Reg Traviss is a British film director

Film director

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 and writer

Writer

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. Traviss came to public attention in the UK in 2006 with the theatrical release of his debut feature film Joy Division (2006 film)

Joy Division (2006 film)

Joy Division is a 2006 British film directed by Reg Traviss. The story is a fictional biopic which follows the life of a boy in Germany at the end of WWII into his adulthood in Russia and London during the Cold War...

which starred Ed Stoppard

Ed Stoppard

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, Bernard Hill

Bernard Hill

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, Tom Schilling

Tom Schilling

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, Bernadette Heerwagen

Bernadette Heerwagen

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 and Ricci Harnett

Ricci Harnett

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. Traviss followed up his World War Two drama with Psychosis (film)

Psychosis (film)

Psychosis is a 2010 British Horror film directed by Reg Traviss and written by Reg Traviss and story by Michael Armstrong. It's a remake of the "Dreamhouse" episode from the movie anthology Screamtime....

a psychological thriller, released worldwide by Lionsgate in 2010, which starred Charisma Carpenter

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, Ricci Harnett

Ricci Harnett

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 and Justin Hawkins

Justin Hawkins

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, lead singer of rock group The Darkness. Traviss directed Screwed, a prison drama based on the 2008 book Screwed: The Truth About Life as a Prison Officer

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, by a former prison guard writing under the pseudonym Ronnie Thompson. The film, released theatrically in the UK in June 2011, starred Noel Clarke

Noel Clarke

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, James D'Arcy

James D'Arcy

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, Frank Harper

Frank Harper

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 and Kate Magowan

Kate Magowan

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Filmography

• Apocalyptic Adventure on the Eastern Frontier (short) (2000)
• JD Pilot (video short) (2003)
• Joy Division
  Joy Division (2006 film)
  Joy Division is a 2006 British film directed by Reg Traviss. The story is a fictional biopic which follows the life of a boy in Germany at the end of WWII into his adulthood in Russia and London during the Cold War...
  
  (2006)
• Psychosis
  Psychosis (film)
  Psychosis is a 2010 British Horror film directed by Reg Traviss and written by Reg Traviss and story by Michael Armstrong. It's a remake of the "Dreamhouse" episode from the movie anthology Screamtime....
  
  (2010)
• Screwed (2011)
• Silvertown (2012)

Personal life

From 2008 to 2010, Traviss was in a relationship with burlesque dancer Raven Isis Holt, who featured in his 2010 film Psychosis.

Traviss was in an on-again off-again relationship with singer Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse

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from early 2010 till her death on July 23, 2011. A mutual friend introduced the pair in 2009.

External links

• Reg Traviss In The Spotlight (2nd June 2011)
• Nick Hasted, Reg Traviss' "Joy Division" (17th Nov 2006) (The Independent, Arts & Books Review)
• Patrick Samuel / Static Mass interview Reg Traviss (20 Sept 2010)
• Showreel Magazine / July-Aug 2006 / interview Reg Traviss in July 2006
• Totalscifionline.com / Interview Reg Traviss