Charlotte Regan

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Charlotte Regan
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Charlotte Regan in 2023
Born1993–1994, (Age 29–30) [1]
Hackney, London [2]
NationalityBritish
OccupationFilm director
Notable work Scrapper
Website Official website

Charlotte Regan is a British film director. She has directed many music videos, and her short films have been shown at major international film festivals. In 2023, her debut feature film Scrapper won the Grand Jury Prize for the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.

Regan's films are often characterized, as The Guardian describes, focusing "on working-class communities and characters." [3] She has spoken in interviews of the barriers faced by working-class people in the film industry, and others' privilege. [1] [4]

Regan was born in Hackney [2] and raised in North London with her mother and grandmother. [3] According to an interview with The Guardian, some of Regan's childhood was with her grandmother on an estate in Islington. [1]

As a teenager, she also worked as a paparazzi photographer; photographing film sets such as Skyfall inspired her to become a filmmaker herself. [1] She started filming music promos when she was 15, going on to direct more than 200 of them, [1] including for Mumford & Sons ("Beloved") [5] and for Stereophonics ("Fly Like an Eagle"). [6]

Her first short film, Standby, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Set entirely in a police car, it went on to win a Sundance Ignite award and be nominated for a BAFTA. [3] Her second short film Fry-Up was screened at the BFI London Film Festival, Sundance and Berlinale. Her third film, Dodgy Dave, played at Toronto (TIFF) and BFI London. [7]

In 2017, Regan was talent-spotted by Michael Fassbender’s production company, Finn McCool Films. [1] She then developed Scrapper , about a 12-year-old girl reunited with her father following the death of her mother. Scrapper premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize for the World Cinema Dramatic Competition. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Clarke, Cath (24 August 2023). "Interview: 'A lot of working-class cinema is so joyless': Charlotte Regan on her candy-coloured debut Scrapper". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Charlotte Regan". British Council. 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 Poulton, Lindsay; Gormley, Jess (8 Oct 2020). "Interview: The games children play: why we let kids take over our film". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  4. ↑ Prestridge, James (28 November 2018). "Close-up: An Interview With Filmmaker Charlotte Regan". Close Up Culture. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  5. ↑ Grow, Kory (20 March 2019). "See Mumford and Sons' Tackle Death and Dying in 'Beloved' Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  6. ↑ Bevan, Nathan (28 October 2019). "How Stereophonics' music was inspired by Kelly Jones' 15-year-old daughter telling him she was gay". WalesOnline. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  7. ↑ Jackson, Angelique (11 May 2023). "CAA Signs 'Scrapper' Filmmaker Charlotte Regan". Variety. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  8. ↑ Grobar, Matt (January 27, 2023). "Sundance Awards: 'The Persian Version', 'Kokomo City' Among Repeat Winners As 'A Thousand And One', 'Going To Mars' Claim U.S. Grand Jury Prizes". Deadline. Archived from the original on 2023-01-29.
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