Shane Meadows

Shane Meadows directs Sony Pictures Classics' Once Upon A Time in the Midlands - 2003

Biography

Born 12/26/1972

While he flirted with the wrong side of the law as a teenager, Shane Meadows found his true calling when he borrowed a camcorder and started making short films with his friends as actors. After producing some 30 shorts, he was tapped to helm the TV documentary "The Gypsy's Tale" in 1995. Meadows...
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Awards

  • In 2008, received BAFTA Award for Best British Film
  • In 1998, received British Independent Film Award for Best British Debut
  • In 1997, received Venice Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize

Highlights

  • In 2007, Wrote (also directed) a drama centred on young skinheads in early-1980s England, "This is England"
  • In 2006, Directed the thriller, "Dead Man's Shoes"
  • In 2002, Helmed a comedic homage to the Spaghetti Western genre, "Once Upon a Time in the Midlands"

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