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- Soundtrack
David Matthew Macfadyen was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Meinir (Owen), a drama teacher and actress, and Martin Macfadyen, an oil executive. He is of Scottish and Welsh descent. Because of his father's career, he spent at least part of his childhood in Indonesia, before finishing his education back in England and winning a place at RADA in 1992. He won critical acclaim in the UK with his work with the stage company Cheek By Jowl in the 1990s and was well established as a stage actor when he made his first TV appearance in Wuthering Heights (1998). A couple more TV roles followed but it was his role as Tom Quinn, head of Section D, in the hit BBC series MI-5 (2002) that really made his name at home. And, indeed, established his home - he met his wife, Keeley Hawes, while working on the show. A steady stream of TV and film work followed, with his performance as Mr Darcy in Pride & Prejudice (2005) firmly establishing his name worldwide.- Actress
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Hannah was born on 1 April 1981 at Great Yarmouth, England. At the age of 3 she modelled in a Mothercare catalogue. At school she liked sports but at 12 she decided she wanted to be a performer. She landed a part in a local production of Annie. Hannah enjoyed it so much she decided to join the National Youth Music Theatre production of Pendragon where she met S Club 7 member Paul. She also appeared in English TV shows such as Blue Peter and the National Lottery. Then at age 18 she joined the pop group S Club 7.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Derek Newark was born on 8 June 1933 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Blue Max (1966), Bellman and True (1987) and A Taste for Death (1988). He died on 11 August 1998 in London, England, UK.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Almost universally considered one of the greatest cinematographers of all time, Jack Cardiff was also a notable director. He described his childhood as very happy and his parents as quite loving. They performed in music hall as comedians, so he grew up with the fun that came with their theatrical life in pantomime and vaudeville. His father once worked with Charles Chaplin. His parents did occasional film appearances, and young Jack appeared in some of their films, such as My Son, My Son (1918), at the age of four. He had the lead in Billy's Rose (1922) with his parents playing his character's parents in the film. Jack was a production runner, or what he would call a "general gopher", for The Informer (1929) in which his father appeared. For one scene he was asked by the first assistant cameraman to "follow focus", which he said was his first real brush with photography of any kind, but he claimed that it was the lure of travel that led to him joining a camera department making films in a studio. He had, however, become impressed with the use of light and color in paintings by the age of seven or eight, and described how he watched art directors in theaters painting backdrops setting lights. His friend Ted Moore was also a camera assistant in this period when both worked in a camera department run by Freddie Young, who would also become a legendary cinematographer. He worked for Alfred Hitchcock during the filming of The Skin Game (1931).
By 1936 Cardiff had risen to being a camera operator at Denham Studios when the Technicolor Company hired him on the basis of what he told them in interview about the use of light by master painters. This led to his operating camera for the first Technicolor film shot in Britain, Wings of the Morning (1937). He finally was offered the full position of director of photography by Michael Powell for A Matter of Life and Death (1946), ironically working in B&W for the first time in some sequences. His next assignment was on Black Narcissus (1947), where he acknowledged the influence of painters Vermeer and Caravaggio and their use of shadow. He won the Academy Award for best color cinematography for this film. Jack certainly got to travel when it was decided to shoot The African Queen (1951) on location in the Congo. Errol Flynn offered Jack the chance to direct The Story of William Tell (1953) that would star Flynn. It would have been the second film made in CinemaScope had it been completed, but the production ran out of money part way through filming in Switzerland.
It has been said that Marilyn Monroe requested that Jack photograph The Prince and the Showgirl (1957). Although he had already directed some small productions, he had a critical breakthrough with Sons and Lovers (1960). He continued directing other films through the 1960s, including the commercial hit Dark of the Sun (1968), but for the most part returned to working for other directors as a very sought-after cinematographer in the 1970s and beyond. He continued to work into the new century, almost until his death. He was made an OBE in 2000 and received a lifetime achievement award at the 73rd Academy Awards.- Writer
- Director
Paul China was born on 15 December 1981 in Great Yarmouth, England, UK. He is a writer and director, known for Night Shift (2023), Most Evil and Sweet Virginia (2017).- Actor
- Additional Crew
Gregg Lowe is a British/Canadian Actor originally from the small town of Great Yarmouth on the East coast of England.
His professional career started in the West End at the age of 8. Throughout his youth Gregg performed in theaters both locally and nation wide with the National Youth Music Theatre and other companies. He was trained at The Arts Educational School of London.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Producer
- Production Manager
Lee Grumett was born on 19 August 1973 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK. He is an assistant director and producer, known for Never Let Me Go (2010), Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) and Sherlock Holmes (2009).- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Benjamin China was born on 15 December 1981 in Great Yarmouth, England, UK. He is a writer and director, known for Night Shift (2023), Sweet Virginia (2017) and Most Evil.- June Powell was born on 1 July 1929 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Flesh and the Fiends (1960), Billete para Tánger (1955) and Don't Do It Dempsey (1960). She died in 2007 in Ferndown, Dorset, England, UK.
- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Edwin James "Ed" Graham (born 20 February 1977) is an English musician who is best known as the original drummer of the rock band The Darkness, as well as the subsequent successor band Stone Gods, before officially leaving in 2008 due to a physical inability to perform.
On 9 June 2008 it was announced on The Stone Gods Blog that due to a serious injury, Graham would be unable to join the band on tour, and a temporary replacement was being sought after. On 29 July 2008 it was announced that Graham was permanently leaving the band due to health issues. In SPIN magazine it was confirmed that Graham had left with health problems due to a blood disorder called "osteonecrosis", and has now resulted in him having surgery to replace both of his hips.
