Director Name: Garth Jennings

Director:
- The Best of Blur (2000)
- Pulp Anthology (2002)
- The Best of R.E.M.(2003)
- Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
- Son of Rambow (2007)
- Aron (2008)

Actor:
- Shaun of the Dead (2004)
- Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
- Hot Fuzz (2007)
- Aron (2008)
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

Writer:
- Son of Rambow (2007)
- Aron (2008)

Producer Name: Nick Goldsmith

Producer:
- The Best of Blur (2000)
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
- Son of Rambow (2007)

Videos:
- The Mutton Birds – Dominion Road (1995)
- Mens wear – Being Brave (1996)
- Goya Dress – Crush (1996)
- Sleeper – Nice Guy Eddie (1996)
- Bentley Rhythm Ace – Bentley’s Gonna Sort You Out! (1997)
- Del Amitri – Medicine (1997)
- Ash – A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
- Pulp – Help the Aged (1997)
- Pressure Drop – Silently Bad Minded (1998)
- Moloko – The Flipside (1998)
- Marcy Playground – Saint Joe on the School Bus (1998)
- Pulp – A Little Soul (1998)
- Eels – Last Stop: This Town (1998)
- Eels – Cancer for the Cure (1999)
- Blur – Coffee & TV (1999)
- Fatboy Slim – Right Here, Right Now (1999)
- Travis – Driftwood (1999)
- Supergrass – Pumping On Your Stereo (1999)
- Bentley Rhythm Ace – Theme from Gutbuster (2000)
- Wannadies – Big Fan (2000)
- Badly Drawn Boy – Disillusion (2000)
- Fatboy Slim & Macy Gray – Demons (2000)
- Zero 7 – I Have Seen (2001)
- R.E.M. – Imitation of Life (2001)
- Badly Drawn Boy – Spitting in the Wind (2001)
- Badly Drawn Boy – Silent Sigh (2002)
- Beck – Lost Cause (2003)
- Beck – Lonesome Tears (2004)
- Supergrass – Low C (2005)
- Beck – Hell Yes (2005)
- Hot Chip – Boy From School (2006)
- Vampire Weekend – A-Punk (2008)
- Vampire Weekend – Cousins (2009)

Links:
‘Coffee & TV’ by Blur

‘Pumpkin On Your Stereo’ by Supergrass

Short Bio and Review:
Garth Jennings born 1972 in Epping, Essex – UK and Nick Goldsmith born 1971, UK have a production company named ‘Hammer & Tongs’. They made inventive music videos for Blur, Pulp and R.E.M. With their debut feature film, an adaptation of Douglas Adams’ ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’, they showed off a sweet sensibility that belied the metallurgical toughness of that name, and with the just-released ‘Son of Rambow’, they go one step further.

Some great movies have come out of the collaboration between these two people.

Have you seen their work? What do you think about it?

Director Name: Robert Schwentke

Director:
- Heaven! (1993)
- Tattoo (2002)
- The Family Jewels (2003)
- Flightplan (2005)
- The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009)
- Red (2010) (pre-production)
- Conspiracy of Fools (2011)

Writer:
- Heaven! (1993)
- Tattoo (2002)
- The Family Jewels (2003)
- Conspiracy of Fools (2011) (announced)

Short Bio and Review:
Robert was born in 1968 in Stuttgart, German and graduated from the Columbia College Hollywood in 1992. Mostly new to the US Hollywood scene, Robert is best known for directing the 2009 movie The Time Traveler’s Wife. In 2008 Summit Entertainment announced that he would also be working on the film adaptation of the graphic novel Red

New to the Hollywood scene, Robert looks to he a big hit based on his work with The Time Traveler’s Wife. Look forward to seeing more from this excellent director in the future.

Did you see The Time Traveler’s Wife?
What did you think of his directorial work?

