Sean Ellis
Sean Ellis (* 1970 in Brighton ) is a British film director , author , film producer and fashion photographer who was nominated for an Oscar in 2006.
Life
Ellis, who worked as a fashion photographer for Vogue , Jean Paul Gaultier , H&M and Hugo Boss , among others , also shot music videos in the beginning . In 2006 he shot a feature film version of his Oscar-nominated short film Cashback under the same title , and the cast and crew were the same. The feature film received the jury award at the Bermuda International Film Festival and the CICAE Award from the Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián . In 2008 his next project came about, the British-French horror thriller The Broken with Lena Headey in the lead role. The production was nominated in 2008 at the Sitges Film Festival for the award in the categories “Best Film” and “Best Cinematography”. The Broken won in the Best Camera category . On his next project, the detective film Metro Manila (2013), Ellis not only directed, but was also co-producer, co-writer and camera. The film was submitted for an Oscar as a British entry for “Best Foreign Language Film” , but was not nominated. He won nine other awards and eleven other nominations. Ellis' latest project, the film Anthropoid , is based on the true story of two Czech soldiers who were supposed to eliminate SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich .
With his 2011 published illustrated book Kubrick The Dog (dt. Kubrick The Dog ) sought Ellis a way to death to process his dog, who was suffering from a malignant lymphoma. Ellis named his dog after Stanley Kubrick , a film director he admired .
Ellis, who is married, is based in London.
Filmography (selection)
- 2001: Left Turn (short film, director and screenplay)
- 2004: Cashback (short film, director and screenplay)
- 2006: Cashback (director, screenplay, producer)
- 2008: The Broken (Director and Screenplay)
- 2008: Voyages d'Affaires (short film, director and screenplay)
- 2013: Metro Manila (director, screenplay, producer, camera)
- 2014: CityLights (original story)
- 2016: Anthropoid (director and producer)
Awards / nominations (selection)
- 2004: Winner of the Grand Prix at the Brest European Short Film Festival with cashback
- 2005: Winner of the Audience Award at the FIKE - Évora International Short Film Festival with the film Cashback
- 2006: Oscar nomination in the category “Best Short Film (Live Action)” with cashback together with Lene Bausager . The Oscar went to Martin McDonagh and the Irish short film Six Shooter .
- 2007: Winner of the Jury Prize at the Bermuda International Film Festival for the film Cashback
- 2008: Winner of the Gold Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival with the short film Cashback , also nominated for the film Voyages d'Affaires
- 2009: Nomination for the BAFTA Award in the category “Best Short Film” with Voyages d'Affaires , together with Celine Quideau
- 2013 winner of the Amazonas Award in the categories “Best Director”, “Best Screenplay”, “Best Film” (Audience Award) with the film Metro Manila
- 2013: Winner of the British Independent Film Award for "Best Director" in Metro Manila
- 2013: Winner of the Critics Award at the Hamburg Film Festival with Metro Manila
- 2014: Nomination for the BAFTA Award in the “Best Film” category with Metro Manila , together with Mathilde Charpentier
literature
- Sean Ellis: Kubrick, The Dog , gift edition , Schirmer Mosel, March 15, 2014, 144 pages, ISBN 978-3-829-60675-2 , ISBN 382-9-606-75-3
Web links
- Sean Ellis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Judith Kessler: Fashion photographer Sean Ellis: The dog that the models lay at his feet In: Frankfurter Rundschau , November 8, 2010. Accessed February 5, 2015.
- ↑ Sean Ellis at perlentaucher.de
- ↑ Kubrick The Dog flickr.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ellis, Sean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British film director, film producer, writer and fashion photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brighton , UK |