In 2011 he reunited with The Darkness, after healing completely from his condition. On 7 October 2014, it was announced that the band were no longer working with drummer Ed Graham, stating that "for various reasons, we have all decided to move on. We love Ed and we wish him happiness."- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Peter Williams was born on 21 September 1933 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK. He is a producer and director, known for The Challenge (2016), Nova (1974) and The Greatest Ironman (2015). He is married to Jo Taylor.- Ruth Vincent was born on 22 March 1874 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK. She was married to John Fraser. She died on 4 July 1955 in London, England, UK.
- Actor
- Producer
- Stunts
Born on the UK Coastline in Great Yarmouth England with his home town being Lowestoft.
He trained at Stagecoach School of Performing Arts while attending regular school at The Grange in his home town of Aylesbury.
He began his film career playing Eddie in a film short called Pure Vengeance alongside Scott Adkins.
He later went on to appeared in BBC2's Masters of Combat as Master Kali's disciple.
He later landed a film role which was to be his First feature film where he played Max Ryan in Jesus The Curry King alongside Pooja Shah, The film was produced by Aylesbury film company and was one of the first films to be screened digitally across cinemas in the UK via Quantum digital.
In 2004, Brendan had one of his first big movie breaks in a film called The Purifiers, where he played Moz alongside Actors like Kevin Mckidd and Dominic Monaghan from Lord of the rings and TV Series Lost.
Following the Purifiers Brendan went on to play Taz (Clifford) his first ever Lead Role in a full length feature film titled Love Struck, alongside Actors like Joey Ansah from the Bourne Ultimatum, The film went on to win Several awards including Best Film in the London Portobello Film Festival which was one of Brendans Proudest moments. Other credits around this time included Band of Brothers, The Avatar, Left For Dead, Starhyke and like most young performers full filled one of his life long dreams of appearing in the Royal Variety Performance.
In 2006-2007 Carr played firm member and boxer Jason in what was likened to be the British Good Fellas, Rise of the Foot Soldier, alongside Craig Fairbrass, Terry Stone, Billy Murrey, Ian Virgo and Rikki Harnett.
Straight from shooting Rise of the foot soldier Brendan Began filming as Lead Actor Ryan on Ten Dead Men, The film starred a whole host of British Talent Including Jason Mazza, Silvio Simac, Lee Latchford Evans and Poojah Shah, Although Brendan played the Lead Actor he Actually only ever says one line in the movie as his thoughts are all Narrated by Horror Movie Legend Pin Head Himself Doug Bradley (Hell Raiser), The movie was Released world wide on DVD in 2008.
in 2010 Brendan played the lead villain and the self proclaimed Lord Tethryn in Movie Warrioress, The movie was not released until 2013.
Brendan has also played Russian Prisoner Boris in Dragon Soccer, and is rumored to have been Cast for 2 Feature films which start shooting 2013-2014 as well as a new Sci-Fi TV Series called Safelight-19 which starts shooting in 2013, Brendan has already starred in the Pilot Episode for Safelight-19 as Martin Black.
Rumors have also spread that he may be playing the Lead Actor in a series spin off from a very well known Xbox computer game, although exact details are unknown.- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Helen Hill was born on 9 June 1903 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Home Sweet Home (1945), Cabaret Cruise (1937) and Mr. H.C. Andersen (1950). She died on 16 December 1983 in Broome, Norfolk, England, UK.- Actor
- Writer
- Director
George Mozart was born on 15 February 1864 in Great Yarmouth, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Coney as Peacemaker (1913), Coney Gets the Glad Eye (1913) and Coney, Ragtimer (1913). He was married to Eleanore Amelia Tennant. He died on 10 December 1947 in London, England, UK.- Margaret Stuart was born in 1932 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Digby: The Biggest Dog in the World (1973) and Riptide (1969). She was previously married to Alan Stuart.
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Mark Shreeve was born in June 1957 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK. He was a composer, known for The Jewel of the Nile (1985), Turnaround (1987) and Eine Insel namens Udo (2011). He died on 31 August 2022 in Enfield, London, England, UK.- Sid was born in the seaside town of Great Yarmouth, on the east coast of Norfolk, UK. He had ambitions to become an entertainer from an early age. This early interest in performing encouraged him to study Performing Arts at collage and subsequently take a number of external LAMDA exams.
When Sid was 20, he got a job as the resident male singer/actor at a Wild West Themed Restaurant called Wild Jack Henry's in Ilford, Essex (since closed down). He was singing Country music along side people such as Jo O'Meara (later of SClub7) and Kele Le Roc (R&B recording artist) as well as performing with such great actors as Daniel Mays (Ashes to Ashes). Sid performed at Wild Jack's for 3 years before leaving and performing Country music all over the UK for several years.
Since 2009, Sid has appeared in several stage and screen productions. - Marjorie Hume was born on 27 January 1893 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK. She was an actress, known for King of the Castle (1925), The Scarlet Daredevil (1928) and The Life of Lord Byron (1922). She died on 13 March 1976 in Oxshott, Surrey, England, UK.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Actor
Peter Fenn was born on 1 April 1931 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), Supernatural (2005) and Glamour... (1962). He died on 17 May 2011 in Norfolk, England, UK.- Reece Chapman was born on 10 July 1990 in Great Yarmouth, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Reeds (2010).
- Willie Warde was born on 17 June 1857 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Tons of Money (1926) and Tons of Money (1930). He died on 18 August 1943 in Holborn, London, England, UK.
- Laura Massaro was born on 2 November 1983 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Additional Crew
- Visual Effects
- Art Department
Sam Hart was born on 24 February 1971 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK. She is known for Hitman: Agent 47 (2015), Ghost in the Shell (2017) and Inferno (2016).- Doris Thompson was born on 12 January 1903 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK. She was married to Leonard Thompson. She died on 23 June 2004 in Barnacre, Lancashire, England, UK.