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Lily Jane Collins was born in Guildford, Surrey, England. Her father is English musician Phil Collins, while her mother, Jill Tavelman, who is from Los Angeles, California, was president of the Beverly Hills Women's Club for three terms. Lily moved with her mother to LA at the age of five, after her parents split up. She is of Russian Jewish (from her maternal grandfather), English, and German descent.
Her first screen role was at the age of two in the BBC series Growing Pains, in 1992. Collins performed at the Youth Academy for Dramatic Arts as a child, but her main interest was journalism. She graduated from the Harvard-Westlake School, and attended the USC, where she majored in broadcast journalism. She began writing a column ("NY Confidential") for the British magazine Elle Girl in her teens as well as contributing to Seventeen, Teen Vogue, and the Los Angeles Times magazines.
After some early television appearances as a presenter/reporter (for instance, covering the 2008 US Presidential campaign as a host on the Nickelodeon show, Kids Pick the President (2000)), she made a couple of appearances on 90210 (2008) in 2009. She co-starred as the daughter of Tim McGraw and Sandra Bullock's characters in the massive box office hit The Blind Side (2009). More dramatic roles followed, and she came to worldwide attention when she played the starring role in Mirror Mirror (2012), following it up by headlining The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) and Love, Rosie (2014).- Ritu Arya is an English actress and drummer. She first became known for her role as Dr. Megan Sharma in the soap opera "Doctors" (2013-2017), for which she was nominated for a British Soap Award. She gained further recognition for her roles as Flash in the sci-fi series "Humans" (2016-2018) and Lila Pitts in the Netflix superhero series "The Umbrella Academy."
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Celia Imrie is an Olivier award-winning and Screen Actors Guild-nominated actress, a Variety magazine 'Icon' and Women in Film and Television 'Lifetime Achievement award' winner. As well as her acclaimed film, television and theatre work, she is also a Sunday Times best-selling author. Celia is much loved for her film roles including The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel film series, The Bridget Jones film series, Calendar Girls, Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, Finding Your Feet and Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again. Most recent film work include Mrs Green in independent horror feature, Malevolent and Joan Erikson in Year By The Sea.
Television roles include, Phyllis in Pamela Adlon's semi-autobiographical comedy Better things, Kettle in Sky Atlantic and Showtime's Patrick Melrose, Vera in Barbara Vine's A Dark Adapted Eye and Maggie Pit in unconventional comedy Hang Ups.
Celia also has an extensive list of theatre credits and she has performed in many of London's major theatres. These include, Tony and Olivier Award winning comedy Noises Off at The Old Vic Theatre, Acorn Antiques: The Musical! at Theatre Royal Haymarket in which Celia won the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2005, The Sea at The National Theatre opposite Dame Judi Dench and the universally acclaimed production of King Lear at the Old Vic in 2016.
Celia will soon take to the stage in Party Time/Celebration, the sixth double-bill of one-act plays in The Jamie Lloyd Company's Pinter at the Pinter Season, commemorating the 10th anniversary of Nobel Prize-winning writer Harold Pinter.- Actor
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David Hemmings, one of the great English cinema icons of the 1960s, was born in Guildford, Surrey, on November 18, 1941, to a cookie merchant and his wife. He was educated at Glyn College, Epsom, but while still a child, Hemmings made his first forays into the world of entertainment. An accomplished singer, he toured as a boy soprano with the English Opera Group, famed for his performances of the works of Benjamin Britten. Britten, who befriended the youngster, wrote some roles specifically for Hemmings, including that of "Miles" in "The Turn of the Screw". Hemmings subsequently took up painting after his career as a soprano was ended by his transit through puberty. He studied painting at the Epsom School of Art, where he staged the first exhibition of his work at the school when he was 15 years old.
Hemmings made his film debut in 1954, with The Rainbow Jacket (1954) for Ealing Studios. He also had bit part in Otto Preminger's 1957 version of Saint Joan (1957). In his 20s, he returned to singing, appearing at nightclubs before concentrating on the stage and the cinema. As the youth culture hit Britain in the late 50s (the Notting Hill race riots of August 1958 limned in Julien Temple's 1986 film Absolute Beginners (1986) being a kind of bookmark signaling its arrival), Hemmings was in the right place at the right time to capitalize on his skills and looks. Boyish-looking, with large, protuberant blue eyes covered with heavy lids, his face was at once startling and decadent while simultaneously conveying an air of fragility. He starred in pop music movies Sing and Swing (1963) and Be My Guest (1965), as well as co-starring in one of Michael Winner's first films, The Girl-Getters (1964), with Oliver Reed.
The 24-year-old Hemmings desperately wanted what would become his career-defining role, as the morally jaded fashion photographer Thomas in master-director Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow-Up (1966). He was up against the crème of British actors, including Terence Stamp, who already had an Oscar nomination under his belt and was conventionally handsome.
Hemmings thought he had blown his audition as Antonioni shook his head constantly throughout his audition. However, he later found out the great director had a mild form of Tourette's which caused him to move his head from side to side.
The role made him a star and, for a while, a darling of the pop culture filmmaking that was expected to revolutionize the English-speaking cinema in the 1960s, after the 1964 Best Picture Oscar-win of Tony Richardson's Tom Jones (1963). He was cast as Mordred in the big-screen adaptation of Lerner & Lowe's musical Camelot (1967) with Richard Harris and Hemmings Blow-Up (1966) co-star Vanessa Redgrave to critically panned results. The same year that "Camelot" was released (1967), he put out a pop single ("Back Street Mirror") and an album, "David Hemmings Happens", recorded in Los Angeles. His album was produced by Jim Dickinson, the early producer of The Byrds, and featured instrumental backing by several members of group. It was re-released on CD in 2005.
In 1968, he appeared as Dildano opposite Jane Fonda (in her incarnation as a sexpot) in Roger Vadim's kitsch classic Barbarella (1968).
