Vadim Jean

    Known For

    Directing

    Birthday

    December 9, 1963 (62 years old)

    Vadim Jean

    Biography

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Vadim Jean (born Bristol, 9 December 1963) is an award-winning English film director, producer, and executive producer. After graduating with a degree in History from Warwick University, he found work on Mike Figgis' Stormy Monday, before establishing his own production company in 1989 covering a wide variety of subjects, from sport to corporate videos. He first came to public attention as a director when Leon the Pig Farmer, won him the FIPRESCI International Critics' Prize at the 1992 Venice Film Festival, the Best Newcomer award from the London Critics' Circle, the Most Promising Newcomer at the Evening Standard British Film Awards, and the Chaplin Award for the best first feature from the Edinburgh International Film Festival. He repeated his critical success in 1999 when One More Kiss won the Audience Award at the Atlantic Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Film at the Emden International Film Festival. His Hollywood debut was Jiminy Glick in Lalawood Glick in Lalawood starring Martin Short as his celebrity interviewing alter-ego, produced by Gold Circle films. The film also features Steve Martin and Kurt Russell as themselves. It was selected as the closing gala at the 2004 Toronto film festival. Most recently he directed In the Land of the Free... a feature documentary narrated by Samuel L Jackson. It tells the story of three men known as the Angola 3 who between them have spent over a Century in solitary confinement in the Louisiana State penitentiary. It was nominated best documentary at the 2011 London Evening Standard British Film Awards. (London Evening Standard 5th January 2011). Description above from the Wikipedia article Vadim Jean, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

    Known For

    • The Man Who Invented Christmas

      The Man Who Invented Christmas

      2017

    • Going Postal

      Going Postal

      2010

    • The Colour of Magic

      The Colour of Magic

      2008

    • Hogfather

      Hogfather

      2007

    • Scenes of a Sexual Nature

      Scenes of a Sexual Nature

      2006

    • Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

      Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

      2005

    • Breaking the Bank

      Breaking the Bank

      2016

    • Hogfather

      Hogfather

      2006

    • Leon the Pig Farmer

      Leon the Pig Farmer

      1993

    • Porters

      Porters

      2017

    • One More Kiss

      One More Kiss

      1999

    • Beyond Bedlam

      Beyond Bedlam

      1994

    • Clockwork Mice

      Clockwork Mice

      1995

    • White Widow

      White Widow

      2023

    • The Virgin of Liverpool

      The Virgin of Liverpool

      2003