Richard Parry (director)
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
[edit]Feature films
[edit]- South West 9 (2001)
- A Night in the Woods (2012)
- Base (2017)
- Cry Me A River (2018)
Documentary Film
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ a b The Encyclopedia of British Film. Fourth edition. Manchester University Press, 2013. Edited by Brian McFarlane
- ^ Michael Thomson, "South West Nine (2001)". BBC, 25 September 2001. Accessed 23 October 2017
- ^ Rayner, Jay (30 September 2001). "Southern exposure". The Observer. London. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ Pulver, Andrew (21 August 2009). "Shooting Robert King". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ McCahill, Mike (6 September 2012). "A Night in the Woods – review". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Resumé: Richard Parry". Richard Parry. Accessed 23 October 2017
- ^ "The crazy world of the war hacks". 24 May 2010. Retrieved 2018-10-15 – via BBC News.
- ^ a b "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
- ^ "South West 9 (2001)". British Independent Film Awards. Accessed 23 October 2017
- ^ "Jury Awards announced for 12th annual Indie Memphis Film Festival". Indie Memphis, 11 October 2009. Accessed 23 October 2017