Lock,Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a 1998 British black comedy crime film written and directed by Guy Ritchie,produced by Matthew Vaughn and starring an ensemble cast featuring Jason Flemyng,Dexter Fletcher,Nick Moran,Steven Mackintosh and Sting,with Vinnie Jones and Jason Statham in their feature film debuts.
Tupac:Resurrection is a 2003 American documentary film about the life and death of rapper Tupac Shakur. The film,directed by Lauren Lazin and released by Paramount Pictures,is narrated by Shakur himself. The film was in theaters from November 14,2003,to December 21,2003. As of July 1,2008 it had earned over $7.8 million,making it the 21st-highest-grossing documentary film in the United States -. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 77th Academy Awards. The soundtrack was also commercially successful with selling over 2,000,000 units in US alone. It debuted at no. 2 at the Billboard 200.
Mahershala Ali is an American actor. He has received multiple accolades,including two Academy Awards,a Golden Globe Award,and a Primetime Emmy Award. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019,and in 2020,The New York Times ranked him among the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century.
Benjamin Paul Ballance-Drew,better known by his stage name Plan B,is an English rapper,singer,songwriter,actor and filmmaker. He first emerged as a rapper,releasing his debut album,Who Needs Actions When You Got Words,in 2006. His second studio album,The Defamation of Strickland Banks (2010),was a soul and R&B album,and debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart. He has also collaborated with other artists such as Chase &Status,most notably on the 2009 top ten single "End Credits".
The Road to Guantánamo,alternatively The Road to Guantanamo,is a British 2006 docudrama film written and directed by Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross about the incarceration of three British citizens,who were captured in 2001 in Afghanistan and detained by the United States there and for more than two years at the detainment camp in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base,Cuba. It premiered at the Berlinale on 14 February 2006,and was first shown in the UK on Channel 4 on 9 March 2006. The following day it was the first film to be released simultaneously in cinemas,on DVD,and on the Internet.
The Young Americans is a 1993 crime drama that marked the feature film debut of British director Danny Cannon and his friend David Arnold,best known for composing scores for five of the James Bond films.
Rizwan "Riz" Ahmed is a British actor and rapper. He has received several awards,including an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award with nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. In 2017,he was named in the Time 100 listing of the most influential people in the world.
Harry Escott is a British composer living in London. He has composed the scores to several films,including Shame (2011),Hard Candy (2005),A Mighty Heart (2007),and Ali &Ava (2021),for which he won a British Independent Film Award for best music. He is a frequent collaborator with Michael Winterbottom,,Paddy Considine (Journeyman),Steve McQueen (director) and Clio Barnard. His score for Dark River included a song co-written with PJ Harvey,"An Acre of Land",released on Cognitive Shift Recordings.
The 11th British Independent Film Awards,held on 30 November 2008 at the Old Billingsgate Market in London,honoured the best British independent films of 2008.
Four Lions is a 2010 British political satire black comedy film directed by Chris Morris and written by Morris,Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong. The film,a jihad satire following a group of homegrown terrorist jihadis from Sheffield,South Yorkshire,England,stars Riz Ahmed,Kayvan Novak,Nigel Lindsay,Arsher Ali and Adeel Akhtar.
The discography of British rapper and songwriter Plan B consists of three studio albums,one soundtrack album,two mixtapes,three extended plays and eighteen singles. Plan B released his first single,the double A-side "Kidz / Dead and Buried" in 2005,as a limited edition 7" vinyl of which only 500 copies were pressed. The parent album,Who Needs Actions When You Got Words,was first released on 26 June 2006 through 679 Recordings—peaking at number thirty on the UK Albums Chart. The album's breakthrough single,"Mama ",was released in July 2006—marking the musician's first chart appearance,when it peaked at number forty-one in the United Kingdom"
Ill Manors is a 2012 British crime drama film written,co-scored and directed by Ben Drew AKA musician Plan B. The film revolves around the lives of eight main characters,played by Riz Ahmed,Ed Skrein,Keef Coggins,Lee Allen,Nick Sagar,Ryan De La Cruz,Anouska Mond and Natalie Press,and features six original songs by Plan B,which act as a narration for the film. Ill Manors is a multi-character story,set over the course of seven days,a scenario where everyone is fighting for respect. The film focuses on the violence that surrounds the main characters as they struggle to survive on the streets. Each story is also represented by a different rap song performed by Plan B.
Eran Creevy is a British director most famous for his films Shifty (2008) and Welcome to the Punch (2013),and several music videos.
Welcome to the Punch is a 2013 British action thriller film written and directed by Eran Creevy and starring James McAvoy,Mark Strong,and Andrea Riseborough. The script had been placed on the 2010 Brit List,a film-industry-compiled list of the best unproduced screenplays in British film. With seven votes,the film was placed third.
Collide is a 2016 action thriller film directed by Eran Creevy,who also co-wrote it with F. Scott Frazier. The film stars Nicholas Hoult,Felicity Jones,Marwan Kenzari,Ben Kingsley,and Anthony Hopkins. The plot follows two young Americans living in Germany who must complete a drug theft from a crime boss in order to pay for a medical operation.
City of Tiny Lights is a 2016 British crime thriller film directed by Pete Travis and written by Patrick Neate,based on his own 2005 novel of the same name. It stars Riz Ahmed,Cush Jumbo,James Floyd,Billie Piper and Roshan Seth. Set in London,it tells the story of a private detective who investigates the disappearance of a Russian prostitute. The film had its world premiere in the Special Presentations section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival on 12 September 2016. It was released in the United Kingdom on 7 April 2017.
Mogul Mowgli is a 2020 drama film directed by Bassam Tariq,and written by Tariq and Riz Ahmed. It stars Ahmed and features Aiysha Hart,Alyy Khan,Sudha Bhuchar,Nabhaan Rizwan,and Anjana Vasan. It tells the story of a British-Pakistani rapper who is struck down by a disease.
Sound of Metal is a 2019 American drama film directed and co-written by Darius Marder. It stars Riz Ahmed as a metal drummer who loses his hearing,and also features Olivia Cooke,Paul Raci,Lauren Ridloff,and Mathieu Amalric. Sound of Metal had its world premiere in the Platform Prize program at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival on September 6,2019. Amazon Studios released the film in theaters on November 20,2020,and on Amazon Prime Video on December 4. The film was critically acclaimed,with particular praise for the performances of Ahmed and Raci,the sound design,the editing and Marder's direction and screenplay. It was listed on 52 film critics' top-ten lists for 2020. At the 93rd Academy Awards,it was nominated for Best Picture,Best Original Screenplay,Best Actor (Ahmed) and Best Supporting Actor (Raci),and won for Best Sound and Best Film Editing.
Encounter is a 2021 science fiction drama thriller film,directed by Michael Pearce from a screenplay by Pearce and Joe Barton. The film stars Riz Ahmed,Octavia Spencer,Janina Gavankar,Rory Cochrane,Lucian-River Chauhan,and Aditya Geddada.
Fingernails is a 2023 American science fiction romantic drama film directed and co-written by Christos Nikou. The film stars Jessie Buckley,Riz Ahmed,Jeremy Allen White,and Luke Wilson. Cate Blanchett serves as one of the film's producers. The film follows a woman who starts working at an institute that tests whether the love between two people in a couple is real.
