127 Hours 2010 premiere

1. Danny Boyle

Director | 127 Hours

Daniel Francis Boyle is a British filmmaker, producer and writer from Radcliffe, Greater Manchester. He is known for directing 28 Days Later, 127 Hours, Trainspotting, T2 Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, Millions, Shallow Grave, The Beach, Yesterday, and Steve Jobs. He won many awards for ...

2. Aron Ralston

Writer | 127 Hours

Aron Ralston was born on October 27, 1975 in the USA. He is an actor and writer, known for 127 Hours (2010), The Simpsons (1989) and Tosh.0 (2009).

3. James Franco

Actor | Spring Breakers

Known for his breakthrough starring role on Freaks and Geeks (1999), James Franco was born April 19, 1978 in Palo Alto, California, to Betsy Franco, a writer, artist, and actress, and Douglas Eugene "Doug" Franco, who ran a Silicon Valley business. His mother is Jewish and his father was of ...

4. A.R. Rahman

Composer | Slumdog Millionaire

A two-time winner and five-time nominee of the Academy Award, A. R. Rahman is popularly known as the man who has redefined contemporary Indian music. Rahman, according to a BBC estimate, has sold more than 150 million copies of his work comprising of music from more than 100 film soundtracks and ...

5. Christian Colson

Producer | Slumdog Millionaire

Christian Colson is known for Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Selma (2014) and T2 Trainspotting (2017).

6. Simon Beaufoy

Writer | Slumdog Millionaire

Born in Keighley, Bradford, West Yorkshire. He attended Malsis School in Cross Hills Ermysted's Grammar School at Skipton, later he attended Sedbergh School in Cumbria.

He has read English at St Peter's College, Oxford and graduated from the Arts Institute at Bournemouth.

In 2009 he won an Academy ...

7. Frida Giannini

Producer | Gucci by Gucci

Frida Giannini is known for Gucci by Gucci (2007) and The Director: An Evolution in Three Acts (2013).

8. Rosamund Pike

Actress | Gone Girl

Born in 1979 in London, England, actress Rosamund Mary Elizabeth Pike is the only child of a classical violinist mother, Caroline (Friend), and an opera singer father, Julian Pike. Due to her parents' work, she spent her early childhood traveling around Europe. Pike attended Badminton School in ...

9. Donna Ralston

Self | Search & Rescue

10. Joanne Froggatt

Actress | Downton Abbey

Joanne was born at Littlebeck, Whitby and educated at Eskdale School, Sleights Pimary and Red Roofs Theatrical School, Berkshire, Her first jobs were at Booths Fine Food Cafe and Alexanders Fish Restaurant in Whitby. She made her television debut in The Bill but became well known when she played ...

11. Natalie Press

Actress | My Summer of Love

Natalie Press was born on August 15, 1973 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for My Summer of Love (2004), Suffragette (2015) and Red Road (2006).

12. Sandra Hebron

Self | How to Make a Film

13. Andy Serkis

Actor | War for the Planet of the Apes

English film actor, director and author Andy Serkis is known for his performance capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation and voice work for such computer-generated characters as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001-2003) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), ...

14. Lorraine Ashbourne

Actress | King Kong

Lorraine Ashbourne was born on January 7, 1961 in Manchester, England, UK. She is an actress, known for King Kong (2005), Child 44 (2015) and Breathe (2017). She has been married to Andy Serkis since July 22, 2002. They have three children.

15. Daniel Battsek

Producer | Poor Things

Daniel Battsek has headed Film4 as Director since 2016, and has greenlit films including The Favourite, Saint Maud, Cold War, Peterloo, and The Personal History of David Copperfield.

Prior to this, Battsek served as President of New York based Cohen Media Group, a role he held for three years, ...

16. Geoffrey Rush

Actor | The King's Speech

Geoffrey Roy Rush was born on July 6, 1951, in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, to Merle (Bischof), a department store sales assistant, and Roy Baden Rush, an accountant for the Royal Australian Air Force. His mother was of German descent and his father had English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. ...

17. Joanna Hogg

Director | The Souvenir

Joanna Hogg was born on March 20, 1960 in London, England, UK. She is a director and writer, known for The Souvenir (2019), The Souvenir: Part II (2021) and Unrelated (2007).

18. Nick Hornby

Writer | Wild

Nick Hornby was born on April 17, 1957 in Maidenhead, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Wild (2014), Brooklyn (2015) and An Education (2009). He was previously married to Virginia Bovell.

19. Olivia Williams

Actress | The Ghost Writer

Olivia began her career on the stage at the RSC and The National Theatre, breaking into TV with the Andrew Davies adaptation of Emma (1996).

From a damp basement in Camden Town she won the role of Abby in the $120 million blockbuster The Postman (1997) starring alongside Kevin Costner. In the ...

20. Dinos Chapman

Director | The Organ Grinder's Monkey

Dinos Chapman was born in 1962 in London, England, UK. He is a director and composer, known for The Organ Grinder's Monkey (2011), Renegade TV Gets Dazed (1998) and Der Konzertdealer (2017).

21. Glenn Freemantle

Sound_department | Gravity

Glenn Freemantle was born on May 20, 1959 in Uxbridge, Middlesex, England, UK. He is a producer, known for Gravity (2013), Slumdog Millionaire (2008) and Civil War (2024).

22. Amanda Nevill

Self | London Tonight

She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours LIst for her services to the Film Industry. She is the Chief Executive for the British Film Institute in London, England.

23. Max Brown

Actor | Nolly

Max Brown is a native of Ilkley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England but spent his childhood mostly in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. His love of acting was ignited at an early age when he performed at the Shrewsbury Music Hall. At the age of 20, the youthful face of Max Brown first appeared on ...

24. Steven Berkoff

Actor | Octopussy

Highly acclaimed English actor, playwright, author and director continues to set the benchmark in stunning, intense performances on both stage and screen. Berkoff was born in Stepney, London in August 1937 and received dramatic arts training in both Paris and London and then moved on to performing ...

25. Clara Fischer

Actress | Decadence

Clara Fischer is known for Decadence (1994) and Storm (2009).

26. Rhashan Stone

Actor | Hollington Drive

Rhashan was born 3 November, 1969 in Elizabeth New Jersey. His mother, Joanne, was a singer who relocated to London, England to be with her then husband Russell Stone. They formed the singing duo R& J Stone, best known for their hit "We Do It" in 1977. Other members of his family enjoyed musical ...