Harry Macqueen
Harry Macqueen | |
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| Born | Leicester, Leicestershire, England |
| Education | The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
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Harry Macqueen is an English actor, writer and director. He trained at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
Career
His professional acting debut was in Richard Linklater's 2008 film, Me and Orson Welles[1] playing 1930's Broadway star John Willard. Other credits include Jed Quinn in EastEnders,[2] for BBC and Peter in the feature film Provenance, for which he won Best Supporting Actor at the 2017 Madrid Film Festival.
Hinterland[3] was his debut feature film as a writer and director.[4] It was nominated Best British Feature at Raindance Film Festival 2014[5] and in three categories including Best Debut Film at the Beijing International Film Festival 2015. Hinterland was the UK's first fully carbon-neutral feature film.
His second feature as writer and director titled Supernova, starred Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci. It had its world premiere at San Sebastian Film Festival in 2020 and played as one of only 12 physical screenings at the 2020 London Film Festival. It was the opening film of The Dublin International Film Festival in 2021. The film was released by Studio Canal in the UK and Bleecker Street in the USA.
Supernova received rave reviews on its release. In the US it was 'Critic's Pick' in the New York Times with Glenn Kenny calling it 'spectacularly moving'. It received four stars out of four in The Washington Post. The LA Times' Justin Chang said the film "shouldn't be missed". It is 'Certified Fresh' on Rotten Tomatoes with a Tomatometer rating of 91%. The film was long-listed for three BAFTA Awards including Best British Film in 2021 and short-listed for Best Film at the European Film Award in the same year. In 2022 Supernova appeared on the 'Best British Films of the 21st Century' list - a poll by UK film critics.
Filmography
As actor
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Me and Orson Welles | John Willard | |
| 2010 | The Dark Room | Dan | Short film |
| 2010 | The Drift | Andrew | Short film |
| 2010 | Matchmaker | Danny | Short film |
| 2011 | Sit in Silence | Man | Short film |
| 2012 | EastEnders | Jed Quinn | Episode from 5 July 2012 |
| 2013 | Blackbird | Stanley | Short film |
| 2014 | Hinterland | Harvey | also director, writer and producer |
| 2014 | A Tale of Two Thieves | Gordon Goody | Documentary |
| 2017 | Loose Ends | Danny | Short film |
| 2017 | Provenance | Peter | Won Best Supporting Actor Madrid Film Festival |
| 2018 | Lambeth Lights | Short film |
As filmmaker
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Hinterland | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2020 | Supernova | Yes | Yes | No |
References
- ^ "Me and Orson Welles". IMDb.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
- ^ "Eastenders". IMDb.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
- ^ "Hinterland | Directed by Harry Macqueen". Hinterlandthefilm.com. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
- ^ "British Council Film: Hinterland". film-directory.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "The Awards | Raindance Film Festival". Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
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