Jack Jewers
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Jack Jewers is a British film and television director and editor. Born into a theatrical family (his mother is the British actress Philippa Urquhart
, and his father was the late Canadian actor Ray Jewers
), both he and his sister, Rosie Jewers, were child actors. He directed his first amateur film when he was seven years old, and later studied film at university in Aberystwyth, Wales. He has worked in film and television his entire adult life.
His directorial work includes the films The Distances We Travel, Against the Dying of the Light
, Storm, and Labour of Love
.
He received a Royal Television Society
Student award in 2001 for Labour of Love
, a film he made while still a university student. He was nominated for a BAFTA Wales for Storm in 2002.
In 2006, he directed a five-part BBC Wales documentary series, Define Normal
, in which people living with serious physical disabilities talked frankly about their lives.
Films in production include the feature-length independent film, Flush. According to his official website he is also working on a TV series called The Dead Letter Room and the short film, My Brother's Keeper.
He married in 2007, and lives in England with his wife, the American writer Christi Daugherty
.
Philippa Urquhart
Philippa Urquhart is a British actress, best known for her performance as Lillian Cartland in the 1980s BBC television drama Tenko.She has worked as a film, television and theatre actress for more than 50 years....
, and his father was the late Canadian actor Ray Jewers
Ray Jewers
-Film:* The Phantom of the Opera as Elise* Edge of Sanity as Inspector Newcomen* Scum as Gym Instructor* Jaguar Lives! as Jessup* The Spy Who Loved Me as USS Wayne Crewman...
), both he and his sister, Rosie Jewers, were child actors. He directed his first amateur film when he was seven years old, and later studied film at university in Aberystwyth, Wales. He has worked in film and television his entire adult life.
His directorial work includes the films The Distances We Travel, Against the Dying of the Light
Against the Dying of the Light
Against the Dying of the Light is a documentary film about the work of the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales. Consisting of interviews with Welsh directors, actors and public figures about the significance that film has played in their lives, it achieved a limited UK cinema release in...
, Storm, and Labour of Love
Labour of Love
Labour of Love is a reggae album by UB40, the band's fourth studio album. It was originally released on 1 September 1983 and included the hits, "Red, Red Wine" , "Cherry Oh Baby" , "Many Rivers to Cross" , and "Please Don't Make Me Cry" .The entire album consists of cover versions of songs...
.
He received a Royal Television Society
Royal Television Society
The Royal Television Society is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world...
Student award in 2001 for Labour of Love
Labour of Love
Labour of Love is a reggae album by UB40, the band's fourth studio album. It was originally released on 1 September 1983 and included the hits, "Red, Red Wine" , "Cherry Oh Baby" , "Many Rivers to Cross" , and "Please Don't Make Me Cry" .The entire album consists of cover versions of songs...
, a film he made while still a university student. He was nominated for a BAFTA Wales for Storm in 2002.
In 2006, he directed a five-part BBC Wales documentary series, Define Normal
Define Normal
Define Normal was a BBC documentary series, first broadcast July 2005....
, in which people living with serious physical disabilities talked frankly about their lives.
Films in production include the feature-length independent film, Flush. According to his official website he is also working on a TV series called The Dead Letter Room and the short film, My Brother's Keeper.
He married in 2007, and lives in England with his wife, the American writer Christi Daugherty
Christi Daugherty
Christi Daugherty is an American journalist and author. She was born in Dallas, Texas and was raised in Houston, Texas.After starting her career as a crime reporter in South Texas, she worked as a staff writer for various news organisations, including The Dallas Morning News and Reuters.In the...
.