Mark Gill is an English screenwriter and film director. He is from Stretford in Manchester.
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| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, director |
| Years active | 2011–present |
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| Website | www.markgill.co.uk |
Gill graduated from University of Central Lancashire in 2007,[1] and soon after met producer Baldwin Li. Gill has won numerous awards, including a Royal Television Society Award. In 2014 Gill and fellow producer Baldwin Li were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for their film The Voorman Problem,[2] as well as receiving a BAFTA Award for Best Short Film nomination in 2013 [3]
Gill co-wrote and directed England Is Mine, a biopic based on the early life of Morrissey. It premiered at the closing gala of the Edinburgh Film Festival on 2 July 2017, and went into wide release in the UK in August 2017.[4]
Gill's second feature, Ravens, a darkly surreal love story based on the life of Masahsa Fukase and his wife Yoko, will be released in 2025. Ravens premiered at the Austin Film Festival in October 2024.[5] Ravens stars Emmy Award-nominated (Shōgun) actor Tadanobu Asano. Ravens premiered at the 2024 Austin Film Festival and won the Marquee Film Audience Award.
References
edit- ^ Lyndsey Boardman. "UCLan graduate nominated for an Oscar". University of Central Lancashire. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ "Oscar Nominees". Archived from the original on 10 January 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ "Morrissey biopic being developed by makers of The Voorman Problem". Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ Mumford, Gwilym; Pulver, Andrew; Bradshaw, Peter (15 June 2017). "Summer 2017's best movies: from Scarlett Johansson's hen night to Morrissey's teen years". The Guardian.
- ^ "'The Piano Lesson,' 'Ravens' and More Headline First Wave of Films Unveiled at Austin Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)".
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