Vadim Jean

director • producer • writer

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.

Born: December 9, 1963 (age 61)

Movies & TV Credits

19 total credits across film and television

TitleJobYear
Daley

Movie

Directing
2024
Production
2023
Directing
2017
Production
2017
Porters

TV Show

Directing
2017
Directing
2016
Directing
2010
Going Postal

Limited Series

Production
2010
Writing
2009
The Color of Magic

Limited Series

Writing
2008
Production
2006
Directing
2006
Directing
2005
Production
2003
Directing
1999
Directing
1998
Directing
1995
Directing
1994
Directing
1993

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