Justin Chadwick

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Justin Chadwick
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In South Africa, 2012, while filming Mandela
Born (1968-12-06) 6 December 1968 (age 54)
Salford, Lancashire, England
Occupation(s)Actor, television, film director
Years active1991–present

Justin Chadwick (born 6 December 1968) is an English actor and television and film director. He directed episodes of EastEnders , [1] [2] Byker Grove , The Bill , Spooks and Red Cap [2] [3] before directing nine of the fifteen episodes of the mini-series Bleak House , which was broadcast by the BBC in the UK and by PBS in the United States as part of its Masterpiece Theatre series. [4]

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Chadwick was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special, the Royal Television Society Award for Breakout Performance Behind the Scenes and the BAFTA Award for Best Direction [5] for Bleak House , which was the Best Drama Serial winner in the British Academy Television Awards 2006. [6]

Life and career

Chadwick was born in Salford, Lancashire. [1] [4] He began acting at the age of eleven. [1]

He joined Bolton Little Theatre and played Billy Casper in Kes . He attended Turton High School in Bolton, before graduating from Leicester Polytechnic [1] and in 1991 made his screen debut in London Kills Me . Other acting credits include The Loss of Sexual Innocence and appearances in the television dramas Heartbeat , Dangerfield , Dalziel and Pascoe and others. [7] [4]

Chadwick's directorial debut was the 1993 television film Family Style starring Ewan McGregor, after which he directed and performed in Shakespeare Shorts, a series that explored the history of Shakespearean characters and presented them in key scenes from the plays in which they appeared. [8] He directed episodes of EastEnders , [1] [2] Byker Grove , The Bill , Spooks , Life Force [9] and Red Cap [2] [3] before directing nine of the fifteen episodes of the mini-series Bleak House , which was broadcast by the BBC in the UK and by PBS in the United States as part of its Masterpiece Theatre series. [4]

Chadwick was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special, the Royal Television Society Award for Breakout Performance Behind the Scenes and the BAFTA Award for Best Direction [5] for Bleak House , which was the Best Drama Serial winner in the British Academy Television Awards 2006. [6] Bleak House was also nominated for two Golden Globes, four Royal Television Society Awards, three Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, three Satellite Awards, and the Television Critics Award. [10]

Chadwick was the director of The Other Boleyn Girl , [10] [11] which was shown at the February 2008 Berlin International Film Festival. [12] He worked on screen adaptations of Birdsong (released 2012) and Jamaica Inn in 2008. [1] [13] He completed the feature film The First Grader , which was released on 13 May 2010. [4]

Filmography

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Maggie Brown (2 February 2005). "Dramatic entrance - Laura Mackie". The Stage .
  3. 1 2 "Bleak House About The Show", bbc.co.uk; accessed 16 March 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Profile, imdb.com; accessed 16 March 2015.
  5. 1 2 Liz Thomas (11 April 2006). "Bleak House leads Bafta Craft Award nominations". The Stage .
  6. 1 2 Bleak House at Fandango.com; accessed 16 March 2015.
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  8. ↑ "The Other Boleyn Girl Director". Tribute.ca.
  9. ↑ "Credits". life-force.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 March 2001. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  10. 1 2 The Other Boleyn Girl (2008 film), sonypictures.com; accessed 6 March 2008.)
  11. ↑ "Director discusses The Other Boleyn Girl". Brightcove.tv. 28 February 2008.[ permanent dead link ]
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  13. ↑ Lyttelton, Oliver (8 November 2010). "A Look Inside The Brit List, The Best Unproduced Screenplays From The U.K." IndieWire. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
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