Shane Meadows - This is England

WARP FILMS- SHANE MEADOWS

This is England 86

Written and directed by Shane Meadows

British drama film

The film centures young skinheads in England 1983.

The production company that made This is England is Warp Films, a sister company of Warp Records which was set yp in 1999 with funding from NESTA.

The film has quickly won some important recognition in prize-winning circles gaining firstly a prize from BIFA and then later a BAFTA award.

Genuinely British film made by independents on a low budget.

Shane Meadows

Born 26th December 1972

In 1994, Shane's first step into the world of film making was to volunteer his services to the Nottingham based Intermedia Film and Video Ltd.Started his career in 1995

Grew up in the Westlands Road area of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.

Meadows left school before reaching his GCSEs, and soon turned to petty crime.

He moved to Nottingham when he was 20. 

While living in the Sneiton area of Nottingham, he made roughly 30 short films with the friends he met there.

His friends started one in the local cinema which became popular with the town.

Meadows enrolled on a Performing Arts course at Burton College.

Warp Films

A company creared from Warp records. Set up in 1999 with funding from NESTA The company has released films such as: This is England, Rubber Johnny, My Wrongs and Dead man's shoes.