Alex Kalymnios

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Alex Kalymnios is a British film and television director .

life and career

Kalymnios wanted to become an actress while she was still at school . However, when she directed her first school play she thought she would enjoy working behind the scenes more and decided to become a director. In 2002 Kalymnios graduated from Bournemouth University with a degree in television and video production . Shortly thereafter, she got a place at the BBC Director's Academy. She later described this as a great experience.

With her first short film, More Than a Job's Worth , Kalymnios was named Best New Director at the Greenwich International Film Festival . She also received a nomination for best short film at the Raindance East Festival . A little later, Kalymnios took part in the Talent Campus of the Berlin International Film Festival . In 2007, Kalymnios began directing episodes of the British television series Hollyoaks . Until 2009 she directed 13 episodes. From 2008 to 2012 she worked as a director for seven episodes of Hollyoaks - offshoot Hollyoaks Later operates.

In 2011, Kalymnios directed all episodes of Becoming Human , an offshoot of the British series Being Human . This series earned her a nomination for the Welsh BAFTA Cymru Awards in the Digital Creativity and Games category, and a Banff Rockie Award nomination for Best Web Series - Fiction. In 2015 she worked as a director on the television film Cleveland Abduction . The film is based on Michelle Knights biography Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed: A Memoir of the Cleveland kidnappings , by the kidnapping of Cleveland is. The film was shot in a very small house in Cleveland within 18 days.

Kalymnios has been directing the television series The White Princess since 2017 . Other series directed by Kalymnios include Seacht , The Cut , EastEnders and Waterloo Road .

Kalymnios is married and has one daughter.

Filmography

  • 2005: More Than a Job's Worth (short film)
  • 2007: The Green Fairy (short film)
  • 2007–2009: Hollyoaks (TV series, 13 episodes)
  • 2008–2012: Hollyoaks Later (TV series, 7 episodes)
  • 2009: Seach (TV series, 4 episodes)
  • 2010: The Cut (TV series, 3 episodes)
  • 2010-2013: EastEnders (TV series, 16 episodes)
  • 2011: Becoming Human (TV series, 8 episodes)
  • 2011–2014: Waterloo Road (TV series, 4 episodes)
  • 2015: Cleveland Abduction (TV movie)
  • 2015: Salem (TV series, episode 2x08)
  • 2016: Scott & Bailey (TV series, 3 episodes)
  • 2017: The 100 (TV series, episode 4x12)
  • 2017: The White Princess (TV series, 3 episodes)

Awards and nominations

Awards

Greenwich International Film Festival

  • 2005: Best New Director

Nominations

Raindance East Festival

  • 2005: Best Short Film

BAFTA Cymru Awards :

  • 2012: Digital Creativity & Games ( Becoming Human , shared with Philip Trethowan and Hannah Thomas)

Banff Rockie Award :

  • 2012: Best Webseries - Fiction ( Becoming Human , shared with Hannah Thomas)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Director's Cut . In: Nus.org.uk . Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ Alice Pickard: FilmDoo INTERVIEW: BRITISH TV AND FILM DIRECTOR ALEX KALYMNIOS. . Filmdooworld.com. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. ↑ a b c Alex Kalymnios . In: curtisbrown.co.uk . Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  4. ^ Daniel Kilkelly: 'Hollyoaks Later' 2012: The week's spoilers in full . In: Digitalspy.co.uk . September 11, 2012. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  5. ↑ Becoming Human Director Alex Kalymnios. . In: bbc.co.uk . Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  6. ↑ a b British Academy Cymru Awards Winners in 2012 . In: Bafta.org . Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  7. ↑ a b Alex Kalymnios. Awards. . In: imdb.com . Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  8. ↑ Hal Boedeker: Cleveland kidnappings: Lifetime movie, ABC special. . In: orlandosentinel.com . Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  9. ↑ Guest Post: Why I Decided to Direct Lifetime's Ariel Castro Movie 'Cleveland Abduction'. . In: indiewire.com . Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  10. ↑ Alex Kalymnios to Direct 'The White Princess'. . In: videoageinternational.net . Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  11. ↑ Taryn Manning, Pam Grier, Joe Morton & Samantha Droke Round Out 'Cleveland Abduction' Cast . In: Deadline.com . Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  12. ↑ Interview: Alex Kalymnios . In: Raisingfilms.com . Retrieved June 13, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Kalymnios, Alex
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British film and television director
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century