James McTeigue
James McTeigue (born December 29, 1967 ) is an Australian film director .
Life
James McTeigue began his career as an assistant director, including on the Matrix trilogy, before making his directorial debut with V for Vendetta in 2005. In 2007 he was involved in the completion of the film Invasion as a director . The actual director ( Oliver Hirschbiegel ) had been dismissed, but McTeigue was not mentioned in the credits for his work. In 2009 he directed his second independent film, Ninja Assassin .
In 2012 he directed the thriller The Raven - Prophet of the Devil, based on motifs by the poet Edgar Allan Poe . In the meantime, in 2014 he made the short film Caserta Palace Dream, produced by the Campanian pasta manufacturer Garofalo , with Richard Dreyfuss , Kasia Smutniak and Valerio Mastandrea in the leading roles.
Filmography (selection)
Director
- 2005: V for Vendetta (V for Vendetta)
- 2009: Ninja Assassin
- 2012: The Raven - Prophet of the Devil (The Raven)
- 2014: Caserta Palace Dream (short film)
- 2015–2017: Sense8 (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2015: Survivor
- 2016: Marco Polo (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2018: Breaking In
- 2020: Messiah (TV series, 6 episodes)
Assistant director
- 1994: Escape from Absolom (No Escape)
- 1994: Street Fighter: The Movie
- 1997: Paradise Road
- 1998: Dark City
- 1999: Matrix
- 2000: The Secret of Alibrandis (Looking for Alibrandi)
- 2000: The Monkey's Mask
- 2002: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
- 2003: Matrix Reloaded
- 2003: Matrix Revolutions
- 2008: Speed Racer
Awards
McTeigue was in 2006 for the film V for Vendetta for a Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination.
Web links
- James McTeigue in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ James McTeigue at filmstarts.de
- ^ Douglas Brode: Fantastic Planets, Forbidden Zones, and Lost Continents. University of Texas Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1-477-30247-7 , p. 321 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung Number 242, October 17, 2007.
- ^ The Raven (2012). Internet Movie Database , accessed August 28, 2011 .
- ↑ James McTeigue Awards. Internet Movie Database , accessed August 28, 2011 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | McTeigue, James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1967 |