Creation Stories (film)

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Creation Stories
Directed by Nick Moran [1]
Screenplay by
Produced by
  • Ben Dillon
  • Shelley Hammond
  • Nathan McGough
  • Hollie Richmond
  • Orian Williams
Starring
Cinematography Roberto Schaefer
Edited byEmma Gaffney
Production
companies
  • Burning Wheel Productions
  • Head Gear Films
  • Metrol Technology
  • Bohemia Media
  • Adirondack Media Group
  • Carte Blanche
Distributed by Sky Cinema
Release date
  • 20 March 2021 (2021-03-20)(United Kingdom)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Creation Stories is a 2021 British biographical film about Alan McGee and Creation Records, directed by Nick Moran. [3] [4] [5] The film was adapted from McGee's 2013 autobiography of the same name, by Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh. [6] [7]

Contents

Creation Stories premiered at the virtual Glasgow Film Festival on 24 February 2021, and went on general release on 20 March. [8]

Cast

Release

In June 2021, RLJE Films bought distribution rights to release Creation Stories in the United States. [11]

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