Director Name: Bryan Singer

Director:
- Lion’s Den (1988)
- Public Access (1993)
- The Usual Suspects (1995)
- Apt Pupil (1998)
- X-Men (2000)
- X2 (2003)
- House M.D. (2004, 3 episodes)
- Superman Returns (2006)
- Football Wives (2007, TV)
- Valkyrie (2008)
- Battlestar Galactica (2011)
- Jack the Giant Killer (2011)
- Excalibur (2012)

Producer:
- Public Access (1993)
- The Usual Suspects (1995)
- Burn (1998)
- Apt Pupil (1998)
- X2 (2003)
- The Triangle (2005, TV mini-series)
- Look, Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman (2006, TV)
- The Science of Superman (2006, TV)
- Superman Returns (2006)
- Color Me Olsen (2007)
- Football Wives (2007, TV)
- Trick ‘r Treat (2008)
- Valkyrie: The Plot to Kill Hitler (2008, TV)
- Valkyrie (2008)
- Dirty Sexy Money (2007-2009, 23 episodes)
- House M.D. (2004-2009, 119 episodes)
- Battlestar Galactica (2011) (pre-production)
- Excalibur (2012) (pre-production)
- Sellevision (2012) (announced)

Awards:
1993 Critics Award for ‘Public Access’
1996 Empire Award for ‘The Usual Suspects’
2001 Saturn Award & Empire Award for ‘X-Men’
2007 Saturn Award for ‘Superman Returns’

Short Bio and Review:
Singer was born September 17, 1965 in NYC and was adopted by Norbert and Grace Singer. He was raised in Princeton Junction New Jersey. He began making films at the age of 13. Bryan attended New York’s School of Visual Arts for filmmaking. Although Singer has dyslexia he enjoys comics and short stories. His love of comic books is evident in Superman Returns and X-Men. Singer is currently working on Battlestar Gallactica and Sellevision.

I have liked Bryan Singers’ work since I saw him answer questions on a panel at Comic-Con. He is intelligent and passionate about his work. I’m excited to follow him as he directs and produces more in the coming years.

Read more on Bryan Singer brought to us by OBS owner Dawn here.

Director Name: Stanley Kubrick

Director:
- Day of the Fight (1951)
- Flying Padre (1951)
- The Seafarers (1952)
- Fear and Desire (1953)
- Killer’s Kiss (1955)
- The Killing (1956)
- Paths of Glory (1957)
- Spartacus (1960)
- Lolita (1962)
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- A Clockwork Orange (1971)
- Barry Lyndon (1975)
- The Shining (1980)
- Full Metal Jacket (1987)
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Producer:
- Fear and Desire (1953)
- Killer’s Kiss (1955)
- Paths of Glory (1957)
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- A Clockwork Orange (1971)
- Barry Lyndon (1975)
- The Shining (1980)
- Full Metal Jacket (1987)
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Writer:
- Flying Padre (1951)
- Fear and Desire (1953)
- Killer’s Kiss (1955)
- The Killing (1956)
- Paths of Glory (1957)
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- A Clockwork Orange (1971)
- Barry Lyndon (1975)
- The Shining (1980)
- Full Metal Jacket (1987)
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Short Bio and Review:
Stanley Kubrick born in New York on July 26, 1928, was an American director, writer, producer, and photographer of films, and lived in England during most of the last 40 years of his career. Stanley’s father gave him a camera for his thirteenth birthday and Stanley became an avid photographer and by the age of seventeen he was offered a job as an apprentice photographer.

He had four films under his belt when he made his first UK film called Lolita in 1962, followed by 2001 Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange. He turned down the offer to direct the sequel to The Exorcist and instead made another horror film called The Shining. It is well known that Stephen King disliked the way Stanley adapted his story for the big screen.

Read more on Stanley Kubrick brought to us by OBS staff-member Rose here.

