Julian Doyle (filmmaker)

Julian Doyle (filmmaker)

Julian Doyle is a British film maker who is best known for editing "Monty Python's Life of Brian" and shooting the special effects for Terry Gilliam's "Brazil".

Early years

He was born in London from an Irish father, Bob Doyle, and a Spanish mother. His father fought for the Republic in the Spanish Civil War. He schooled at Haverstock School and left to join Nobel Prize winner, Prof. Peter Medawar's team as a junior technician at University College London. He completed his B.Sc at London University before going to the London Film School.

Career

Doyle has directed the films "Love Potion" (1987), about a drug rehabilitation centre, and "Chemical Wedding" (2008), an occult thriller starring Simon Callow which he wrote with Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson.cite news|url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Observer_review/0,,2283285,00.html|title=Review: "Chemical Wedding"|last=French|first=Philip|date=2008-06-01|work=The Observer|publisher=Guardian News and Media|accessdate=2008-06-28] He has also written "Twilight of the Gods", a play about the relationship between Wagner and Nietzsche which was performed at the Edinburgh Festival.cite web|url=http://www.edinburghguide.com/festival/2005/fringe/review_theatre.php?page=t|title=Twilight of the Gods|last=Tennant|first=Pippa |date=2005-08-15|work=The Edinburgh Festival 2005: Fringe Theatre Reviews|publisher=EdinburghGuide.com|accessdate=2008-06-28]

He has also directed music videos, including those for Kate Bush's "Cloudbusting"cite news|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/58497433.html?dids=58497433:58497433&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Feb+09%2C+1986&author=TERRY+ATKINSON&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=MORE+AND+LESS+IN+A+PAIR+OF+BRITISH+ACTS&pqatl=google|title=More and Less in a Pair of British Acts|last=Atkinson|first=Terry|date=1986-02-09|work=Los Angeles Times|publisher=Tribune Publishing|accessdate=2008-06-28] and Iron Maiden's hit "Can I Play with Madness".cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/features/columns/international/e3ic5807b521d85c7b81c784d04425f4cab|title=Film is new science for scriptwriter Dickinson|first=2007-10-12|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|accessdate=2008-06-28]

Doyle teaches at the London Film Academy.cite web|url=http://www.londonfilmacademy.com/events/event_article.asp?EventID=92&type=open_days|title=Julian Doyle – Director, DP, Editor talk|work=London Film Academy|accessdate=2008-06-28]

References

External links

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* [http://www.juliandoyle.info/Julian%20Doyle/Home.html Official site]


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