Justin Chadwick

Justin Chadwick (born 1 December 1968 in Manchester [ [http://www.flixster.com/actor/justin-chadwick flixster.com profile] ] ) is an English actor and television and film director.

Chadwick began acting at the age of eleven.cite web |url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2007/dec/30/featuresreview.review10 |title= Justin Chadwick: The hot-shot director |author= Katie Toms |work= The Observer, New Faces 2008: Film |date= December 30 2007 |quote= He says the key to his work is making actors comfortable. ‘I'm glad I've been an actor because it helps to understand what they go through. For me, the starting point is always the performance.’ ] He graduated from the University of Leicester and in 1991 made his screen debut in "London Kills Me". Additional acting credits include "The Loss of Sexual Innocence" and appearances in the television dramas "Heartbeat", "Dangerfield", "Dalziel and Pascoe", and others.cite web |url= http://www.fandango.com/justinchadwick/filmography/p12055 |title= Justin Chadwick Filmography |publisher= (Copyright © 2008 Fandango) |quote= ]

Chadwick's directorial debut was the 1993 television movie "Family Style" starring Ewan McGregor, after which he directed and performed in "Shakespeare Shorts", a series that explored the history of Shakespearean characters and presented them in key scenes from the plays in which they appeared.cite web |url= http://www.tribute.ca/people/Justin+Chadwick/18324/14256 |title= Justin Chadwick bio: "The Other Boleyn Girl" Director |work= Tribute.ca |quote= ] He directed episodes of "EastEnders",cite web |url= http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/feature.php/6348 |title= Dramatic entrance - Laura Mackie |author= Maggie Brown |work= The Stage |date= 2 February 2005 |quote= ] "Byker Grove", "The Bill", "Spooks", and "Red Cap" [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/bleakhouse/about_the_show_feature.shtml#2 BBC - Drama - Bleak House About The Show ] ] before directing nine of the fifteen episodes of the mini-series "Bleak House", which was broadcast by the BBC in the UK and by PBS in the United States as part of its "Masterpiece Theatre" series.

Chadwick was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special, the Royal Television Society Award for Breakout Performance Behind the Scenes, and the BAFTA Award for Best Directioncite web |url= http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/12246 |title= Bleak House leads Bafta Craft Award nominations |author= Liz Thomas |work= The Stage |date= 11 April 2006 |quote= ] for "Bleak House", which was the Best Drama Serial winner in the British Academy Television Awards 2006. [ [http://www.fandango.com/bleakhouse_v339296/summary "Bleak House" at Fandango.com] ] "Bleak House” was alsonominated for two Golden Globes, four Royal Television Society Awards, three Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, three Satellite Awards, and theTelevision Critics Award. ["The Other Boleyn Girl Production Notes," http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/theotherboleyngirl/ (Accessed 06 March 2008.)]

Chadwick's most recent project is "The Other Boleyn Girl",cite web |url= http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1437148130 |title= Justin Chadwick |author= Director discusses "The Other Boleyn Girl" |work= Brightcove.tv |date= February 28 2008 |quote= ] ["The Other Boleyn Girl Production Notes," http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/theotherboleyngirl/ (Accessed 06 March 2008.)] shown at the February 2008 Berlin International Film Festival.cite web |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karin-badt/from-the-berlinale-justi_b_87489.html |title= Justin Chadwick's 'The Other Boleyn Girl' |author= Karin Badt: From the Berlinale |work= The Huffington Post |date= February 19 2008 |quote= ] He is scheduled to start production on screen adaptations of "Birdsong" and "Jamaica Inn" in 2008.

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