Director Name: Ridley Scott

Director:
- The Duellists (1977)
- Alien (1979)
- Blade Runner (1982)
- Legend (1985)
- Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)
- Black Rain (1989)
- Thelma & Louise (1991)
- 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
- White Squall (1996)
- G.I. Jane (1997)
- Gladiator (2000)
- Black Hawk Down (2001)
- Hannibal (2001)
- Matchstick Men (2003)
- Cinema16: British Short Films (2003)
- All the Invisible Children (2005)
- Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
- A Good Year (2006)
- American Gangster (2007)
- Body of Lies (2008)
- The Kind One (2010)
- Robin Hood (2010)
- Untitled Alien Prequel (2011)

Future Projects:
- Red Riding
- Untitled Reagan/Gorbachev Project
- The Killing Sea
- Untitled Tony Scott Project
- Brave New World
- In Vitro
- The Forever War
- Town House
- Untitled Monopoly Project
- Untitled Gucci Biopic
- The Passage
- Stones
- Child 44
- Factor X
- Purefold

Awards:
- 1991: Oscar for Best Director – Thelma & Louise
- 2000: Oscar for Best Director – Gladiator
- 2000: BAFTA Award for Best Direction – Gladiator
- 2001: Oscar for Best Director – Black Hawk Down
- 2008: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries – The Andromeda Strain

Short Bio:
Born in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, Scott grew up in an Army family, meaning that for most of his early life his father — an officer in the Royal Engineers — was absent. Ridley’s older brother, Frank, joined the Merchant Navy when he was still young and the pair had little contact. During this time the family moved around, living in (amongst other areas) Cumbria, Wales and Germany. After the Second World War the Scott family moved back to their native north-east England, eventually settling in Teesside (whose industrial landscape would later inspire similar scenes in Blade Runner). He enjoyed watching films, and his favourites include Lawrence of Arabia, Citizen Kane and Seven Samurai. Scott studied in Teesside from 1954 to 1958, at Grangefield Grammar School, Stockton and later in West Hartlepool College of Art, graduating with a Diploma in Design. He progressed to an M.A. in graphic design at the Royal College of Art from 1960 to 1962.

He was assigned to design the second Doctor Who serial, The Daleks, which would have entailed realising the famous alien creatures. However, shortly before he was due to start work a schedule conflict meant that he was replaced on the serial by Raymond Cusick. At the BBC, Scott was placed into a director training programme and, before he left the corporation, had directed episodes of Z-Cars, its spin-off, Softly, Softly, and adventure series Adam Adamant Lives!.
In 1968 Ridley Scott and his brother Tony Scott founded Ridley Scott Associates (RSA), a film and commercial production company. Five members of the Scott family are directors, all working for RSA. Brother Tony has been a successful film director for more than two decades; sons, Jake and Luke are both acclaimed commercials directors as is his daughter, Jordan Scott. Jake and Jordan both work from Los Angeles and Luke is based in London.

Read more on Ridley Scott brought to us by OBS staff-member Chris here.

Director Name: Alan Ball

Director:
- Six Feet Under (2001-2005, 7 episodes)
- Nothing Is Private (2007)
- True Blood (2 episodes, 2008)

Producer:
- Cybill (1995-1998)
- American Beauty (1999)
- Oh, Grow Up (1999)
- The Parlor (2001)
- Six Feet Under (2001-2005)
- Nothing Is Private (2007)
- True Blood (2008-2009)

Writer:
- Grace Under Fire (1993)
- Cybill (1995-1998)
- American Beauty (1999)
- Oh, Grow Up (1999)
- The M Word (2004)
- Six Feet Under (2001-2005)
- Nothing Is Private (2007)
- True Blood (2008-2010)

Awards:
- 2000 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay – American Beauty
- 2000 Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay-Motion Picture – American Beauty
- 2000 Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay – American Beauty
- 2002 Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement – Six Feet Under
- 2002 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series – Six Feet Under
- 2004 Producers Guild of America Award for Dramatic Series – Six Feet Under

Short Bio:
Alan Ball is an Academy Award-winning screenwriter, director, producer & occasional actor, who is best known for writing the screenplay for the Oscar-winning film ‘American Beauty’ & for creating the HBO original drama series ‘Six Feet Under’. He also adapted the new famous TV series ‘True Blood’ – based on the “Southern Vampire Mysteries” books by Charlaine Harris. ”When I read the books I got sort of addicted to the story,” he says. ”Charlaine created this world that is constantly surprising and funny and terrifying and sometimes really heartbreaking, and I thought it would be a television show I would watch – that’s really all I can do.” The series is produced by HBO, too in association with Ball’s production company.

Read more on Alan Ball here.