Brian Skeet is an English director, writer, producer, and cinematographer. His work includes Documentaries, Films and Short films, a lot of it touching on romance and the HIV/AIDS crisis.[1]
Biography
editSkeet was born on November 21, 1965, in London. His father was a tailor and he attended high school in Maine. He acted in the musical Anything Goes. At 17 years old he directed his first film - a student production of The Normal Heart. He attended University at Cambridge, and while studying, played Max in a performance of The Homecoming. Skeet achieved a First with honors and graduated, subsequently working for the BBC. He worked with Peter Sellars to direct a production of The Merchant of Venice. After quitting his job at the BBC he made his first short film, The Boy Who Fell In Love, which he followed up by directing The Misadventures of Margaret, which was received well at the Sundance Film Festival. He has been married to Terry Cummings since November 22, 2008, who has worked on writing several of his films.[2][3][4]
Filmography
edit| Year | Film | Role(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Performance | Assistant director | TV series |
| 1992 | Omnibus | Producer | TV series documentary |
| 1993 | One Foot in the Past | Director | TV series documentary |
| 1994 | Arena | Director | TV series documentary |
| 1994 | The Boy Who Fell in Love | Director | Short Film |
| 1998 | The Misadventures of Margaret | Director, writer | Film |
| 1999 | The Weekend | Director, writer | Film |
| 2003 | The God of Small Tales | Director, Cinematographer | Short Film |
| 2008 | Keepers of the Gate | Special thanks | Short Film |
| 2017 | In The Morning | Writer | Short Film |
| 2017 | Leoni - the girl with incredibly big hair | Director, writer, Producer | |
| 2017 | Broken hearts: A love story | Director, writer, Producer | Short Film |
| 2020 | Wake Up To Love | Director, writer | Film |
| 2020 | Stop and Smell the Roses | Director | Film |
| Disoriented | Writer, producer | ||
| White Lillies | |||
| The Life and Death of Martin Lazlo | Writer, producer | Film |
References
edit- ^ Holden, Stephen (22 November 2000). "FILM REVIEW; A Heartbreaker's Posthumous Power" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "BRIAN SKEET". Pro Contentmedia. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ Stop and Smell the Roses (2020), 22 August 2020, retrieved 2 October 2022
- ^ Broken hearts: A love story (2017) - IMDb, retrieved 2 October 2022
- ^ "Brian Skeet". IMDb. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ WAKE UP TO LOVE, retrieved 1 October 2022
- ^ "British Council Film: Brian Skeet". film-directory.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Brian Skeet. Director, producer and writer | Slated". www.slated.com. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
External links
edit- Brian Skeet at IMDb
- Brian Skeet's Slated page
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