Frank E. Flowers

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Frank E. Flowers (full name: Frank Ewen Flowers Jr .; born August 1979 in the Cayman Islands ) is a British film director , producer and screenwriter .

Life

Flowers was born and raised in the Cayman Islands to Frank Sr. and Eve Flowers . He is the grandson of businessman Clarence Flowers and has a younger sister named Dara. Originally, his family hoped that he would learn one of the professions of the extensive family businesses on the Cayman Islands. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California , where he attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts .

As an independent film director and screenwriter, he celebrated his breakthrough in 2003 with the short film Swallow , which was shown at the Sundance Film Festival , acquired by HBO and won several awards. The feature film Haven followed in 2004 and was shown in selected US cinemas in 2006. Flowers also shot several music videos , including for Damian Marley , Ziggy Marley , Dwight Myers , Ironik , Jessica Lowndes and Jessica Sutta . Together with Sean Ellis , he wrote the script for the 2013 film Metro Manila .

Flowers was the first person to be honored with the Caribbean Heritage Organization of America's Rising Son award .

Filmography (selection)

Awards

  • Rising Son of the Caribbean Heritage Organization of America

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Filmstarts : Filmkritik - Haven , Julian Unkel, accessed on August 13, 2013
  2. ↑ Internet Movie Database : Nominations and Awards - Swallow , accessed August 21, 2013
  3. ↑ About.com: Exclusive Interview with Haven Writer / Director Frank E Flowers ( Memento of the original from June 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , Rebecca Murray, accessed August 21, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / movies.about.com
  4. ↑ Internet Movie Database : Launch Dates - Haven , accessed August 13, 2013
  5. ^ Frank E. Flowers: Music Video , accessed August 21, 2013

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personal data
SURNAME Flowers, Frank E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flowers, Frank Ewen Jr. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British director, film producer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH August 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Cayman Islands