However, to reduce stereotyping and his identification with pop culture filmmaking, he took on the role of the anti-hero Captain Nolan in Tony Richardson's masterful satire The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) and later, the eponymous role in Alfred the Great (1969). While both films were imbued with the counter-cultural attitudes of their times, the roles themselves were rather straightforward. Hemmings had reached the summit of his career as an actor. These were the heights he never reached again.
As the quality of his roles declined, Hemmings turned more to directing. He had directed his first film in 1972, helming the thriller Running Scared (1972) which starred Gayle Hunnicutt, his wife from 1968 to 1974. Hemmings also co-wrote the script. In the 1970s, he had relocated to Malibu, California to live with Hunnicutt, and the fabled beach community which was his home for the next generation. In 1975, he starred as Bertie Wooster in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, "Jeeves", one of Lord Webber's few flops.
Hemmings formed the independent production company Hemdale Corp. with his business partner, John Daly, in the early 1970s as a tax shelter. He was able to use Hemdale and his role as a producer to vivify his directing career. In 1979, Hemmings the director first attracted major attention with Just a Gigolo (1978), but the film was a flop in spite of its interesting cast. After directing the 1981 adventure film Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr (1981) and an adaptation of James Herbert's novel "The Survivor", he focused on TV directing. He soon became one of the top directors of American action TV programs, including The A-Team (1983), Airwolf (1984), Magnum, P.I. (1980) and Quantum Leap (1989).
However, in the nineties, he abandoned directing, and returned to live in the UK. The role of "Cassius" in Gladiator (2000) heralded his full-time return to acting. He was also memorable in a small role in Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York (2002). But it was his last major role, in the cinema adaption of Graham Swift's Last Orders (2001), that showed Hemmings at the top of his talent. Unrecognizable from the boy-man of 1966-70, he was memorable as the ex-boxer who ruefully remembers the past with his remaining buddies as they travel to throw the ashes of a departed friend into the sea. That two of the other major roles were filled by Michael Caine and Tom Courtenay, two other British actors whose careers first flourished in the 1960s, added to the poignancy of this tale of men trying to recapture lost time. He also appeared, less memorably, in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) opposite the ultimate 60s male British cinema icon, Sean Connery.
David Hemmings died of a heart attack on December 3, 2003, in Bucharest, Romania, on the set of Blessed (2004), after playing his scenes for the day. He was 62 years old. His autobiography, "Blow Up... and Other Exaggerations" was published in 2004.- Actress
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Georgina Frances Reilly is a British Canadian actress born in Guildford, United Kingdom, to songwriter/composer David Reilly and business administrator Frances Reilly. She comes from a long line of performers, her grandfather being Tommy Reilly, the world's first classical harmonica player. Growing up in an artistic household, she soon took to the family business, performing in musical theatre productions throughout her schooling. She met Philip Bateman (musical director of Billy Elliot, London production), who became a great mentor and supporter of her singing and acting. At the age of 16, she and her family made the move to Toronto, Canada, where Georgina finished her formal education. While attending Havergal College, she took a break from performing to focus on school. She was soon discovered by celebrated independent filmmaker Bruce McDonald, who cast her in the critically acclaimed 'Pontypool', which premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. It wasn't very long before Georgina became a household name in Canada. She is best known for her role as the feisty young coroner Dr. Emily Grace on Canada's acclaimed Victorian series Murdoch Mysteries and as the cynical Sabrina Reynolds on The CW's The L.A Complex. She married actor and filmmaker Mark O'Brien January 6, 2013, after meeting him on set. They reside in Los Angeles.- Actor
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Stuart Wilson was born in Guildford, Surrey in England, on December 25th, 1946. He went to thirteen different schools, as his father served in the Royal Air Force and travelled around the world. After the RAF, his father worked as an engineer in the copper mines in Rhodesia. Stuart moved to London in the mid-sixties and trained at RADA. After RADA, he began working in repertory in Liverpool and at the RSC. His career took off when he played "Johann Strauss, Jr." in the The Strauss Family (1972), in which his character aged from 14 to 74. He continued to have a successful television career, playing various roles, including "Vronsky" in Anna Karenina (1977) and "Major Jimmy Clarke" in The Jewel in the Crown (1984). In the late 1980s, Stuart moved to Hollywood, where he landed roles in The Age of Innocence (1993) with Martin Scorsese, Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) and Roman Polanski's Death and the Maiden (1994). Stuart Wilson occasionally returns to the London stage and, in 2002, played "Antony" in "Antony and Cleopatra" at the RSC.- Actor
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Simon Bird was born on 19 August 1984 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for The Inbetweeners 2 (2014), The Inbetweeners (2011) and The Inbetweeners (2008). He has been married to Lisa Owens since 2012.- Actress
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Julie Dawn Cole is an English actress from Guildford, Surrey. She is primarily remembered for playing the insatiably greedy and demanding character of Veruca Salt in the fantasy film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" (1971). This was her film debut, and the first adaptation of the novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (1964) by Roald Dahl. The character's nationality was never specified in the novel, But Cole's version of Veruca was depicted as a British girl.
Cole was educated in a boarding school. She was only 12-years-old in 1970, during the filming of "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory". Cole took central stage in the "I Want It Now" sequence of the film, where Veruca states her desires. The sequence was filmed on Cole's 13th birthday. Cole had recorded her vocals for the song earlier, and focused on the character's dancing moves during the filming of the sequence.
Shortly after her film debut, Cole was cast in the recurring role of Arabella in the first two seasons of the sitcom "..And Mother Makes Three" (1971-1973). Her character in this series was depicted as snobbish adolescent girl. Early in her career, Cole was typecast in playing "bad girls" in various television productions. Her characters included a number of juvenile delinquents, such as burglars and prisoners. She played against type when cast as Alice (from Alice In Wonderland) in Christmas commercials for the retail chain Woolworths.
Cole was given a more substantial role when cast as student nurse Jo Longhurst in the first 3 seasons of the medical drama "Angels" (1975-1983). Jo was depicted as a genuinely compassionate character, who had to question the cynical decisions of various authority figures. This was Cole's first major role in a television series.
