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Chris Croucher est un Ecrivain, Producteur et Crowd Assistant Director Britannique né le 1 aout 1981 à Guildford (Royaume-uni)
Chris Croucher (born 1 August 1981) is an English screenwriter and film director.
After graduating he balanced his writing with a successful career as an assistant director. He worked on films and shows such as; Downton Abbey, Little Dorrit, Sense and Sensibility, Wimbledon, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Magicians, Brick Lane and 28 Weeks Later.
His first script, the noir thriller I Am Tyler Marks was given a development from Screen South and the UK Film Council in 2005. His next project; a comedy based in the horse racing world and entitled Bitter Sweet is now being developed as a Feature film.
In 2007 Chris completed a television pilot entitled Twenty Something, based on the book by Iain Hollingshead.
In 2008 Chris moved away from just writing and directed the short Film The Beachcombers which was funded by Film London via The Lewisham Film Initiative and Co-written with Mark Beynon. The romantic short starred Charity Wakefield and Rasmus Hardiker. As well as screening at festivals worldwide the film went on to win the Film London & ITV 'Best of Borough award 2008' presented at BAFTA.
Following The Beachcombers success, Chris decided to make his second short film – In Passing. The 1940s drama starred Lesley Sharp, Russell Tovey and Sean Pertwee
The film has now secured distribution with Future Shorts and screened on the BBC HD channel & BBC i-Player in Autumn 2010.
In January 2010 Chris was also nominated for the BBC Writers Room – 'Tony Doyle Award For New Writing'. From hundreds of script entries his feature entitled Christie was shortlisted amongst the final seven. Later in the year he was shortlisted for the BBC Writers Academy.
In 2011 Chris wrote and produced the short film Friend Request Pending – a comedy drama about Social Networking starring Judi Dench, Penny Ryder, Philip Jackson, John Macmillan and Tom Hiddleston. The film premiered at the BFI London Film Festival in October 2011 and has since screened at over 25 film festivals world wide. The film is now distributed by Shorts International.
Chris is currently developing several projects including a low budget feature entitled Plan B and TV series based on Friend Request Pending.
In 2014 Chris will be producing season 5 of Downton Abbey.
(2005)
(Crowd Assistant Director)
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Born in Guildford, England, Croucher started writing at a very early age and this fascination in story telling led him to study a BA in Film Production, graduating in 2003.After graduating he balanced his writing with a successful career as an assistant director. He worked on films and shows such as; Downton Abbey, Little Dorrit, Sense and Sensibility, Wimbledon, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Magicians, Brick Lane and 28 Weeks Later.
His first script, the noir thriller I Am Tyler Marks was given a development from Screen South and the UK Film Council in 2005. His next project; a comedy based in the horse racing world and entitled Bitter Sweet is now being developed as a Feature film.
In 2007 Chris completed a television pilot entitled Twenty Something, based on the book by Iain Hollingshead.
In 2008 Chris moved away from just writing and directed the short Film The Beachcombers which was funded by Film London via The Lewisham Film Initiative and Co-written with Mark Beynon. The romantic short starred Charity Wakefield and Rasmus Hardiker. As well as screening at festivals worldwide the film went on to win the Film London & ITV 'Best of Borough award 2008' presented at BAFTA.
Following The Beachcombers success, Chris decided to make his second short film – In Passing. The 1940s drama starred Lesley Sharp, Russell Tovey and Sean Pertwee
The film has now secured distribution with Future Shorts and screened on the BBC HD channel & BBC i-Player in Autumn 2010.
In January 2010 Chris was also nominated for the BBC Writers Room – 'Tony Doyle Award For New Writing'. From hundreds of script entries his feature entitled Christie was shortlisted amongst the final seven. Later in the year he was shortlisted for the BBC Writers Academy.
In 2011 Chris wrote and produced the short film Friend Request Pending – a comedy drama about Social Networking starring Judi Dench, Penny Ryder, Philip Jackson, John Macmillan and Tom Hiddleston. The film premiered at the BFI London Film Festival in October 2011 and has since screened at over 25 film festivals world wide. The film is now distributed by Shorts International.
