Francesca Jaynes

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Francesca Jaynes
Born (1958-10-12) 12 October 1958 (age 65)
Woodford, Essex, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s) Choreographer
Movement director
Website francescajaynes.com

Francesca Jaynes (born 12 October 1958) is an English choreographer and movement director who works in many disciplines within the entertainment industry, including feature films, [1] [2] theatre and commercials.

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Early career

Jaynes trained at the Bush Davies School of Theatre Arts, and danced professionally for several years before suffering a serious injury that led to a transition into choreography. Following several years choreographing musical stage acts, she began working in UK television in 1982 [3] and a career in film began in 1999 with Mike Leigh's Topsy-Turvy, [4] [5] earning her a nomination in the American Choreography Awards. [6]

Film and television

Jaynes' work in feature film covers a period of three decades and multiple genres, including costume drama (The Duchess, Great Expectations), family (Dumbo, [7] Muppets Most Wanted, [8] Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [9] ), science fiction (Gravity, [9] [10] A.I. Artificial Intelligence [11] [12] [13] ), fantasy (Avengers: Age of Ultron, Clash of the Titans), and music-based drama (De-Lovely, [14] Topsy-Turvy).

Her television credits include work with Judi Dench and Dustin Hoffman in Roald Dahl's Esio Trot for the BBC, as well as programmes such as Quiz by James Graham, Foyle's War, Agatha Christie's Marple, The Virgin Queen, and Tipping the Velvet.

Film and television credits

Year ReleasedTitleProduction CompanyDirector
2022 Enola Holmes 2 Legendary Entertainment Harry Bradbeer
2022 House of the Dragon [15] HBO Clare Kilner, Geeta Vasant Patel
2021 Black Widow Marvel Studios Cate Shortland
2020 Quiz Left Bank Pictures Stephen Frears
2019 Dumbo Walt Disney Pictures Tim Burton
2019 The Spanish Princess STARZ Birgitte Staermose
2019 Traitors Twenty Twenty Television Dearbhla Walsh
2018 A Very English Scandal Amazon Studios / BBC Stephen Frears
2017 Breathe The Imaginarium Studios Andy Serkis
2017 Will TNT Drama Shekhar Kapur
2016 Allied Paramount Pictures Robert Zemeckis
2016 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Tim Burton Productions/Chernin Entertainment Tim Burton
2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass Walt Disney Pictures James Bobin
2015Pinewood: 80 Years of Movie Magic [16] BBC John Hodgson
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron Marvel Studios Joss Whedon
2015 Roald Dahl's Esio Trot – TV BBC/Endor Productions Dearbhla Walsh
2014 Muppets Most Wanted Walt Disney Pictures James Bobin
2013 Gravity Warner Brothers Pictures Alfonso Cuaron
2013 The Invisible Woman Magnolia Mae Films Ralph Fiennes
2012 Great Expectations Number 9 Films Ltd Mike Newell
2010 Foyle's War – TV ITV David Richards
2010 Alice in Wonderland [9] Walt Disney Pictures Tim Burton
2008 The Duchess BBC Films/Pathe Saul Dibb
2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [9] DreamWorks Tim Burton
2006 The Da Vinci Code Columbia Pictures Ron Howard
2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Warner Brothers Pictures Tim Burton
2004 Vera Drake Thin Man Films Mike Leigh
2004 De-Lovely MGM Irwin Winkler
2002 Tipping the Velvet – TV BBC Geoffrey Sax
2001 A.I. Artificial Intelligence Warner Brothers Pictures Steven Spielberg
1999 Topsy-Turvy Thin Man Films Mike Leigh
1991 Sherlock Holmes The Master Blackmailer ITV Sally Head

Theatre

Jaynes began choreographing for theatre in the late 1980s, [17] and continues to work regularly in this discipline. In 2015 it was announced that she would be working with Mike Leigh on The Pirates of Penzance for the English National Opera. [18]

Her work has been created for a wide range of theatres including the New Wolsey Theatre (Ipswich), [9] [19] Salisbury Playhouse, Birmingham Rep, Holland Park Opera, Stafford Festival Shakespeare, [20] The Old Vic [21] (London) and The National Theatre [22] (London).

Jaynes has collaborated for more than 20 years with Director Peter Rowe [23] on shows including Blues in the Night , Little Shop of Horrors , Guys and Dolls , and It's a Wonderful Life . [24]

Theatre credits

YearProductionTheatreDirector
2023 TONY! The Tony Blair Rock Opera [25] Leicester Square Theatre Peter Rowe
2019/20 ONCE No. 1 UK National Tour [26] Peter Rowe
2018Still Alice [27] West Yorkshire Playhouse Peter Rowe
2015 Sweet Charity New Wolsey Theatre Peter Rowe
2015 The Pirates of Penzance English National Opera / London Coliseum Mike Leigh
2014Midsummer Songs New Wolsey Theatre Peter Rowe
2014 Kafka's Dick Bath Theatre Royal David Grindley
2013 Our House New Wolsey Theatre/UK National TourPeter Rowe
2013DaytonaPark Theatre LondonDavid Grindley
2011 Guys and Dolls Clwyd Theatr Cymru/Salisbury Playhouse/UK National TourPeter Rowe
2010 Little Shop of Horrors Birmingham Rep Peter Rowe
2009It's a Wonderful Life New Wolsey Theatre Peter Rowe
2009 Orpheus in the Underworld Holland Park Opera John Abulafia
2008 Afterlife The National Theatre Michael Blakemore
2007 Stephen Fry's Cinderella The Old Vic Fiona Laird
2007 Blues in the Night New Wolsey Theatre Peter Rowe
2006Promises and Lies Birmingham Rep Jonathan Church
2005 Sugar New Wolsey Theatre Peter Rowe
2003 The Threepenny Opera The National Theatre Tim Baker
2000 Equus Salisbury Playhouse Joanna Read
2000My Best Friend Hampstead Theatre Anthony Clark
2000 Leader of the Pack Belgrade Theatre, Coventry Peter Rowe

Commercials

Jaynes' choreographic and movement work has been seen in commercials for numerous major brands, both national and international. The 2018 "Back to the Fuchsia" campaign for Ted Baker was choreographed by Jaynes, inspired by the song Think Pink from the musical Funny Face. In 2014, she choreographed a sequence in "The Gentleman's Wager", a six-minute ad for Johnnie Walker Blue Label starring Jude Law and Giancarlo Giannini which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. [28] [29] SmartWater, Lynx, Sainsbury's, and Scottish Widows are amongst the other brands whose commercials have featured her work.

Short films

In addition to her work as a choreographer and movement director, Jaynes has also created work as a writer/director of short films. Her first film, For George, was completed in 2012, and was an Official Selection at the United Film Festival (London, UK), [30] Festival Filmets (Badalona, Spain), [31] and Best Actors Film Festival (San Francisco, USA), where it won the award for "Best Ensemble Cast in a Short Drama".

Her second short film, Gnomeland, was completed in 2013, and was chosen as an Official Selection at the Two Short Nights Film Festival (Exeter, UK) [32] and the Deep Fried Film Festival (Lanarkshire, UK). [33]

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