Cole also played a complex character in the second (and last season) of the period drama "Poldark" (1975-1977). She portrayed Rowella Chynoweth, younger sister of the season's romantic lead Morwenna (played Jane Wymark). Rowella was the mistress of the Reverend Osborne Whitworth (played by Christopher Biggins), who was also Morwenna's husband and her own brother-in-law. Rowella was able to manipulate Osborne into arranging her marriage to a man she herself chose, and to provide her entire dowry.
Cole portrayed the supporting character of Lucy Deane is a 1979 television adaptation of the novel "The Mill on the Floss" (1860) by George Eliot. In the novel, Lucy is both a cousin and a friend to the protagonist Maggie Tulliver. Maggie's efforts to rescue Lucy from a river flood result in Maggie's death at the end of the novel.
Cole was a familiar face in television over the following decades, though she was often limited to playing one-shot characters. She was eventually cast in the regular role of Judy Hollingsworth in the short-lived sitcom "Married for Life" (1996). The series was a British remake of the American sitcom "Married... with Children", while the character of Judy was a British version of Marcy Rhoades from the original series. The British sitcom only lasted for 7 episodes.
By the end of the 1990s, Cole had earned qualifications as a fitness instructor and psychotherapist. She pursued these new careers in the 2000s, while regularly appearing in television roles. In 2004, Cole was a guest-star in a theatrical show called "Willy Wonka Explained (The Search for Veruca Salt)" which was part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. In 2016, Cole published her memoir. It was titled "I Want It Now!", named after Veruca Salt's famous song.
In 2019, Cole's keepsake props from the "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" were sold at auction for upwards of 15,000 pounds sterling. By 2022, Cole was 65-years-old. She has had no known television roles for several years, but she still has fans who fondly recall her debut role. Several actresses have followed her footsteps in playing Veruca Salt, with the character remaining popular for decades.- Actor
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Rick Springfield was born Richard Lewis Springthorpe in Guildford, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, to Eileen Louise (Evennett) and Norman James Springthorpe, a Lt. Colonel in the Australian Army. His maternal grandparents were English, and his father was of English and some Scottish descent. Rick spent his childhood on various army bases in Australia and Britain. As a teenager, he fronted many music bands, such as the "Jordy Boys", "Wakedy Wak", and "Zoot". The latter was his most successful, paving his way for future success as a musician. He came to the U.S. early 1970s, and recorded an album, Beginnings. It had one "major" hit - Speak to The Sky. After that came "Comic Book Heroes", which was marginally successful.
He learned to speak English with an American accent to further his acting career, after he lost his record label. While he waited for his big break, he signed a contract with Universal television, playing bit parts in shows such as The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) and The Rockford Files (1974). He also had a recurring role on the soap The Young and the Restless (1973). In the early 1980s, his luck changed as he signed to RCA Records and was then cast as "Dr. Noah Drake" on the soap General Hospital (1963). While he had released six albums in the 1970s, his 1980 break-through album "Working Class Dog" gave him the #1 single "Jessie's Girl". From the music and TV exposure, he became a teen idol. He continued to star on "GH" while touring and releasing "Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet", with the hit "Don't Talk To Strangers". Upon releasing his 3rd album with RCA-"Living In Oz" he quit "GH" and went back to his rock roots. "Living In Oz" is considered by many his finest (and hardest rock) album. He starred in the movie Hard to Hold (1984) in 1984 and released the soundtrack to it with the hit "Love Somebody", followed by "Don't Walk Away" and "Bop Til Ya Drop". His next album, "Tao", started his slow descent from rock star status. It was followed up in 1988 by "Rock Of Life" which was his 'moodiest' and least recognized album (by the public).
In 2015, Rick received positive notices playing Meryl Streep's character's boyfriend in Ricki and the Flash (2015).- Bart Edwards was born in 1989 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Witcher (2019), UnREAL (2015) and State of Happiness (2018).
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Nicola Bryant was born the daughter of a heating engineer, in 1960, in Surrey, England. She began her training in dance and music at the age of three, studying classical ballet, then jazz and tap dance, the piano, flute and guitar, and finally acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Here, apart from developing her acting skills, she continued her hobbies of golf and music. It was also during her time at drama school, that Nicola married the Broadway singer, Scott Kennedy, although they later separated. Her final production at Webber Douglas was "No, No, Nanette", in which she played the lead.
Bryant was spotted by an agent, Terry Carney (William Hartnell's son-in-law), and asked to audition for the part of Peri in Doctor Who (1963), which she got. On leaving Doctor Who, Nicola appeared in Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988), Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993), which was a Doctor Who spoof and the highly successful three "Stranger" videos and The Airzone Solution" with Colin Baker.
In 1992, she went to Los Angeles for several months before returning to the UK. In 1995, she appeared as Martine in The Biz (1995), a children's series, which has run for three series so far. She also has sung with Colin Baker, Anthony Ainley, Nicholas Courtney and a number of British pop stars on the "Doctor In Distress" record. Nicola lives in Notting Hill, where her understanding neighbours allow her to write music at all hours of the day and night.- Actress
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Katy Manning trained as an actress at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. In 1971, she became known to millions of British television viewers when she joined Doctor Who (1963) as the companion Jo Grant, which she played for three seasons opposite Jon Pertwee as the Doctor until 1973. Straight after, she hosted her own show, entitled Serendipity (1973) about arts and crafts, before appearing in Armchair Theatre (1956), Whodunnit? (1972) - also starring Jon Pertwee - and Target (1977) amongst others.
In 1982, she moved to Australia to live when her twin son and daughter were very young and has been a special guest at many Australian Doctor Who (1963) conventions. She continued her acting career and took part in many Australian stage productions, including "Run For Your Wife" and "Educating Rita", among others. After living in Australia for several years, she moved to the USA, but returned to Australia on a regular basis to take part in stage plays. She became an Australian citizen on 15 September 2004 and hosted her own show called 'Preview with Katy Manning' from 2001 to 2008. In 2010, she reprised her role as Jo Jones (nee Grant) in the Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007).
