James Pilkington (director)
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James Pilkington is an English film director who works for a film production company called The Sweet Shop.
' won the Empire Magazine best short film award, was a runner up in the London Film Festival
and was nominated for a BAFTA.
His hobbies include cheese-rolling, Morris dancing,watching his favorite show 'Sweet Valley High
' with a few of his closest buddies.
Biography
Pilkington studied at the University of Westminster Film School, then found success directing short films. His first short 'Pocket' won the BBC Best Short film award 1998 and was sold all around the world. In 1999 Pilkington was commissioned by the BBC to do a 10/10 short resulting in the acclaimed kids film 'Disco'; during this period James ventured into commercial directing filming tvc's for AXA, Playstation (TBWA) and a test for Volkswagen. In 2000 James' short comedy 'SweetSweet (film)
Sweet is a 2000 short film directed by James Pilkington starring Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt that is set in Camden, London. The plot is reused in the Mighty Boosh episode, The Nightmare of Milky Joe.-Overview:...
' won the Empire Magazine best short film award, was a runner up in the London Film Festival
London Film Festival
The BFI London Film Festival is the UK's largest public film event, screening more than 300 features, documentaries and shorts from almost 50 countries. The festival, , currently in its 54th year, is run every year in the second half of October under the umbrella of the British Film Institute...
and was nominated for a BAFTA.
His hobbies include cheese-rolling, Morris dancing,watching his favorite show 'Sweet Valley High
Sweet Valley High
Sweet Valley High is a novel series created by Francine Pascal, who presided over a team of ghostwriters for the duration of the series' creation. The series began in 1983 and ceased publication twenty years later with over 152 books to its name...
' with a few of his closest buddies.