Richard_Parry_(director)

Richard Parry (director)

Richard Parry (director)

Film director and writer (born 1967)

Richard Parry is a film director[1] and writer. His documentary and feature films include South West 9 (2001),[2][3] Shooting Robert King (2008),[4] A Night in the Woods (2012),[5] and Base (2017).[6]

Parry has worked as a director, producer and cameraman in conflict zones such as in the former Yugoslavia, Chechnya, Nagorno Karabakh, Iraq, Afghanistan and covering the Great Lakes refugee crisis in Zaire.[1][6][7] He was one of the original Frontline Television News cameramen / producers.[8]

South West 9 was nominated for a BAFTA award.[9]

Films

Feature films

Documentary Film

  • Exorcist of Woodgreen (1992)
  • Bosnian Story (1993)
  • Heartbreak Hotel (1995)
  • Generation E (1997)
  • Full Moon Party (1998)
  • City Stories (1999)
  • Gypsy Wars (2005)
  • Shooting Robert King (2008)
  • The Big Gypsy Eviction (2010)
  • Dale Farm: The Big Eviction (2011)
  • Billion Pound Base (2014)
  • Hunted (2015)
  • Unsolved (2016)
  • Miranda Barbour: Serial Killer or Liar? (2018)
  • The Jungle (2018)

Awards and nominations

  • 2001: South West 9 won "Best Music" category, British Independent Film Awards and was nominated in five other categories, including "Best British independent film" and "Douglas Hickox" for Parry's directing.[10]
  • 2002: South West 9 was nominated for "Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film in 2002", BAFTA[9]
  • 2009: Shooting Robert King won a Ron Tibbett Excellence in Filmmaking Award, Indie Memphis Film Festival, Memphis, TN[11]

References

  1. [1]
    The Encyclopedia of British Film. Fourth edition. Manchester University Press, 2013. Edited by Brian McFarlane
  2. [2]
    Michael Thomson, "South West Nine (2001)". BBC, 25 September 2001. Accessed 23 October 2017
  3. [3]
    Rayner, Jay (30 September 2001). "Southern exposure". The Observer. London. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  4. [4]
    Pulver, Andrew (21 August 2009). "Shooting Robert King". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  5. [5]
    McCahill, Mike (6 September 2012). "A Night in the Woods – review". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  6. [6]
    Hoad, Phil (23 October 2017). "Into the void: the fast life and shocking death of a wingsuit-flying superstar". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  7. [7]
    "Resumé: Richard Parry". Richard Parry. Accessed 23 October 2017
  8. [8]
    "The crazy world of the war hacks". 24 May 2010. Retrieved 2018-10-15 – via BBC News.
  9. [9]
    "Film | Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film in 2002". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Accessed 23 October 2017
  10. [10]
    "South West 9 (2001)". British Independent Film Awards. Accessed 23 October 2017
  11. [11]
    "Jury Awards announced for 12th annual Indie Memphis Film Festival". Indie Memphis, 11 October 2009. Accessed 23 October 2017
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