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May Miles Thomas Born 15 January 1959
Glasgow, ScotlandOccupation Filmmaker, film director, screenwriter Spouse Owen Miles Thomas Awards Festroia Festival Internacional de Cinema, Portugal 2004, Best Director and Best Cinematography, Solid Air Website http://www.elementalfilms.co.uk/ May Miles Thomas is a multi award-winning Scottish film director, screenwriter and pioneer of digital cinema. In 2000 she made the UK's first end-to-end digital feature film One Life Stand.[1]
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"One Life Stand"
The ground-breaking full-length feature film, One Life Stand, was shot on miniDV in black and white on a micro-budget. It was written, directed and edited by May Miles Thomas and won acclaim for its script, performances and production.[2]
It won the awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Writer, and Best Performance at the BAFTA New Talent Awards and won Best Achievement in Production at the British Independent Film Awards.[3]
May Miles Thomas won the prestigious Scottish Screen Outstanding Achievement Award for the film.[1]
She was also one of the first recipients of a NESTA Fellowship for the contribution the film made to the artistic and technical development of Digital Cinema.[4] In 2003 the H.M. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom honoured her as a Pioneer to the Life of the Nation for her services to British Cinema.[3]
Biographical details
Born in Glasgow and a graduate of Glasgow School of Art where she studied design and photography, May Miles Thomas worked as production designer, writer, editor, director of photography, producer and director. Her career as a filmmaker began in the mid 80s at BBC Television, where she made the transition from production design to directing music and arts documentaries and music videos.[5] She then moved on to concentrate on writing and directing feature films. In 1995, she formed the company Elemental Films with Owen Thomas.[1]
She followed up the success of One Life Stand with a second feature film Solid Air in 2003. Starring Maurice Roëves and Brian McCardie,[6] the film received plaudits for its 'elegant craftsmanship'.[7]
She won the Creative Scotland Award[8] in 2007 to create The Devil's Plantation[9] an interactive website and multi-media project which examines the secret geometry and ancient paths of Glasgow.[10] The project won the Best Interactive category at the BAFTA New Talent Awards in 2010.
Films
Feature films[11]
- 2000 One Life Stand
- 2003 Solid Air
- 2009 The Devil's Plantation
Shorts & documentaries[11]
- 1997 The Beauty of the Common Tool
- 1999 Colentina (doc)
Awards
- Best Film
Palm Springs International Short Film Festival, 1997
The Beauty of the Common Tool shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination in the Short Live Action Category.- Nipkow Fellowship
awarded by Nipkow Programm, Berlin, 1997
- Best Film, Best Director, Best Writer, Best Actress
BAFTA New Talent Awards, 2000
for One Life Stand- Outstanding Achievement Award
Scottish Screen, 2000
for One Life Stand- Best Achievement in Production
British Independent Film Awards, 2000
for One Life Stand- European Finalist
Sundance Institute/NHK International Filmmakers Awards, 2001
for the feature screenplay Ringing the True- Best Director and Best Cinematography
Festroia Festival Internacional de Cinema, Portugal, 2003
for Solid Air- NESTA Fellowship
awarded by National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, 2000–02
- Pioneer to the Life of the Nation
May Miles Thomas honoured for her services to British Cinema
by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, 2003- Creative Scotland Award
Scottish Arts Council, 2007
- Best Interactive Project - The Devil's Plantation
BAFTA New Talent Awards, 2010
Life's too short not to make movies.[12]
May Miles ThomasSee also
References
- ^ a b c "Interview with Netribution". http://www.netribution.co.uk/features/interviews/2000/may_miles_thomas/1.html. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
- ^ Romney, Jonathan (2000-08-26). "Guardian newspaper article". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2000/aug/26/books.guardianreview. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
- ^ a b "Creative Scotland feature". Archived from the original on 2008-05-25. http://web.archive.org/web/20080525110340/http://www.creativescotland.org.uk/ArtistDetails.aspx?ProjectId=105. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
- ^ "Nesta Press Information". http://www.nesta.org.uk/may-miles-thomas/. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
- ^ "Bergen International Film Festival". http://www.biff.no/2000/show.php3?counter=44&vari=Fantasy. Retrieved 2008-09-06.[dead link]
- ^ "British Film Council Directory". http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id=d5fd9b420eeaf2e8faovxyceef69. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
- ^ "Screen Daily Review of Solid Air". http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/more/?mainID=D5FD9B420eeaf2E8FAoVxYCEEF69&pageNo=2&. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
- ^ "Creative Scotland Award Project Details". http://www.creativescotland.org.uk/ProjectDetails.aspx?ProjectId=105. Retrieved 2008-09-06.[dead link]
- ^ "The Devil's Plantation". http://www.devilsplantation.co.uk/. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
- ^ "Article in The Herald". http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1247331.0.citys_da_vinci_code_wins_30_000.php. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
- ^ a b "British Film Council Directory". http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/directors/?id=D5FD9B440ed1f280CAWnY18DEF4A. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
- ^ "Interview with May Miles Thomas". http://www.netribution.co.uk/features/interviews/2000/may_miles_thomas/1.html/2.html. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
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Categories:- Scottish film directors
- Scottish screenwriters
- BAFTA winners (people)
- People from Glasgow
- Alumni of the Glasgow School of Art
- Female film directors
- Women screenwriters
- 1959 births
- Living people
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