James Watkins
James Watkins (* 1978 ) is a British screenwriter and film director .
Life
Watkins began his work in the film business initially as a screenwriter, working with the film production company Working Title Films , with whom he had concluded a first-look writing deal . The first film to be made was Invisible Eyes in 2002 . Gone followed in 2006 - run for your life . The 2008 film Eden Lake marked Watkins' directorial debut, and he also wrote the script. For this, Watkins was nominated for the Douglas Hickox Award at the British Independent Film Awards 2008 . In 2009 he won the International Fantasy Film Award at Fantasporto and he was awarded the Special Prize of the Jury at the Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya .
His second feature film was made in 2012 with Die Frau in Schwarz . In 2016 his third directorial work Bastille Day with Idris Elba in the lead role was released. The action thriller about a CIA agent who tries to prevent a terrorist attack in Paris was shown in French cinemas a few days before the attack in Nice on July 14, 2016 and was subsequently canceled. Previously there had been a discussion about the French start date, which was scheduled for the European Football Championship .
Filmography (selection)
script
- 2002: Invisible Eyes
- 2006: Gone (Gone)
- 2008: Eden Lake
- 2009: The Descent 2 - The Hunt Goes On (The Descent - Part 2)
- 2016: Bastille Day
- 2018: McMafia (TV series)
Director
- 2008: Eden Lake
- 2012: The Woman in Black (The Woman in Black)
- 2016: Bastille Day
- 2016: Black Mirror
- 2018: McMafia (TV series)
Web links
- James Watkins in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ unitedagents.co.uk, accessed on 19 February 2016
- ^ After the attack in Nice: Thriller "Bastille Day" in France discontinued at Spiegel Online , July 18, 2016 (accessed July 24, 2016).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Watkins, James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British screenwriter and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1978 |