Eric Kolelas

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Eric Kolelas
Born
Eric Yves Kolelas

(1987-05-27) 27 May 1987 (age 32)
Dijon, France
Occupation Actor
Years active2007-present

Eric Kolelas (born 27 May 1987) is an Anglo-French actor and film director.

Actor Person who acts in a dramatic or comic production and works in film, television, theatre, or radio

An actor is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs), literally "one who answers". The actor's interpretation of their role—the art of acting—pertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art.

Film director Person who controls the artistic and dramatic aspects of a film production

A film director is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design, and the creative aspects of filmmaking. Under European Union law, the director is viewed as the author of the film.

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Background

Born in France, to a bilingual family, Kolelas moved to Dunstable, United Kingdom at an early age. He attended Manshead School. In 2005, he attended Thames Valley University where he read video production and later won a scholarship to study at the New York Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan. [1]

Dunstable market town and civil parish located in my nans basement, England

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Manhattan Borough in New York City and county in New York, United States

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Career

Acting

After graduating from the New York Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, Kolelas went on to feature in commercials such as Guitar Hero and KFC, in addition to small appearances in EastEnders and Genie in the House . [2] Kolelas also performed additional dialogue replacement in the 2010 thriller film Shank from Revolver Entertainment. [3]

The Guitar Hero series is a series of music rhythm games first published in 2005 by RedOctane and Harmonix, and distributed by Activision, in which players use a guitar-shaped game controller to simulate playing lead, bass guitar, and rhythm guitar across numerous rock music songs. Players match notes that scroll on-screen to colored fret buttons on the controller, strumming the controller in time to the music in order to score points, and keep the virtual audience excited. The games attempt to mimic many features of playing a real guitar, including the use of fast-fingering hammer-ons and pull-offs and the use of the whammy bar to alter the pitch of notes. Most games support single player modes, typically a Career mode to play through all the songs in the game, and both competitive and cooperative multiplayer modes. With the introduction of Guitar Hero World Tour in 2008, the game includes support for a four-player band including vocals and drums. The series initially used mostly cover versions of songs created by WaveGroup Sound, but most recent titles feature soundtracks that are fully master recordings, and in some cases, special re-recordings, of the songs. Later titles in the series feature support for downloadable content in the form of new songs.

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Alongside Isaura Barbé-Brown and Diana Yekinni, Kolelas was also seen as one of the leads in Mosa [4] by Venezuelan director Ana Moreno. It premiered at the BFI London Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in April 2010, as well as winning Best UK Short at the Iris Prize in Cardiff. [5]

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Most recently he was seen in Film Four's World Cinema Season Ident, narrating part of the advertisement with a French accent. [6] In summer 2010, he went on to be cast as 'Duncan' in the horror film Sparrow opposite Sarah Linda, Faye Sewell and Jack W. Carter, [7] before writing his own scripts for films such as Fifty Pence [8] and Not Far From The Tree.

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Sarah Michelle Linda is a British actress and model, known for her work in television, film and commercials. She had a minor role in the 2011 film adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as well as major roles in the independent films D.One and Sparrow. She also appeared in the films 4.3.2.1 and The Boat That Rocked, as well as an appearance as a bar girl in an episode of the mini-series Demons.

Directing

In 2009, Kolelas co-directed the short film The Inebriated Forest with Michael Webber, which took second place at the 'One Too Many' student film competition, which was founded in association with both the NHS and the police forces of surrounding areas to highlight the dangers of excessive alcohol consumption. [9]

National Health Service publicly funded healthcare systems within the United Kingdom

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In 2012, he wrote, produced and directed the short film Fifty Pence, in which he also plays lead role. The film premiered at the 9th Edition of the London Short Film Festival. [8]

Directing

In 2009, Kolelas co-directed the short film The Inebriated Forest with Michael Webber, which took second place at the 'One Too Many' student film competition, which was founded in association with both the NHS and the police forces of surrounding areas to highlight the dangers of excessive alcohol consumption.

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  2. ↑ "Eric Kolelas". IMDb . Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  3. ↑ "Eric Kolelas". Mandy Actors. Retrieved 2010-09-02.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Mosa: Corrective Rape in S.A." Theiapolis. 2010-04-25. Archived from the original on 2013-07-06. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  5. ↑ "2010 Iris Prize winners announced". BBC. 2010-10-13. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
  6. ↑ "Film4 - World Cinema Season". YouTube . Retrieved 2010-11-26.
  7. ↑ "A bunch of set photos from Shaun Troke's urban legend flick Sparrow!". Joblo. 2010-06-30. Archived from the original on 2010-07-12. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  8. 1 2 "Trailer Watch: Fifty Pence". IndieWire. 2012-03-04. Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
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