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British writer and filmmaker (born 1979)

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 and the Young Film Academy. His first feature film, Blooded, had a UK cinema release on 1 April 2011 and was released on the UK DVD market. 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.

Directing credits

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

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

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

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

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

Writing credits

Blooded
(Feature film) Thriller (2011).

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

Into Swans
(Short film) Drama (2003).

One Small Leap
(Short film) Comedy (2002).

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

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

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.

HTV Award, Brief Encounters 2002.

Best Director, Capalbio International Film Festival 2003.

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.

Nominated for London Writers Award, 2002.

Winner, BATS New Writing Award, 2000.

Selected to participate in the Berlinale Talent Campus, 2003.

Blooded critical response

The film's topic has provoked reactions from parties on both side of the hunting debate in the UK. 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, maintaining that the film, rather than trying to make any political points, only investigates "the nature of extremism" in any form, and "encourages debate". 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." 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". This is a stance echoed in many other online reviews with suggestions that it is a mockumentary that leaves the viewer with "no doubt that it is fabricated". 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".

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. ^ "One Small Leap". 20 November 2002 – via IMDb.
  6. "Taboo". 28 June 1997 – via IMDb.
  7. ^ "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. ^ "Foreign Shorts 2003". cinemainvisibile.it. Archived from the original on 4 February 2011.
  11. ^ "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. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  14. "Berlinale Talent Campus". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  15. ^ "The Week UK: The Latest News, Opinion, Sport, People & Business". The Week UK.
  16. ^ "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. ^ "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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