Andy Starke

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Andy Starke
Born
Andrew Starke
Occupations
Years active1999–present
Known forCo-founder of Mondo Macabro, Boum Productions and Rook Films

Andrew Starke is a British film and television producer who co-founded the production company Rook Films in 2008 with director Ben Wheatley and screenwriter Amy Jump. [1] [2]

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Career

In association with Rook Films, Starke served as producer on such films as Kill List (2011), [3] The Duke of Burgundy (2014), [4] The Greasy Strangler , [5] Free Fire (both 2016), [3] An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn , [3] In Fabric , [6] Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (all 2018), [3] and Possessor (2020). [7] In 2019, Starke co-founded the film distribution company Anti-Worlds with Jason Wood, Zoe Flower, Sam Dunn and John Morrissey. [3]

In 2001, Starke co-wrote, co-produced and co-directed the Channel 4 TV programme Mondo Macabro alongside Pete Tombs. [8] [9] The duo went on to found the American-based home video distribution label Mondo Macabro in 2002. [10] Starke and Tombs also founded the production company Boum Productions. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "About Us". Rook Films. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  2. Mitchell, Wendy (30 October 2018). "The Brit 50: Rook Films". Screen Daily . Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Grater, Tom (9 May 2019). "Andy Starke, Jason Wood and Zoe Flower launch UK distribution outfit Anti-Worlds (exclusive)". Screen Daily . Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  4. Foundas, Scott (18 October 2014). "Film Review: 'The Duke of Burgundy'". Variety . Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  5. Ewell, Audrey (8 October 2016). ""It's Not So-Bad-It's-Good": Elijah Wood, Tim League and the Producing Team on Why They Made Jim Hosking's Unhinged The Greasy Strangler". Filmmaker . Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  6. Hipes, Patrick (18 September 2018). "Peter Strickland's 'In Fabric' Sews Up A24 Deal After Toronto Bow". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  7. Ritman, Alex (16 May 2019). "Cannes First Look: Christopher Abbott in Brandon Cronenberg's Sci-Fi Thriller 'Possessor' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  8. Bickel, Christopher (18 August 2015). "Uncovering and Preserving the Wildest and Strangest Films in the World". DangerousMinds.net . Archived from the original on 22 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  9. Bidoun: A Quarterly Forum for Middle Eastern Talent (15): 71. 2008 https://books.google.com/books?id=kGNLAQAAIAAJ. The British duo were preparing a television series based on Mondo Macabro for Channel 4; they also planned to launch a DVD label devoted to recirculating lost genre classics.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. "About Us". Mondo Macabro. Retrieved 22 June 2023.