Mark Herman

Mark Herman (* 1954 in Bridlington , Yorkshire ) is a British film director.

After studying graphic design in Leeds , he studied film in London from 1983 to 1986 . In 1992 he made his feature film debut with the film Blame it on the Bell Boy . His two internationally best-known films are the socially critical miners comedy Brassed Off - With Timpani and Trumpets and the film adaptation of the successful musical Little Voice .

Herman writes the scripts for all of his films himself. He also published volumes of poetry in England and attracted attention as a songwriter.

Films (director and writer)

• 1987 - Unusual Ground Floor Conversation (short film)
• 1987 - See You At Wembley, Frankie Walsh
• 1992 - To err is murderous (Blame It On The Bellboy)
• 1993 - The 10 Percenters (Writer only, TV series)
• 1996 - Brassed Off - With timpani and trumpets (Brassed Off) with Ewan McGregor , Pete Postlethwaite and Tara Fitzgerald
• 1998 - Little Voice with Ewan McGregor
• 2000 - Purely Belter
• 2003 Hope Springs - The Love of Your Life (Hope Springs) with Colin Firth and Minnie Driver
• 2008 - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas)

Prizes and awards

• 1997 - Emden Film Award of the Emden-Norderney Film Festival for Brassed Off
• 1997 - Peter Sellers Award for Comedy for Brassed Off
• 1997 - Lumiére Award for Brassed Off
• 1997 - Grand Prix of the Paris Film Festival for Brassed Off
• 1997 - Special Jury Prize of the Tokyo International Film Festival for Brassed Off
• 1997 - Writers Guild of Great Britain Award for Brassed Off
• 1998 - César for Brassed Off
• 1998 - German Film Award for Brassed Off
• 1998 - Silver Guild Film Award from AG Kino for Brassed Off
• 2000 - Special Mention of the Giffoni Film Festival for Purely Belter
• 2001 - Bronze Castle and Environment and Health Award of the Castellinaria International Festival of Young Cinema for Purely Belter
• 2001 - Director's Week Award of Fantasporto for Purely Belter

Web links

• Literature by and about Mark Herman in the catalog of the German National Library
• Mark Herman in the Internet Movie Database (English)