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 will premiere 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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