James Walker (writer/filmmaker)

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James Walker (born 19 June 1979) is a British writer and filmmaker. He lives in London and studied at Radley College and Trinity College, Cambridge University where he read English and received a 1st Class Honors Degree. He is a director of Magma Pictures [1] and the Young Film Academy. [2] His first feature film Blooded , had a UK cinema release on 1 April 2011 and was released on the UK DVD market. [3] Blooded caused a great deal of controversy at the time of the film's release, promotional viral videos were removed from video sharing websites following action by animal rights protesters. [4]

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Directing credits

Into Swans
(Short film: 15 mins, 16mm) Drama (2004).

One Small Leap
(Short film: 3 mins, 16mm) Comedy (2002). [5]

Taboo
(Short film: 30 mins, BetaSP) Thriller (1998). [6]

Gemini
(Theatre) Produced ADC Theatre, Cambridge (2000).

On the Breast of a Woman
(Theatre) Produced ADC Theatre, Cambridge (2001). [7]

Writing credits

Blooded
(Feature film) Thriller (2011). [8]

Proving Mr Jennings
(Theatre) Winner, King's Cross New Writing Award (2004). [9]

Into Swans
(Short film) Drama (2003).

One Small Leap
(Short film) Comedy (2002). [5]

On The Breast of a Woman
(Theatre) Drama. Produced Queens’ Theatre, Cambridge (2001). [7]

Born to be Wild
(Theatre) Produced C Venues, Edinburgh Festival (2000).
[10] Broadcast on BBC World Service, December (2000). [10]

Gemini
(Theatre) Produced ADC Theatre, Cambridge (2000).

Awards

Film

Winner, Best UK Short, Raindance 2003.

Winner, Cocotte-Minute Prix, Brest European Short Film Festival 2003. [11]

HTV Award, Brief Encounters 2002. [12]

Best Director, Capalbio International Film Festival 2003. [11]

F.I.C.E Award, Capalbio International Film Festival 2003.

Runner-up, Aprille Award, Milan Film Festival 2002.

Theater

Winner, King’s Cross New Writing Award, 2004. [13]

Nominated for London Writers Award, 2002.

Winner, BATS New Writing Award, 2000.

Selected to participate in the Berlinale Talent Campus, 2003. [14]

Blooded critical response

The film's topic has provoked reactions from parties on both side of the hunting debate in the UK. [15] In promoting the film, its makers originally asserted that it was a re-creation of an actual event that occurred after the enactment of the 2005 hunting ban in England, [16] maintaining that the film, rather than trying to make any political points, only investigates "the nature of extremism" in any form, [17] and "encourages debate". [18] The Evening Standard wrote that the film "caused outrage after graphic scenes showing activists attacking five deer-stalkers were posted on the internet, in a viral publicity campaign." [18] The Independent noted the film's controversial stance, and that as the film's asserted protagonists were a group of extreme animal activists, it generated "much chatter on the interweb" after clips appeared on Youtube. They wrote however, "it all has the whiff of a clever publicity stunt". [16] This is a stance echoed in many other online reviews with suggestions that it is a mockumentary that leaves the viewer with [sic] "no doubt that it is fabricated". [15] The List classed it as an example of a "fantastic piece of filmmaking that shows what is achievable if you get creative within your budget". [19]

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References

  1. ↑ "Blooded". Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Home". Young Film Academy.
  3. ↑ "Celebrating UK Film". Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Moore-Bridger, Benedict; Widdup, Ellen; Parsons, Rob (22 March 2011). "Oh deer... heiress tells of 'harrowing' film role as the quarry of hunt extremists". London Evening Standard . Archived from the original on 26 March 2011.
  5. 1 2 "One Small Leap". 20 November 2002 – via IMDb.
  6. ↑ "Taboo". 28 June 1997 – via IMDb.
  7. 1 2 "Brenda Cottis". www.bawds.org. Archived from the original on 29 January 2003.
  8. ↑ "Blooded". 18 March 2011 – via IMDb.
  9. ↑ "The Stage review of Proving Mr. Jennings".
  10. 1 2 "Foreign Shorts 2003". cinemainvisibile.it. Archived from the original on 4 February 2011.
  11. 1 2 "One Small Leap - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
  12. ↑ "Hunting the hunters". Archived from the original on 14 April 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  13. ↑ "James Walker wins Courtyard prize for new writing - The Courtyard". www.thecourtyard.org.uk.
  14. ↑ "Berlinale Talent Campus". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  15. 1 2 "The Week UK: The Latest News, Opinion, Sport, People & Business". The Week UK.
  16. 1 2 "Matthew Bell: The IoS Diary". 6 March 2011. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  17. ↑ "Grass Roots – Blooded | Blog | littlewhitelies.co.uk". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  18. 1 2 "Oh deer... Heiress tells of 'harrowing' film role as the quarry of hunt extremists | News". Archived from the original on 26 March 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  19. ↑ "DVD: Phenomena, The Beyond, Senseless, Blooded, Skyline, Primal, Island of Death". The List. 24 March 2011.
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