1. Shane Meadows was born on 26 December 1972 in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.
13 Facts About Shane Meadows
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In 1982, his father Arty, a lorry driver, discovered the body of Susan Maxwell, a child murder victim of Robert Black, and was initially a suspect in the murder case, which led to Shane Meadows being bullied at school.
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Shane Meadows enrolled on a Performing Arts course at Burton College, where he first met friend and future collaborator Paddy Considine.
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The majority of Shane Meadows' films have been set in the Midlands.
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Five of Shane Meadows' films were shown at the 2007 Flourish Festival, held annually in Uttoxeter, to mark the release of This is England.
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Shane Meadows was presented with the award by Sylvester Stallone and used the occasion to announce that he was to be a father.
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In 2021 the BBC announced that Shane Meadows is to direct a tv series based on a novel by Benjamin Myers and produced by Element Pictures.
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Shane Meadows has worked twice with Toby Kebbell, Frank Harper, and Bob Hoskins.
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Shane Meadows has worked three times with Stephen Graham, Joe Gilgun, Rosamund Hanson, Chanel Cresswell, Perry Benson, and Michael Socha, and at least four times with Paddy Considine, Vicky McClure, Andrew Shim, Thomas Turgoose, and Jo Hartley.
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Many of Shane Meadows's films have had original music provided by Nick Hemming of The Leisure Society, Gavin Clark of Clayhill or Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi.
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Shane Meadows has worked many times with producer Mark Herbert and cinematographer Danny Cohen.
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Many of Shane Meadows's films have had original music provided by:.
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Shane Meadows has most frequently worked with Paddy Considine, Vicky McClure, Andrew Shim, Thomas Turgoose, Frank Harper and Jo Hartley.