Shane Meadows

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Shane Meadows

Born December 26, 1972 · Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England, UK (age 53)

Shane Meadows (born 26 December 1972) is an English director, screenwriter and actor, known for his work in independent film, most notably the cult film This Is England (2006) and its three television sequels (2010–2015). Meadows' other films include Small Time (1996), Twenty Four Seven (1997), A Room for Romeo Brass (1999), Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002), Dead Man's Shoes (2004), Somers…

Known For

Dead Man's ShoesDead Man's Shoes · 2004
Dead Man's Shoes
7.12004
MovieDramaThriller
A soldier returns to his small town and exacts a deadly revenge on the thugs who tormented his disabled brother while he was away.
TwentyFourSevenTwentyFourSeven · 1998
TwentyFourSeven
6.21998
MovieDrama
In a typical English working-class town, the juveniles have nothing more to do than hang around in gangs. One day, Alan Darcy, a highly motivated man with the same kind of youth experience, starts trying to get the young people off the street and into doing something they can believe in: Boxing. Darcy opens a boxing club, aiming to bring the rival gangs together.
This Is EnglandThis Is England · 2007
This Is England
7.52007
MovieDramaCrime
A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends, even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.
A Room for Romeo BrassA Room for Romeo Brass · 1999
A Room for Romeo Brass
7.01999
MovieComedyDrama
Two twelve-year-old boys, Romeo and Gavin, undergo an extraordinary test of character and friendship when Morell, a naive but eccentric and dangerous stranger, comes between them. Morell befriends with the two boys and later asks them to help him pursue Romeo's beautiful elder sister. He gradually becomes more violent after she rejects him.
Once Upon a Time in the MidlandsOnce Upon a Time in the Midlands · 2002
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
6.12002
MovieRomanceComedy
Though Dek leads a simple and happy life with his girlfriend Shirley and her 12-year-old daughter Marlene, his grand, televised marriage proposal puts his devotion to the test—especially as Marlene's long-absent biological father, Jimmy, looms in the background.
Somers TownSomers Town · 2008
Somers Town
6.82008
MovieComedyDrama
Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer. Tomo is a runaway from Nottingham; Marek lives in the district of Somers Town, between King's Cross and Euston stations, where his dad is working on a new rail link.
Le Donk & Scor-zay-zeeLe Donk & Scor-zay-zee · 2009
Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee
6.02009
MovieComedyMusic
An improvised comedy, shot over five days by Shane Meadows, devised with and starring Paddy Considine. Rock roadie and failed musician, Le Donk has lived, loved and learned. Along the way he's lost a girlfriend but he has found a new sidekick in up-and-coming rap prodigy Scor-zay-zee. With Meadows' fly-on-the-wall crew in tow, Donk sets out to make Scor-zay-zee a star...
Northern SoulNorthern Soul · 2004
Northern Soul
6.02004
MovieDramaComedy
Northern Soul is filmed in the style of a mock documentary and tells the story of Mark Sherbet, a lonely young man who is obsessed with American wrestling. His dream is to become a professional wrestler and compete against his heroes on the British wrestling circuit. There’s only one problem, he weighs nine stone and has the pain threshold of a two year old child.

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