Manning has two children, twins born in 1978, with Dean Harris. She also famously appeared in the soft porn magazine "Girl Illustrated" in 1976, posing naked with a Dalek. Barry Crocker has been her partner since 1989. Manning is still most famous for her role in Doctor Who (1963) and has contributed to many documentaries and DVD commentaries connected to her time on the series. After moving back to the UK in 2009, she continues to appear on television and in both feature films and short films.- Mimî M Khayisa was born on 31 August 1991 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019), The Legend of Tarzan (2016) and Cinderella (2015).
- Barry Evans was born on 18 June 1943 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Mind Your Language (1977), Journey to Murder (1971) and Journey to the Unknown (1968). He died on 11 February 1997 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, UK.
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Russell Balogh was born in Guildford, Surrey, England. He made his first appearance in an episode of the BBC Two series Restoration Home (2011) as aristocrat Robert Arkwright. He is also known for playing the German spy Lundt in Dad's Army (2016), Russ in Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen (2019), and Bishop Aldulf in Vikings (2013), where his character had a substantial impact leading up to the series finale, by killing King Harald Finehair.- Actor
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James Anderson is a British actor, writer and director, born on November 3, 1980 in Surrey, England, UK.
He trained at the Actors Studio in New York, and is best known for Endeavour (2012), Holby City (1999), and Poirot (1989). For his debut film he was a recipient of the Gold Hugo Award (2006).- Born in Guildford, Surrey, UK, he was educated at Felsted School in Essex and was a member of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. He trained at the Guildford School of Acting graduating in 1989. He has also appeared in West End musicals including roles in, Les Misérables, Buddy, A Slice of Saturday Night and Marguerite. Doherty played the role of Amos Hart in the West End production of Chicago at the Cambridge Theatre in 2011 opposite Christie Brinkley. He later reprised this role when the show transferred to the Garrick Theatre playing opposite America Ferrera. In the summer of 2012 Doherty appeared in London Road at the Royal National Theatre.
In 2013 Doherty returned to The Royal National Theatre to appear in NT:50 a show celebrating the theatres 50th birthday. This one off performance was broadcast live on BBC2 and around the world. In 2014 Doherty appeared at The Royal Albert Hall as Gangster 1 in Kiss Me Kate. The Show was filmed live as part of the BBC Proms season and broadcast on BBC2 on Christmas Day 2014. In January 2020, Doherty began playing the role of Claude in the multi award-winning Come From Away at the Phoenix Theatre London, notching up over 600 performances. - Bill Wallis was born on 20 November 1936 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Brazil (1985), The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) and The Bourne Identity (1988). He was married to Karen Mills and Jean Spalding. He died on 6 September 2013 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK.
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Gunnar Cauthery began acting as a child, playing lead roles in the Icelandic feature film Benjamin Dove and the much-loved BBC children's drama series The Demon Headmaster. After university he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and since graduating in 2008 he has sustained a prolific career in UK theatre. He has also been seen on screen in War Horse, Genius and The Tudors. In 2018, he joined the cast for season 2 of Mars, playing new series regular Lieutenant Mike Glenn, second-in-command of the Olympus Town colony.- Writer
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David Farr was born on 29 October 1969 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for The Night Manager (2016), Hanna (2011) and Hanna (2019).- Actor
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Marcus began his comedy career at Bristol University where he performed stand up and character shows and soon won the BBC New Comedian of 1996. He has since emerged as a major comedy, writing and acting talent, performing in the UK and beyond and has become a regular voice on BBC Radio with an impressive list of TV and film credits.
The Edinburgh festival has been a regular haunt for Marcus, and has seen him receive a great deal of critical acclaim.
Radio 4 has become a second home for Marcus as he is rarely off the 18.30 slot in one form or another. He is the regular angry young man on The Now Show with Punt and Dennis. He has written and recorded three series of Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off (Series one - now available on BBC CD) and The Museum Of Everything with Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell. He plays the head of Unthinkable Solutions in Think The Unthinkable. Other recordings include Just a Minute, Newsquiz, The Today Program, and the wonderfully silly 99p Challenge. He played a starring role in the first series of 2000 Years Of Radio and also made Risking Everything, a serious investigation in to the world of insurance.
On the big screen he has appeared in Richard Curtis' movie Love Actually as a Radio DJ interviewing the wonderfully jaded Billy Mack (Bill Nighy). He went to Berlin with Kevin Spacey to film Beyond The Sea - the life story of Bobby Darin. In the forthcoming Piccadilly Jim Marcus appears with Sam Rockwell and Tom Wilkinson as 'man having sex under stairs', a small but vital role. He also played a desperately ambitious and tragically unable arts presenter in A Short Film About John Bolton, directed by Neil Gaiman - available now on DVD - for Ska Films.
Marcus now lives in South London, happily married to his university sweetheart, and may well be the proudest dad in the world. He is committed to non-violence and is an active campaigner for CND and 'Campaign Against Arms Trade'. He once had a #11 chart smash with DJ Dee-Kline's, Don't Smoke Da Reefa. Without wishing to scrape the barrel further it is worth saying that Marcus very briefly worked as a podium dancer, and also on an oil-rig in the North Sea (although not as a dancer). He is fanatical about snowboarding - so much so he has set up a stand up tour in the Alps - and adores music and movies. Marcus can be seen and heard in venues across the country delivering his award-winning stand up, on screens large and small and on Radio 4 more frequently than the shipping forecast.- Tom Edden was born on 21 August 1978 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Cinderella (2015), Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) and Mr. Turner (2014).
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Emmett Lee Stang is a "jack of all trades" and a master of more than you might think. Emmett was born in Guildford, Surrey, UK, and grew up in Canada, and the east coast of the United States. He started playing violin at age 3, drums at 5, piano at 7, guitar at 11, and voice at the age of 15. While in the States, he started a musical career, playing his own brand of brawny rock n' roll, performing over 200 gigs up and down the eastern seaboard while he was still only a senior in high school.
