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As a filmmaker he wrote and co-directed the short film "Charity", which won Best Comedy at the 2012 Crystal Palace International Film Festival <ref>[http://cpiff.co.uk/winners]</ref>. And in 2013 he wrote/directed the short film "The Bathroom", starring double [[Laurence Olivier Award]] winning actress [[Janie Dee]] and acclaimed young actor [[Reece Noi]], with music by [[Grammy Award]] winning composer [[David Arnold]]. <ref>[http://sidengo.com/scorchedspoon#scorched-spoon-productions-ltd]</ref>
As a filmmaker he wrote and co-directed the short film "Charity", which won Best Comedy at the 2012 Crystal Palace International Film Festival.<ref>[http://cpiff.co.uk/winners]</ref> And in 2013 he wrote/directed the short film "The Bathroom", starring double [[Laurence Olivier Award]] winning actress [[Janie Dee]] and acclaimed young actor [[Reece Noi]], with music by [[Grammy Award]] winning composer [[David Arnold]].<ref>[http://sidengo.com/scorchedspoon#scorched-spoon-productions-ltd]</ref>


Jackson's other plays include "Minor Irritations", which was the first play to receive the [[Pleasance]] Theatre's Charlie Hartill Special Reserve<ref>[http://www.pleasance.co.uk/edinburgh/reserve/ Pleasance Theatre]</ref> and was nominated for the 2006 Oscar Wilde Award for Writing,<ref>[http://www.gaytheatre.ie/archive/html/2006_overview.html Oscar Wilde Awards 2006]</ref> and the short plays "Charity"and "Where I Used To Live",<ref>[http://www.whatsonstage.com/interviews/theatre/off-west+end/E8831268072041/Sam+Peter+Jackson+...+Where+I+Used+to+Live.html Sam Peter Jackson editorial WhatsOnStage]</ref> produced by [[The Factory Theatre Company]] in London,<ref>[http://thefactory.wetpaint.com/page/Round+1 Factory Round One]</ref> and "Icarus", produced by [[Mind The Gap Theatre]] in New York.<ref>[http://www.mindthegaptheatre.com/Home.html Mind the Gap Homepage]</ref>
Jackson's other plays include "Minor Irritations", which was the first play to receive the [[Pleasance]] Theatre's Charlie Hartill Special Reserve<ref>[http://www.pleasance.co.uk/edinburgh/reserve/ Pleasance Theatre]</ref> and was nominated for the 2006 Oscar Wilde Award for Writing,<ref>[http://www.gaytheatre.ie/archive/html/2006_overview.html Oscar Wilde Awards 2006]</ref> and the short plays "Charity"and "Where I Used To Live",<ref>[http://www.whatsonstage.com/interviews/theatre/off-west+end/E8831268072041/Sam+Peter+Jackson+...+Where+I+Used+to+Live.html Sam Peter Jackson editorial WhatsOnStage]</ref> produced by [[The Factory Theatre Company]] in London,<ref>[http://thefactory.wetpaint.com/page/Round+1 Factory Round One]</ref> and "Icarus", produced by [[Mind The Gap Theatre]] in New York.<ref>[http://www.mindthegaptheatre.com/Home.html Mind the Gap Homepage]</ref>
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Sam Peter Jackson (born 17 March 1978) is a writer/director and actor best known for writing the play "Public Property",[1] which ran at the Trafalgar Studios in London's West End in 2009[2] starring Nigel Harman, Robert Daws and Steven Webb and was nominated for a 2010 WhatsOnStage Theatregoers' Choice Award [3] as Best New Comedy. The play was published by Oberon Books.[4]

As a filmmaker he wrote and co-directed the short film "Charity", which won Best Comedy at the 2012 Crystal Palace International Film Festival.[5] And in 2013 he wrote/directed the short film "The Bathroom", starring double Laurence Olivier Award winning actress Janie Dee and acclaimed young actor Reece Noi, with music by Grammy Award winning composer David Arnold.[6]

Jackson's other plays include "Minor Irritations", which was the first play to receive the Pleasance Theatre's Charlie Hartill Special Reserve[7] and was nominated for the 2006 Oscar Wilde Award for Writing,[8] and the short plays "Charity"and "Where I Used To Live",[9] produced by The Factory Theatre Company in London,[10] and "Icarus", produced by Mind The Gap Theatre in New York.[11]

As an actor he has most notably appeared in Channel 4's BAFTA-winning "Nuremberg - Goering's Last Stand" and the BBC TV film "D-Day".[12]

Jackson also co-wrote and presented the 2010 Channel 4 documentary "The Other Michael Jackson: Battle of the Boogie"[13] about his father singer/songwriter Mick Jackson (singer), who wrote the song "Blame It On The Boogie".[14] To promote the film Sam appeared on BBC Breakfast with his father.[15]

Jackson has been described as "a writing talent to watch" by Variety (magazine).[16] He is represented by Berlin Associates in London.[17]

References

  1. ^ Public Property Website
  2. ^ Trafalgar Studios Public Property
  3. ^ WOS Awards Nominees 2010
  4. ^ Jackson, Sam Peter (2009). Public Property (1st ed.). London: Oberon Books. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-84002-977-2.
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ [2]
  7. ^ Pleasance Theatre
  8. ^ Oscar Wilde Awards 2006
  9. ^ Sam Peter Jackson editorial WhatsOnStage
  10. ^ Factory Round One
  11. ^ Mind the Gap Homepage
  12. ^ IMDB
  13. ^ Channel 4 documentary
  14. ^ Mick Jackson Biography
  15. ^ Mick Jackson interview on BBC Breakfast
  16. ^ Variety on Public Property
  17. ^ Sam on Berlin Associates website

External links

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