1. Stuart Brennan was born on October 8,1982 and is a BAFTA Cymru-winning British actor, playwright, producer and director.
31 Facts About Stuart Brennan
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Stuart Brennan is an advocate for independent film, helping set up and establish film festivals across the world.
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Stuart Brennan attended Pilton Infants School, Pilton Bluecoats School, Pilton Community College, and North Devon College.
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Stuart Brennan graduated from the University of Winchester in 2004, achieving a 2:1 degree with honours in Drama.
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Stuart Brennan was awarded a WBC Championship belt and made an honorary World Champion by the World Boxing Council in recognition of the five years he spent training for his portrayal of Howard Winstone in Risen, a part for which he had to lose two stone.
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In 2002, Stuart Brennan wrote the horror film The Innocent, which he produced and directed.
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In 2005, Stuart Brennan wrote and produced the short film The Fifteenth, based on the life of boxer Howard Winstone in the 1960s.
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In 2006, Stuart Brennan wrote the feature film Risen, which he produced with Neil Jones, who directed it.
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In 2007, Stuart Brennan was hired by Sunipa Pictures to write on spec the feature script Life of Scars, which is yet to be produced.
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The directors of the studio were so impressed with Stuart Brennan they hired him for 18 months to help set up the VFX and animation studio.
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Stuart Brennan directed and produced the 30-minute, 3D-animated pilot episode of True Time Tales.
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Stuart Brennan wrote a series of twelve short episodes of adaptations of classic fables, entitled Fantastic Fables, and oversaw the production of the two-minute 2D animated pilot episode.
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Stuart Brennan was approached and commissioned in the same year to write a short film about London boxer Terry Spinks, who was portrayed in the film Risen.
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That same year, Stuart Brennan wrote two other scripts, including the dark horror A Backpacker, which is currently being produced by Ridley Scott.
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Early 2014 saw Stuart Brennan write and direct zombie thriller Plan Z, produced by Imaginarium Tower and Zoghogg Entertainment and featuring himself, Brooke Burfitt, and Victoria Morrison.
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Stuart Brennan directed the following TV shows or short films for TV:.
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Stuart Brennan set up and ran Burn Hand Film Productions from 2001 to 2014.
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Stuart Brennan has worked with British Phoenix Films, Studio 82, Jumping Tiger Inc and Imaginarium Tower.
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Stuart Brennan has worked and developed projects in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Germany, New Zealand, China, the United States, Italy, Mexico, Spain and Canada.
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Stuart Brennan produced a corporate film for the NHS in 2008.
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Stuart Brennan has worked as a producer on numerous short films and feature films.
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In 2004 Stuart Brennan performed as one of the leads in A Little Silhouette of a Man at the Theatre Royal Winchester.
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Stuart Brennan then toured the southwest UK with a production by Wessex Actors Company, in the lead role in Does Santa Really Dream of Reindeer.
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Stuart Brennan teamed up again with the Wessex Actors Company in 2005 for a larger scale tour of The Mayor of Casterbridge in a lead supporting role as Donald Farfrae, directed by Michael Barry.
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In 2008 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Stuart Brennan drew rave reviews for his "brilliantly convincing" performance in the two hander The Open Couple, playing opposite Jennifer Sarah Dean and directed by Peter Snee.
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In 2016 Stuart Brennan played the lead role of Professor Goodman in the national Australian tour of Ghost Stories, directed by Jennifer Sarah Dean and Peter Snee.
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Stuart Brennan won a BAFTA in 2011 for his performance in Risen.
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Stuart Brennan was the youngest-ever recipient of the Award and the first Englishman to ever win the BAFTA Cymru for Best Actor.
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Stuart Brennan dropped 28 pounds to portray the featherweight boxer Howard Winstone.
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Stuart Brennan spent six months before filming speaking all the time in a Welsh accent, and continued for two years, during the project's hiatus.
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In 2008 Stuart Brennan set up the Newport International Film Festival, to help support and foster filmmaking and exhibition opportunities for filmmakers in Wales.