- Richard Janes
Infobox Celebrity
name = Richard Janes
birth_place = UKLondon ,United Kingdom
occupation = DirectorRichard Janes (born:
1978 ) is an Englishactor , film andtheatre director .From the age of 11 Richard Janes was brought up spending his summers at The
Cannizaro Park Open Air Theatre inWimbledon, London where his parents ran the bar as an off shoot from their wimbledon based café and catering business. Richard started as a child actor working on a wide range of television programs such as "The Demon Headmaster ", "Kavanagh QC " withJohn Thaw and "Longitude " where Richard played oppositeJeremy Irons .Deciding he also wanted to work behind the camera Richard went back to school studying an intensive two-year degree at
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication , the centre for excellence in Professional Broadcasting in the UK. Whilst studying and gaining experience in all areas of production Richard worked under some of films top directors fromTerry Gilliam andTarsem toSharon Maguire .As part of his graduation Richard Produced and Directed his first film based short film titled "Representative Radio". Based on a radio DJ who receives a phone call from a distressed man on the edge of suicide the film dealt with cause and effect of media spin. Representative Radio went on to receive a nomination for best student film in the non-factual category of the 2002
Royal Television Society Awards.After leaving Ravensbourne Richard was then approached to direct a three-week London run of
R.C. Sherriff ’s classic "Journey's End ". The play ran at the Courtyard Theatre with some of the best attendance figures the venue had ever seen. "Fakers " a sharp, fast moving tale of blackmail and forgery set in the upper echelons of the international art society marks Richard’s Feature length directorial debut.In 2007 Richard won a Los Angeles area EMMY for his work as Director and Co-Producer on the Documentry series "Behind the Lyrics"
In 2008 Richard launched
Film industry bloggers an online blogging community of film industry professionals from around the world.External links
*imdb name|id=0417487|name=Richard Janes
* [http://www.guerilla-films.com/fakers/notes.asp Fakers Production Notes]
* [http://www.FilmIndustryBloggers.com www.FilmIndustryBloggers.com Official Blogging site]
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