Johnny Kenton

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Johnny Kenton (born in Great Britain around 1980 ) is a British film director , screenwriter and film producer .

Life

Kenton grew up in the Scottish Highlands . While still at school and studying at Newcastle University , he made music videos and short films that were shown at festivals in Raindance, Clermont-Ferrand , Venice and the London Short Film Festival. He also gained theater experience and staged two shows in Edinburgh. In 2012 he made the low-budget short film Hereafter with Anthony Head . The film won the jury award for best film at the New York Television Festival. It was produced on a minimal budget, funded from Kenton's own resources and fundraising , of £ 4,000. Lydia Wilson , Rob Ostlere and Taron Egerton were also on the cast.

A David Lean Scholarship enabled him to study at the National Film and Television School , which he successfully completed in 2016 with the film Dead Birds , a black comedy about a mother-daughter relationship with Shannon Tarbet and Tara Fitzgerald in the lead roles . Dead Birds won the Audience Award and the Student Jury Award at the Poitiers Film Festival and was a 2018 Student Academy Awards finalist .

Kenton is the director of Pylon , episode 1 / season 6 of The Young Inspector Morse , which first aired on February 10, 2019.

Prizes and awards

  • 2016: Pia Pressure award for emerging talent
  • 2019: BAFTA Awards, Scotland (nomination), best director, for The Young Inspector Morse , Episode 1 / Season 6

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Merlin star Anthony Head adds magic to director's debut movie Evening Standard, June 28, 2013, accessed July 10, 2019
  2. ↑ a b Night Dances accessed on July 10, 2019
  3. ↑ a b News Stars of Tomorrow 2018: Johnny Kenton (writer / director) accessed July 11, 2019
  4. ↑ IMDb
  5. Jump up ↑ Johnny Kenton, Debs Paterson Receive Pia Pressure Awards Variety, April 3, 2016, accessed July 10, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Kenton, Johnny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British film director, screenwriter and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Great Britain