Returning to England in his late teens, he rekindled his love of theatre and the classics, while in the meantime joining a local indie/glam/rock band in his native town of Guildford. Back in California, he attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating with the honor of the Michael Toma Award, and immediately began working as a repertory actor at South Coast Rep in Costa Mesta (Christmas Carol) (Midsummer Night's Dream). He soon garnered his first two nominations for best actor for his performance in The Devil's Snare from the Terror Film Festival and Eerie Film Festival.
Speaking blank verse since the age of 15, he boasts over 20+ soliloquies and monologues from the works of the Bard, noting Hamlet as one of his favorites, he plays the young Dane in Forts of Reason. He has spent time in front of the camera, on stage, including stand up, and is a known impressionist, counting over 50 impressions of well known celebrities, featured notably in Presidential Debate Live. He claims his upbringing is what gave him the best training, growing up in a family of linguists, he speaks English, Spanish, and is broadening his scope with Dutch, Italian, and French. Due to his extensive traveling, he holds three citizenships, and has mastered over 20 dialects in the English language.- Producer
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In 1933, she was hired to be a secretary by Alfred Hitchcock. She soon graduated to reading books and scripts, writing synopses and contributing to scripts. In 1939, she accompanied Hitchcock to Hollywood, working as his assistant and as a writer. In 1941, she was hired as a scriptwriter by MGM. In 1943, she became a producer at Universal. From 1955 to 1962, she produced the TV series, Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955).- Production Designer
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Gemma Jackson was born on 14 May 1951 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. She is a production designer and art director, known for Aladdin (2019), The Gentlemen (2019) and Game of Thrones (2011). She has been married to Andrew McAlpine since 1982.- Writer
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Jessica Ashworth was born on 23 December 1987 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. She is a writer and actress, known for Becoming Jane (2007), The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007) and Killing Eve (2018).- Paulene Stone was born on 10 May 1941 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. She is an actress, known for ITV Playhouse (1967), I Am a Bounty Hunter: Domino Harvey's Life (2006) and Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up (2002). She was previously married to Mark Burns, Peter Morton, Laurence Harvey and Anthony Norris.
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Master of comedy novelist Pelham (Plum) Grenville Wodehouse was born on October 15, 1881, in Guilford, Surrey, England. He died in hospital in Southampton, New York, on Valentine's day (February 14) 1975, from a heart attack after a long illness at age 93. In that time he managed to write close to 200 novels, short stories, plays, song lyrics and so on.
At the time of his birth, Plum's mother was visiting her sister in England, but after only a few weeks she and young Plum returned to Hong Kong, where his father was a magistrate. At an early age he was sent to school in Britain--Dulwich College in London.
At age 14, he moved with his parents in to what they would call "the old house." After completing school, he spent two years as a banker at the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, but he soon switched jobs to the old Globe newspaper as a sports reporter and columnist on "By the way..." About that time he started to write his own little stories. At first he wrote school novels about life in the famous universities in England (for example, "The White Feather") and mainly for a boys magazine called "The Captain", but soon he developed a talent for comic dialogue and started to put his talents to that instead.
Success was just around the corner, and by 1910 he had established himself in such a way that he could spend time between residences in the US and France. It was also at about this time he acquired his obsession with golf, a sport around which many of his short stories circle--even though his handicap never came down below 18. In a few years he was reaching millions of readers in dozens of countries.
Plum met Ethel, an American widow who became the woman of his life, in 1913 and they married in 1914. World War II caught Plum in his newly-purchased home in Le Touquet in France, having tea with his wife and some friends. He was captured by German forces and put in a prison camp. He was treated well and got the means to keep writing his books. Joseph Goebbels, it was revealed later, understood what a big fish they had caught and lured Plum into giving some brief, humorous appearances on German radio. Being the political fool he was, Plum fell into the trap. The broadcasts, which were supposed to be heard in the US only, were redirected to Britain, in a cunning scheme to annoy British authorities. As word of the broadcasts spread, back in Britain Plum's readers and publisher went berserk. They wanted him charged with treason. However, it was obvious he had been tricked and as the war ended, he returned to America, where he became a citizen in 1955.
Hollywood claimed Wodehouse, but it soon became apparent that all they wanted was his name on the posters and ads. Still, his popularity increased to such a degree that in 1975, a few weeks before his death, he was forgiven his wartime mistakes by the British establishment and was knighted by Her Majesty the Queen. At the time of his knighthood he was in poor health and couldn't attend the ceremony. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, a devout Wodehouse fan, offered to go to the US to personally present the knighthood.
In his final years, Plum was in and out of the hospital with pneumonia, heart problems and lung failures. Seeking comfort, as always, in his typewriter, Sir Plum kept writing until the end. His last work is the unfinished "Sunset at Blandings", of which nine chapters were written before he died in 1975.
Lady Ethel lived until 1984. They had no mutual children, only from Ethel's daughter from her previous marriage, Leonora, who Plum adopted and who died during surgery in 1942, devastating Plum to his core.- Barrie Gosney was born on 20 November 1926 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! (1974), Time Gentlemen Please (2000) and Up the Front (1972). He was married to Jacqueline Clarke. He died on 24 January 2008 in London, England, UK.
- A tall, energetic young woman best describes British actress Ellie Chidzey. She was born on February 4, 1982 in Guildford, Surrey, England. After completing training at a theatre school, she spent the next 3 years thereafter, appearing on stage in plays and musicals, including "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" in the role of Magenta. However, despite a modest list of film and television credits, she is perhaps best known for her role as the barbarian Lux in the sequel to Dungeons & Dragons called Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God (2005). In the movie's DVD special features section, she received great compliments from the director and stunt crew who were amazed by her energy and athletic prowess for the part. She has also appeared on television with a series of minor yet notable roles on Peep Show, portraying a feisty lap dancer and later in a March 2010 episode of EastEnders (1985) as a police officer. Ellie mostly lives in her hometown of Guilford with her parents.
- Gerald Seymour was born on 25 November 1941 in Guildford, Surrey, UK. He is a writer, known for The Informant (1997), The Bends and Harry's Game (1982).
