Francis Lee (Director)
Francis Lee (* in Soyland , Calderdale , West Yorkshire ) is an English film actor , film director and screenwriter .
Life
Francis Lee was born in Soyland, West Yorkshire, where his family ran a farm. After attending secondary school at Ryburn Valley High School in Sowerby Bridge and at Wakefield District College, he studied at Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama and subsequently worked in the theater sector. Lee made his debut as a film actor in 1994 on an episode of the television series Peak Practice . In 1999 he took over his first film role in Topsy-Turvy - Upside Down by Mike Leigh , but most of his film and television roles were small in nature.
At the age of 40, after losing increasing interest in acting and wanting to tell his own stories, he began directing. In order to earn the money for the film work, he worked for some time on a garbage dump. For his short film The Farmer's Wife , Lee received the Yorkshire Film Award (Best Yorkshire Film) at the 2012 Leeds International Film Festival . After this and a few other short films, Lee directed a feature film for God's Own Country for the first time. Lee also wrote the screenplay for the film and presented it at the Sundance Film Festival 2017 , where he received the Directing Award in the World Cinema, and in February 2017 in the Panorama section at the 67th Berlinale . Lee shot this film in and around Keighley in West Yorkshire , close to his birthplace Soyland, where he grew up on a farm.
In September 2020 Lee will present his film entitled Ammonite at the Toronto International Film Festival , starring Saoirse Ronan , Kate Winslet and Fiona Shaw , among others .
Filmography (selection)
As an actor (selection)
- 1994: Peek Practice (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1999: Topsy-Turvy - turned upside down (Topsy-Turvy)
- 1999/2005: Inspector Barnaby (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2001: My Best Friend (Me Without You)
- 2003–2009: Heartbeat (TV series, 3 episodes)
As a director
- 2012: The Farmer's Wife (short film)
- 2013: Bradford Halifax London (short film)
- 2014: The Last Smallholder (documentary short film)
- 2017: God's Own Country (feature film, director and screenplay)
Awards (selection)
British Independent Film Award
- 2017 : Nomination for Best Director ( God's Own Country )
- 2017: Nomination for Best Screenplay (God's Own Country)
- 2017: Nomination for Best Debut Director (God's Own Country)
- 2017: Award for Best Debut Screenplay (God's Own Country)
Edinburgh International Film Festival
- 2017: Award as Best British film by Michael Powell Award ( God's Own Country )
Evening Standard British Film Award
- 2018: Nomination in the Breakthrough of the Year category (God's Own Country)
Stockholm International Film Festival
- 2017: Award for Best Director (God's Own Country)
Leeds International Film Festival
- 2012: Received the Yorkshire Film Award for Best Yorkshire Film (The Farmer's Wife)
London Critics' Circle Film Award
- 2018: Award in the Breakthrough British / Irish Filmmaker of the Year category (God's Own Country)
San Francisco International Film Festival
- 2017: Nomination for the Golden Gate Award New Directors Prize - Narrative films (God's Own Country)
- 2017 : Award for best director with the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award (God's Own Country)
- 2017: Received the Directing Award in World Cinema (God's Own Country)
- 2017: Nomination for Best Fiction Film (God's Own Country)
- 2017: Received the Men's Jury Award (God's Own Country)
- 2017: Received the Men's Readers Jury Award (God's Own Country)
Web links
- Francis Lee in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Soyland-born director's film fesitval screening In: halifaxcourier.co.uk, November 9, 2012.
- ↑ Francis Lee. In: festival-deauville.com. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
- ↑ Cath Clarke: Director Francis Lee on sex, piglets and fighting off Hollywood from his hilltop hut. In: The Guardian, August 29, 2017.
- ↑ 2017 Sundance Film Festival Printable Film Guide In: sundance.org. Retrieved January 19, 2017 (PDF; 17.8 MB)
- ↑ God's Own Country In: berlinale.de. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
- ↑ Fionnuala Halligan: 'God's Own Country': Sundance Review In: screendaily.com, January 21, 2017.
- ↑ Alistair Shand: Film shot in Keighley and Haworth wins coveted award In: thetelegraphandargus.co.uk, February 3, 2017.
- ↑ Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan play lovers in "Ammonite". In: cinema.de. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
- ^ Gavin Docherty: Edinburgh film festival winners named In: express.co.uk, June 30, 2017.
- ^ Robert Dex: Discover all the nominations for this year's Evening Standard British Film Awards In: Evening Standard, January 12, 2018.
- ↑ Award Winners at the Stockholm 28th International Film Festival ( Memento of the original from November 21, 2017 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: stockholmfilmfestival.se, November 20, 2017.
- ↑ Dino-Ray Ramos: 'Three Billboards' Wins Film Of The Year At London Critics' Circle Awards In: deadline.com, January 28, 2018.
- ↑ Festival Competition ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: sffilm.org. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ↑ Dominic Patten and Patrick Hipes: Sundance Film Festival Awards: 'I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore' & 'Dina' Take Grand Jury Prizes In: deadline.com, January 28, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lee, Francis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English film actor, film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1969 or 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Soyland , Calderdale , West Yorkshire |