writer-director Mike Leigh's populist anger remains undimmed - but that righteous fury occasionally overpowers the narrative."" Metacritic gives the film a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating ""generally favorable reviews"". https://www.mandy.com/news/vanity-fair-tv-series-peterloo-film-paul-biddiss# Peterloo (film) Peterloo is a 2018 British historical drama, directed and written by Mike Leigh,"
"and ""Vikings"". Blagden's latest appearance on screen is in the drama series ""Versailles"", as the lead character Louis XIV. Blagden will be playing the role of PJ in the 2018 revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company at the Gielgud Theatre in the West End. He is a supporter of Diabetes UK; from 4–6 September 2015, he cycled from London to Paris in under 72 hours and raised nearly £5,000 for the charity. George Blagden George Paul Blagden (born 28 December 1989) is an English stage and film actor. He is best known for his role as Louis XIV in the French-produced"