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Jenny Boyd (b. November 8, 1947) is an English author and clinical consultant and former model.
She was born as Helen Mary Boyd, and has 2 older siblings (1960s model and rock muse Pattie Boyd and Colin Boyd) and a younger sister, Paula Boyd. Pattie had a favorite childhood doll named Jenny, hence Helen's nickname.
She was a free-lance model in the 1960s, and often accompanied her sister Pattie to modeling jobs.
Boyd was fifteen when she met drummer Mick Fleetwood, who, at the time, was in a band called The Bo Street Runners. From thereon, they began an on-and-off relationship that would last fifteen years. They eventually married in June 1970 and they had two daughters, Lucy and Amy.
She was the inspiration of British folk musician Donovan 's song "Jennifer Juniper", released as a single in March 1968. Also in 1968, Boyd traveled with Donovan, her sister Pattie, The Beatles, sisters Mia Farrow and Prudence Farrow, Mike Love and other friends, to Rishikesh, India, to attend a training session in Transcendental Meditation held by 'Maharishi Mahesh Yogi'. She also worked at the Apple Boutique in London.
She attended UCLA in the late 1980s, earned a PhD in psychology, and became a clinical consultant and author. She co-authored a book about music and psychology, titled Musicians in Tune.- Sarah Grazebrook was born on 12 August 1947 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Cranford (1972), The Onedin Line (1971) and The Professionals (1977). She was married to David Donachie. She died on 28 July 2021.
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Rowley Irlam was born in Guildford, Surrey, U.K Rowley is an established stunt coordinator and 2nd unit director, he is known for Game of Thrones (2014-2018), House of the Dragon (2022) and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) With a Film and Television career spanning over three decades his origins lie in live shows.- Additional Crew
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Simon Franco started as a programmer at Activision in 2001. His first credited work was programming for the PS2 version of Weakest Link (2001). In January 2004 he joined the UK development studio The Creative Assembly. Creative Assembly's Alien: Isolation (2014) is dedicated to him when he passed in June 2014. In November 2014 the studio organized Franco Jam, an in-house game jam streamed online to commemorate Franco and raise money for Millbridge Ward of The Royal Surrey County Hospital.- Actor
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Scott Burchell was born in Guildford. He is an actor and director, known for Like Dreamers Do (2023), Everything Now (2023) and Fly Trap (2023).- Born in the town of Guildford, Surrey in 1943, Tony was educated at Millfield Public School in Somerset and Bournemouth College. The son of a doctor from Lilliput near Poole, Dorset, he made his first appearance in public with the Jan Ralfini Dance Orchestra at the Bournemouth Pavilion while still at College.
In 1964, Tony joined pirate broadcaster Radio Caroline as a DJ. He rapidly became successful on the basis of his informal, American influenced presentation in the face of the much more staid style of his contemporaries. After a spell on Radio London, where he really made his name, Tony was hired as the first of a new generation of DJs for the BBC's newly established pop station, Radio One in 1967. The first DJ heard on the new station that was to change the face of British music, his "Breakfast Show" programme soon became popular, ensuring that he rapidly became a household name (who can forget Arnold the dog!) and ran for 10 years. Also in 1967, Tony started a 17 year run as one of the regular presenters of the TV programme "Top of The Pops".
Not content with being a popular DJ, Tony also had a moderately successful career as a recording artist. Although not the strongest of vocalists, he even made the lower reaches of the UK charts twice ("So Much Love" #31 in 1967 and "It's Only Love" #42 in 1969) and three albums of songs were released in the late 60s/early 70s. The last of these, on the RCA label, featured songs written by the best songwriters of the day, including "Chop Chop", "Dusty" and "Cindy" by Nicky Chinn & Mike Chapman (famous for writing hits for The Sweet, Mud, Suzi Quatro and Smokie) as well as one of a number of versions of "House of Cards" penned by Lynsey de Paul and Barry Blue but no further hits were forthcoming.
Tony also took over from Ed Stewart presenting the Radio One weekend children's show "Junior Choice" for a while, resulting in an album "Pops for Tony Tots" and eventually moved from the Breakfast Show to the mid-morning slot. Just as he was in danger of becoming passé, he started presenting a soul show on BBC Radio London which re-established his talents as a DJ. By 1988 he was to be heard on Capital Gold in their own "Breakfast Show", winning a prestigious Sony Radio Award along the way.
At present, Tony is a member of the Manchester radio station Jazz FM's team and still tours British clubs and universities with his very own 70s style disco. Also he is occasionally to be seen on British TV, particularly in programmes devoted to those heady days of the 70s. - Production Designer
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Alexandra Toomey was born on 20 February 1986 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. Alexandra is a production designer and art director, known for Doctor Strange (2016), Beauty and the Beast (2017) and A Lonely Place to Die (2011).- Producer
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Karl Beattie was born on 2 April 1963 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. He is a producer and director, known for Most Haunted (2002), Most Haunted: The Movie and Celebrity Ghost Stories UK (2011). He has been married to Yvette Fielding since 1999. They have one child.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Chris Croucher was born on 1 August 1981 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. He is an assistant director and producer, known for Downton Abbey (2010), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) and 28 Weeks Later (2007).- Director
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Nominated for three BAFTAs, including the Breakthrough Talent Award for Directing.
2024. As executive producer and director, developing social thriller Status Anxiety with Eleven Film and Sony. As writer and director, in pre-production on wellness satire Guru with Iconoclast.
Created, wrote and directed the pilot for Gooseberry, executive produced by Sacha Baron Cohen for Lionsgate and Comedy Central.
Recently directed Aimee Lou Wood in Swarovski's SS23 commercials campaign.
In drama, directed David Thewlis in sci-fi thriller The Feed for Amazon, was lead director on RTS-winning cyber thriller Kiss Me First for Netflix, directed multiple episodes across all three seasons of Paul Abbott's BAFTA-nominated, RTS-winning No Offence, was lead director on Danny Brocklehurst's BAFTA-winning Ordinary Lies and broke through in drama directing Monica Dolan and Craig Parkinson in the acclaimed single Excluded for BBC Two.