Chris is currently developing several projects including a low budget feature entitled Plan B and TV series based on Friend Request Pending.
In 2014 Chris will be producing season 5 of Downton Abbey.
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Stars in Shorts (2012)
Réalisé par Rupert Friend, Neil LaBute, Jacob Chase
Genres Drame, Science-fiction, Comédie, Comédie dramatique
Acteurs Judi Dench, Lily Tomlin, Marin Ireland, Kenneth Branagh, Julia Stiles, Lucy Punch
Rôle Ecrivain
Note63%
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Friend Request Pending (2011)
, 12minutesOrigine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Comédie, Romance
Acteurs Judi Dench, Tom Hiddleston, Philip Jackson
Rôle Ecrivain
Note73%
Mary (Dench) and Linda (Ryder) spend an afternoon discussing the pleasures, pitfalls and problems with using social networking to try and woo the local choirmaster and Mary's new love interest, Trevor (Jackson). While chatting on Facebook, Mary's son Tom (Hiddleston) IM's her, earning a response from Linda about wanting to "poke" him. When Linda leaves to go to the market, Trevor finally gains the courage and asks Mary out. When Linda returns, she finds Mary has gone out with Trevor, and decides to do a little Facebook flirting of her own and decides to send a friend request to Tom.
Producteur
Friend Request Pending (2011)
, 12minutesOrigine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Comédie, Romance
Acteurs Judi Dench, Tom Hiddleston, Philip Jackson
Rôle Producteur
Note73%
Mary (Dench) and Linda (Ryder) spend an afternoon discussing the pleasures, pitfalls and problems with using social networking to try and woo the local choirmaster and Mary's new love interest, Trevor (Jackson). While chatting on Facebook, Mary's son Tom (Hiddleston) IM's her, earning a response from Linda about wanting to "poke" him. When Linda leaves to go to the market, Trevor finally gains the courage and asks Mary out. When Linda returns, she finds Mary has gone out with Trevor, and decides to do a little Facebook flirting of her own and decides to send a friend request to Tom.
Directeur
The deep blue sea (2011)
, 1h38Réalisé par Terence Davies
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Romance
Thèmes Théâtre, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale, Ann Mitchell, Barbara Jefford, Oliver Ford Davies
Rôle Second Assistant Director
Note61%
Londres, 1950. Hester Collyer est mariée depuis plusieurs années à Sir William Collyer, magistrat plus âgé qu'elle. Leur mariage n'est pas très heureux et semble manquer de passion et d'amour. Elle fait la rencontre de Freddie Page, ancien pilote de la RAF, duquel elle tombe follement amoureuse et avec qui elle trompe son mari. Ce dernier apprenant la liaison de sa femme la chasse de chez eux et lui annonce qu'il refusera le divorce.
, 1h48Réalisé par Garth Jennings
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Science-fiction, Comédie, Aventure, Science-fiction post-apocalyptique, Science-fiction humoristique
Thèmes L'espace, Film post-apocalyptique, Religion, Dans l'espace, Adaptation d'une œuvre littéraire de science-fiction, Comédie de science-fiction, Le futur, Extra-terrestres, Politique, Dystopique, Space opera, Extraterrestre, Mise en scène d'un robot, Film catastrophe
Acteurs Martin Freeman, Zooey Deschanel, Mos Def, Sam Rockwell, Bill Nighy, Anna Chancellor
Rôle Crowd Assistant Director
Note66%
En un quart d'heure, la vie du Britannique Arthur Dent (nommé Arthur Accroc dans la traduction française du livre) est bouleversée : sa maison va être détruite pour être remplacée par un échangeur routier, et la Terre va également être détruite par les Vogons pour créer une voie express hyperspatiale. Il est sauvé par son ami Ford Prefect (en français Ford Escort), un extraterrestre auto-stoppeur.