Mark Gill Explained

Mark Gill is an English screenwriter and film director. He is from Stretford in Manchester.

Gill graduated from University of Central Lancashire in 2007,^[1] and soon after met producer Baldwin Li. Gill has won numerous awards, including a Royal Television Society Award. In 2014 Gill and fellow producer Baldwin Li were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for their film The Voorman Problem,^[2] as well as receiving a BAFTA Award for Best Short Film nomination in 2013 ^[3]

Gill co-wrote and directed England Is Mine, a biopic based on the early life of Morrissey. It premiered at the closing gala of the Edinburgh Film Festival on 2 July 2017, and went into wide release in the UK in August 2017.^[4]

Gill's second feature, Ravens, a darkly surreal love story based on the life of Masahsa Fukase and his wife Yoko, will be released in 2025. Ravens premiered at the Austin Film Festival in October 2024.^[5] Ravens stars Emmy Award-nominated (Shōgun) actor Tadanobu Asano. Ravens premiered at the 2024 Austin Film Festival and won the Marquee Film Audience Award.

Notes and References

1. Web site: UCLan graduate nominated for an Oscar . University of Central Lancashire . Lyndsey Boardman . 2017-05-12.
2. Web site: Oscar Nominees . 4 June 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130110203809/http://oscar.go.com/nominees . 10 January 2013 .
3. Web site: Morrissey biopic being developed by makers of The Voorman Problem. 4 June 2016.
4. Web site: Mumford . Gwilym . Pulver . Andrew . Bradshaw . Peter . Summer 2017's best movies: from Scarlett Johansson's hen night to Morrissey's teen years . The Guardian . 15 June 2017.
5. Web site: 'The Piano Lesson,' 'Ravens' and More Headline First Wave of Films Unveiled at Austin Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE) .