In film, directed Michael Sheen in Barbados, a short selected for the Toronto International Film Festival, written by George Kay and produced by Fred Berger. Directed David Tennant in short Nine and A Half Minutes, produced by Ollie Madden, and edited and took over directing Death In Gaza, the multi-Emmy-winning HBO feature documentary.
In comedy, wrote and directed the pilot for Hoff The Record, the International Emmy-winning series developed with Mickey Down and Konrad Kay starring Craig Roberts, Asim Chaudhry and Brett Goldstein, as well as collaborating on four multi-award-winning series with Marc Wootton, including Showtime's cult hit La La Land.- Katy Newell was born on 28 July 1965 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Shine on Harvey Moon (1982), Treasures of the Mindlord (1986) and Mob Handed (2016).
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Peter Douglas Molyneux OBE is an English video game designer and programmer. He created the god games Populous, Dungeon Keeper,and Black & White, as well as Theme Park, the Fable series, Curiosity - What's Inside the Cube?, and Godus. He currently works at 22Cans as the founder.
Career
Peter Molyneux began his career in 1982 by distributing and selling floppy disks which contained video games for Atari and the Commodore 64. He believed that including games on the disks would improve sales, and later concluded that the games were the main selling point.
He created The Entrepreneur, a text-based business simulation game about running a fledgling company. "In those days you could literally call a game 'Space Blob Attacks Mars' and sell about 50 million copies. So what did I do? I did a business simulation", Molyneux later said. Molyneux published the game himself in 1984 by duplicating hundreds of tapes on two Tandy Corporation recorders. After taking an advertising space in a game magazine, he prepared for the game's success; he later stated in an interview, "I was utterly convinced that this game would sell tons. I thought, 'You know, this letter box is just not big enough. It's just not going to fit all the envelopes.' So I cut - and this is no joke - I cut a bigger letter box". However, the game received only two orders, one of which Molyneux speculated was from his mother. In 2007, a GameSpy reviewer commented that the economic gameplay mechanics in Molyneux's Fable II may have been a descendant of The Entrepreneur, stating, "I'm a little concerned that it's Molyneux sneaking in a remix of his first game, Entrepreneur".
Due to the game's failure, Molyneux retreated from game design, and started Taurus Impex Limited-a company that exported baked beans to the Middle East-with his business partner Les Edgar. Commodore International mistook it for Torus, a more established company that produced networking software, and offered to provide Molyneux with ten free Amiga systems to help in porting "his" networking software. "... it suddenly dawned on me that this guy didn't know who we were", Molyneux later said. "I suddenly had this crisis of conscience. I thought, 'If this guy finds out, there go my free computers down the drain.' So I just shook his hand and ran out of that office". Taurus designed a database system for the Amiga called Acquisition - The Ultimate Database for The Amiga and, after clearing up the misunderstanding with Commodore, released the program to moderate success.
Bullfrog Productions and Electronic Arts
Using money earned from the database program, Molyneux and Les Edgar founded Bullfrog Productions in 1987. The company's first game was a conversion of Druid II: Enlightenment. Molyneux recalled, "I got in touch with a software company called Firebird and told them that I could program games. Of course I was bull-shitting, but they gave me Druid 2 to convert to the Amiga. You're very unlikely to get that kind of break today."Molyneux provided the original concept for Populous, the first god game for the personal computer. Released in 1989, Populous was a major success for Bullfrog and went on to sell over 4 million copies.
Electronic Arts (EA), Bullfrog's publisher, acquired the studio in January 1995. Molyneux had become an Electronic Arts vice-president and consultant in 1994, after EA purchased a significant share of Bullfrog.
Molyneux left Bullfrog in July 1997 to found Lionhead Studios, shortly after the release of Dungeon Keeper. According to Molyneux, his choice to leave the company was a result of a chain of events from a night of drinking with his friend Tim Rance (who would later co-found Lionhead) around 1997. Molyneux had already been contemplating his departure (in 1996 the gaming news media reported "rumors" that he was unhappy at EA and would be leaving once Dungeon Keeper was completed), and, while discussing this with Rance, Rance suggested he write out his resignation letter to EA. Molyneux typed out an email to EA's CEO Larry Probst, and before Molyneux could stop him, Rance had sent the email. Though he quickly explained the situation to EA, the event caused tension in his relationship with EA, with EA asking him not to come into the office anymore; according to Molyneux, EA feared that he would pull many of the other developers at Bullfrog along with him should he be present. EA threatened to pull support for Dungeon Keeper, which was still in progress, but Molyneux insisted they allow him to complete it, most which he did from his own home. A significant innovation of the game was its unique combination of first- and third-person perspectives, in the ability to "possess" any one of the creatures (or "minions") in the game world, yielding a first-person experience reproducing the physical characteristics, visual perspective, gait, and voice of the minion.
Bullfrog continued to develop games through 2001, and in 2004 EA merged Bullfrog Productions into EA UK.
Lionhead Studios and Microsoft
Molyneux came up with the concept for Lionhead's first game, Black & White, and convinced his small staff to take on the task in late 1997. He paid the $6 million in development costs himself. After three years, in 2001, the game was finally released.
In April 2006, Lionhead Studios was acquired by Microsoft Game Studios. At E3 2006, Peter Molyneux gave several interviews in the press, in one of which he stated that "I think you're going to see a lot more fantastic games from Lionhead because of that relationship [with Microsoft]. "On 4 June 2009, he was promoted to Creative Director of Microsoft Game Studios, Europe, although he continued to produce video games with Lionhead Studios.
On 7 March 2012, Molyneux announced that he would be leaving Lionhead and Microsoft-after the completion of Fable: The Journey-to begin work at a company founded by former Lionhead Studios CTO Tim Rance called 22Cans.
22Cans
To date, 22Cans has sold early access on multiple titles including Godus, Godus Wars, and The Trail. As yet, despite three years of quoted development and a large Kickstarter for Godus, no projects have left early access. Molyneux is currently working on a new title named Legacy, which he describes as "a very different kind of game."
