Richard Fenwick

Multi award-winning writer/director Richard Fenwick lives and works out of the UK. His work can be chiefly characterised by bold, imaginative storytelling, an eclectic range of styles (romantic drama through to science fiction) and a sharp, satirical wit. Richard began his film-directing career back in 2000 after a background in motion graphics led him to direct his first music video for the band Death in Vegas. Many critically acclaimed music videos followed (inc. videos for Timo Maas, Funeral for a Friend, Teenage Fanclub, Archive and Bent) as well as work for commercial brands (inc. Sony, Motorola, MTV Europe and Playstation). In this period Richard was nominated for best new director at both the Music Creative & Design Awards in London and the Kinsale Advertising awards in Ireland. With an eye on theatrical features Richard shifted focus to the writing and directing of short films in 2004. In a relatively short period of time Richard has built up an award-winning portfolio of exciting short film work, including the films Artificial Worlds, The Box, Love Letter, Safety Procedures, Albert's Speech and 10 short films in a series called User Guides. So far this work has screened at over 100 film festivals worldwide (inc. Clermont, Annecy, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Sydney and LA) on several television channels (MTV, BBC 3, Sky Movies, Filmfour and Universal) won many awards (Smirnoff Reel Talent, IFCT World Tour, Audience Award Hamburg) and marked Richard out as a rising star in the International film world - culminating with Screen International hailing him as one of their Stars of Tomorrow, in 2007.