Owen Sheers

Writing

Owen Sheers

Born September 20, 1974 · Suva, Fiji (age 51)

Owen Sheers (born 20 September 1974) is a Welsh poet, author, playwright and TV presenter. He was the first writer in residence to be appointed by any national rugby union team. Owen Sheers was born in Suva, Fiji in 1974, and brought up in Abergavenny, south Wales. He was educated at King Henry VIII School in Abergavenny, before going on to study at New College, Oxford and the University of East …

Known For

The TrickThe Trick · 2021
The Trick
5.12021
MovieDramaThriller
The Trick tells the story of world-renowned Professor Philip Jones; Director of Climate Research at the University of East Anglia, who back in 2009 found himself at the eye of an international media storm and the victim of cyberterrorism. With time running out against an unseen enemy, The Trick looks at the potentially devastating consequences to humanity from climate change denial; how a media storm undermined public confidence in the science and how the concept of ‘truth’ took a back seat causing us to lose a decade of action.
ResistanceResistance · 2011
Resistance
4.82011
MovieWarDrama
It is 1944 and the D-Day invasion has failed, Germany's army have successfully invaded England and the Nazi war-machine is now heading west towards Wales. A group of women in an isolated Welsh village near the English border wake up to discover all of the their husbands have mysteriously vanished. They have headed into the mountains to join the Resistance.
The Gospel of UsThe Gospel of Us · 2012
The Gospel of Us
9.02012
MovieDrama
Film version of the 72 hour Passion play performed in Port Talbot, Wales during Easter 2011
Mimi and the Mountain DragonMimi and the Mountain Dragon · 2019
Mimi and the Mountain Dragon
6.32019
MovieAnimationAdventure
Animated adaptation of the children's book by Michael Morpurgo. A shy little girl named Mimi finds a baby dragon and undertakes a perilous journey to return it to its mother.
CynefinCynefin · 2023
Cynefin
2023
MovieDocumentary
A moving short film featuring Michael Sheen to launch the name switch from Brecon Beacon’s National Park to Bannau Brycheiniog – describing it as “a name from our past, to take us into our future."
Dirt Ash MeatDirt Ash Meat · 2019
Dirt Ash Meat
8.02019
MovieDrama
During the 2001 foot-and-mouth outbreak, Rhian and her brother Dewi struggle to keep the Welsh hill farm they inherited from their father running. As the disease reaches their doorstep, Rhian tries to control her increasingly unstable brother. Adaptation of the novel White Ravens by Owen Sheers.
Pink MistPink Mist · 2021
Pink Mist
2021
Movie
Three young Bristol men deployed to Afghanistan are returning to the women in their lives. Now they must share the physical and psychological aftershocks of their service, Arthur, Hads and Taff find their journey home is their greatest battle.
Art of the SeaArt of the Sea · 2010
Art of the Sea
2010
SeriesDocumentary
Writer and poet Owen Sheers explores British art and literature inspired by the high seas.

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