In the media
As one of the industry's leading and best-known figures, Molyneux has appeared on many television shows and video gaming news discussion or documentaries. He has been repeatedly interviewed for shows that include GamesMaster, Games Wars, Gamezville, Bad Influence!, Gamer.tv, and Games World. He also made an appearance in the Scottish web series Consolevania. More recently, Molyneux was featured within an episode of Godus alongside The Yogscast.
An episode of G4's games retrospective series Icons was devoted to him, during its third season. More recently, a comprehensive two part interview was filmed of him during the 2006 Brighton Games Developer Conference by leading UK website Eurogamer. He was also featured in the fourth episode of the Discovery Channel mini-series Rise of the Video Game alongside Will Wright and Sid Meier, fellow developers of simulation titles. Molyneux was accredited in the "Top Ten Game Creators" Countdown by GameTrailers. He has given keynote addresses and spoke extensively at worldwide conferences, including Games Convention, Games Convention Asia, Develop, and the Game Developers Conference.
Despite the success of his games, both critical and financial, Molyneux has acquired a reputation for issuing over-enthusiastic descriptions of games under development, which then struggle to meet expectations. This goes back to Black & White, though the most well-known case of this was with Fable, released in 2004 without many of the features talked about by Molyneux in press interviews during development. After the release, Molyneux publicly apologized for overhyping the game. In February 2014, he was quoted as being "ashamed of the final product Fable 3 and I never want to work with Microsoft again. "In February 2015, Peter Molyneux stated during interviews in gaming blog Rock, Paper, Shotgun and British newspaper The Guardian that he will "never speak to the press again", after being personally attacked for not fulfilling all game promises, which ended in Molyneux announcing that he will not conduct further interviews. At the same time, gamers and game developer veterans began to question the intentions of those publications, such as Tim Schafer calling it "out of proportion" and a media hunt, saying "I'm not saying that developers like Peter and I shouldn't be responsible and accountable to deadlines. I'm just saying the reaction to recent events and the tone of that reaction is really way out of proportion to the seriousness of the events themselves. "Molyneux announced a new game in April 2017 titled "The Legacy" that is in pre-production state and supposed to be "very different".- Director
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Liddy Oldroyd was born on 16 June 1955 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. She was a director, known for Drop the Dead Donkey (1990), Look at the State We're In! (1995) and Terry and Julian (1992). She was married to Peter Gwilliam. She died on 27 June 2002 in London, England, UK.- Composer
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Andrew Latimer was born on 17 May 1949 in Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. He is a composer, known for That '70s Show (1998), Ichigo Ichie: Camel Live in Japan (2017) and In from the Cold (2014). He is married to Susan Hoover.- Actress
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Eloise Anne was born on 14 July 1994 in Guildford, Surrey, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Guerrilla (2018) and Meet the Lees.- Farah Fratta was born on 5 August 1961 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. She was married to Robert Fratta. She died on 9 November 1994 in Atascocita, Texas, USA.
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Annabel Gibb was born on 6 June 1995 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. She is known for The Midnight Sky (2020), Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) and Fast X (2023).- Composer
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Stephan Schütze is a multi-talented force in the video game audio world, having strengthened countless projects through his music and sound design. Creating music for nearly every console generation of the new millennium, Stephan has scored projects from early 2000's mobile games, all the way to recent MMOs. He recently provided sound design for the acclaimed digital board game Armello, bolstering the tone for the game's strategic, high-fantasy battles. He won Best Audio at the Australian Game Developers Conference for his work on Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis, the first fully orchestra game score recorded in Australia, and his work enlivening this franchise has been praised as the favorite of fans, second only to John Williams. Other fan-favorite franchises and brands Stephan has uplifted include Star Trek: The Cold Enemy, Need For Speed: Underground, Nicktoons Unite, and Rugby League Live. Many of the top developers and publishers in the space have entrusted Stephan with their project audio, as he has collaborated with companies including Ubisoft, THQ, Konami, and Universal Interactive. Whether utilizing a full orchestra, or a few live players, Stephan's scores and sound design consistently enrich the game worlds, and leave fans wanting more.
Stephan's compositional style is highly influenced by his time in Japan working for the renowned Tokyo anime studio, Studio Easter. While he enjoys the powerful sound of a large orchestra, the delicate touch inspired by the music of Ghibli is the unique quality he brought to the score for Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles. In an era of boisterous musical themes and massive walls of sound, Stephan uses subtlety to support character and narrative. Many years spent as a performing drummer also enhances the more dynamic material he creates.
A highly sought-after speaker, Stephan has been a featured presenter at GDC, Game Sound Con, Animfx, GCAP, and more. Recognized by his peers for his leadership and community building, Stephan was awarded the 2017 G.A.N.G. Distinguished Service Award. In his free time, he has also been a vocal analyst of sound in games media, writing for numerous sites including Polygon, Gamasutra and Develop Magazine. Additionally, Stephan is considered a leading expert in the development of audio for VR/AR/MR and 360 video, having worked with Magic Leap, Oculus, and the Facebook Spatial Audio team. Stephan has a book on the subject set for release sometime late in 2017
Stephan is also an avid location recordist. He has channeled this passion into his company, Sound Librarian, for which he has created an extensive catalogue of commercial sound effects libraries. These libraries are utilized by many of the world's top media producers such as Skywalker Sound, Disney, Warner Brothers, Activision and EA. He has captured some of the rarest sound sources in the world such as classical military aircraft and historical technological equipment.
Stephan was born in Guildford, England and moved to Australia as a child. He studied at both the Victorian College of the Arts and LaTrobe University, before spending five years in the Australian Army Band Melbourne as a horn player. He may also be one of the few people in the industry who likes BioShock 2 more than the original.- Actor
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James Butcher was born on 16 August 1989 in Guildford, Surrey, UK. He is an actor, known for The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018), Monday Mourning (2011) and An American in Paris - The Musical (2018).