James Marsh

James Marsh

  • Born: 1963-4-30
  • Birthplace: Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom
  • Height: 6' (1.83 m)
  • Profession: director
  • Nationality: U.K
  • Graduate School: St. Catherine's College, Oxford University
  • Representative Works: Wisconsin Death Tour, Man On Wire, Nimes, Theory of Everything
  • James Marsh (James Marsh), born in Truro, Cornwall, England on April 30, 1963, is a British director, screenwriter and producer.
    In 1990, directed his first documentary "Prague Animator". In 1999, the self-written and self-directed feature film "Wisconsin Death Journey" was released, which won the Fabian Award at the San Bastian Film Festival [1]  . In 2005, directed the feature film " The King ". In 2008, directed the biographical documentary " Man On Wire " [2]  , which won the 81st Oscar Award-Best Documentary Feature [3]  and the 62nd British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards Film Award-Best UK Film Awards [4]  . In 2011, with the documentary " Nimes " won the 64th American Directors Guild Award for Best Documentary Director [5]  . In 2014, with the biographical film " Theory of Everything ", he was shortlisted for the 68th British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards David Lynn Director's Award [6]  . In 2016, the crime drama " The Night Of " co-directed with Steven Zaillian was broadcast [7] . In 2018, directed the action crime movie " King of Thieves ". 

    Performing Experience

    In 1990, directed his first documentary "Prague Animator". In 1998, directed the documentary "John Kyle". In 1999, the self-written and self-directed drama film "Wisconsin Death Journey" was released. The film was shortlisted for the 54th British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards-Hugh Wilton Professional Program Award (Art, History, Religion and Science) Category) , won the Fabisci Award at the San Bastian Film Festival   .
    In 2005, directed the drama film " The King " co-starring Gael García Bernal , Pell James and Paul Franklin Dano . In 2008, directed the biographical documentary " Man On Wire " , which won the 81st Oscar Award-Best Documentary Feature Film, and the 62nd British Academy of Film and Television Arts Film Award-Best British Film Award .   
    In 2011, directed the documentary " Nimes ", which was shortlisted for the 65th British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards-Best Documentary Film, and won the 27th Sundance Film Festival Director's Award-World Film Unit-Documentary. The film won the Best Documentary Director Award at the 64th American Directors Guild Awards   . In 2012, directed the thriller film " Shadow Dancer " co-starring Clive Owen and Andrea Riseborough , which was based on the novel of the same name by reporter Tom Brady . 
    In 2014, directed the biographical film " Theory of Everything " co-starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones . The film was inspired by Jane Wilde's memoir "Flying to Infinity: Days with Hawking", which tells the story of the physicist Stephen · Hawking and his first wife Jane Wilde began their love story at the University of Cambridge and the inspirational legend before and after Hawking’s illness . They won the 59th Italian David Award for Best European Film. With this film, he was nominated for the 68th UK Film and Television Arts Academy Award David Lynn Director Award .  
    In 2016, the crime drama " The Night Of " co-directed with Steven Zaillian was broadcast . In 2018, directed the biographical film " The Mercy " co-starring Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz , which was based on a true story; in the same year, directed the action crime film " King of Thieves " co-starring Maurice Joseph Micklewhite and Charlie Cox . 

    Character Evaluation

    James Marsh is a low-key director   who has directed a wide range of films   . Moreover, he also has excellent director skills   . At the same time, his ability in documentaries is undoubted, but compared to traditional documentaries, he is more keen to add certain narrative content to documentaries, making the whole documentary full of stories and twists and turns. Unlike traditional documentary directors, James Marsh has always been very keen on directing feature films, and several feature films have also received good reviews, which is also inseparable from the soil of this drama when he was born in the UK   . In the movie "Theory of Everything", James Marsh used a too unhurried rhythm and a lot of details, wrapped in a large aperture soft mirror photography aesthetics, telling the love and life between Hawking and his first wife Jane . 
    Extended Reading

    Shadow Dancer quotes

    • Kate Fletcher: Is this just because she has a pretty face?

    • [last lines]

      Connor: [to his sister following an assassination] It's Done!