Captain Phillips 2013 premiere
by mikeseravello-41380 | created - 06 Sep 2019 | updated - 06 Sep 2019 | PublicWednesday October 9th, ODEON Luxe Leicester Square 22-24 Leicester Square, London WC2H 7LQ, UK
1. Tom Hanks
Producer | Cast Away
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks was born in Concord, California, to Janet Marylyn (Frager), a hospital worker, and Amos Mefford Hanks, an itinerant cook. His mother's family, originally surnamed "Fraga", was entirely Portuguese, while his father was of mostly English ancestry. Tom grew up in what he has ...
2. Paul Greengrass
Director | United 93
Paul Greengrass started his filmmaking career with a super 8 camera he found in his art room in secondary school. Those short movies were animation horror films he made using old dolls, artist dummies, and the general art room clutter.
After studying in Cambridge University he got into Granada ...
4. Rita Wilson
Actress | Jingle All the Way
Rita Wilson (born Margarita Ibrahimoff) is an American actress, singer, and film producer from Los Angeles. Her ancestry is primarily Greek and Bulgarian. She was granted Greek citizenship in 2019, in honor of her efforts to assist Greece by appealing for international aid after a devastating ...
5. 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.
6. Tom Hooper
Director | Cats
Tom Hooper was educated at one of England's most prestigious schools, Westminster. His first film, Runaway Dog, was made when he was 13 years old and shot on a Clockwork 16mm Bolex camera, using 100 feet of film. At age 18, he wrote, directed and produced the short film Painted Faces (1992), which ...
7. Terry Gilliam
Writer | Brazil
Terry Gilliam was born near Medicine Lake, Minnesota. When he was 12 his family moved to Los Angeles where he became a fan of MAD magazine. In his early twenties he was often stopped by the police who suspected him of being a drug addict and Gilliam had to explain that he worked in advertising. In ...
8. Dexter Fletcher
Actor | Ghosted
Two-time BAFTA-nominated director Dexter Fletcher is an English actor-turned-filmmaker whose movies and TV work include the Academy Award-winning Elton John biopic Rocketman. Fletcher started his career in front of the camera at the age of 6; three years later he played "Baby Face" in Alan Parker's...
11. James Nesbitt
Actor | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
James Nesbitt was born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, to May, a civil servant, and James Nesbitt, a primary school headmaster. He was educated at Coleraine Academical Institution (also the school of Brian Campbell & Brian McAlister). He originally planned to be a French teacher. It ...
12. Tom Ford
Director | A Single Man
Tom Ford is an American fashion designer, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He gained fame as the creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent. In 2006, Ford launched his own "Tom Ford" label.
Ford directed the films A Single Man (2009) and Nocturnal Animals (2016), both films were...
13. Richard Curtis
Writer | Love Actually
Richard Curtis was born on November 8, 1956 in Wellington, New Zealand. He is a writer and producer, known for Love Actually (2003), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) and About Time (2013).
14. Emma Freud
Script_department | About Time
Emma Freud was born on January 25, 1962 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for About Time (2013), The Boat That Rocked (2009) and Notting Hill (1999).
15. Edith Bowman
Self | Soundtracking with Edith Bowman
Edith Bowman was born on January 15, 1975 in Anstruther, Fife, Scotland, UK. She is a podcaster and actress, known for Soundtracking with Edith Bowman (2016), The Afternoon Play (2003) and How to Stop a Recurring Dream (2020). She has been married to Tom Smith since December 22, 2013. They have two...
16. Joanna Kaye
17. Amy Gilliam
Producer | Push
Amy Gilliam was born in 1978. She is a producer, known for Push (2009), Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) and The Brothers Grimm (2005).
18. Gurinder Chadha
Writer | Bend It Like Beckham
Gurinder Chadha was born in Kenya, and grew up in Southall, London, England. She began her career as a news reporter with BBC Radio, directed several award winning documentaries for the BBC, and began an alliance with the British Film Institute (BFI) and Channel Four. In 2001, Chadha set up her own...
19. Alison Jackson
Producer | Tin Star
Alison Jackson is a British television producer and President of Gaumont UK, the British division of the world's oldest film company and leading international production company.
Under the Gaumont UK banner, Alison most recently executive produced the third season of hit Tim Roth drama Tin Star, a ...
20. Esther Freud
Actress | Doctor Who
Esther Freud was born on May 2, 1963 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Doctor Who (1963), Hideous Kinky (1998) and Mr Mac and Me. She has been married to David Morrissey since August 15, 2006. They have three children.
21. David Morrissey
Actor | The Walking Dead
David Morrissey started acting at Everyman's Youth Theatre in Liverpool, where he was born and raised. He made an auspicious debut in One Summer (1983), a series about two Liverpool runaways. Following a degree at RADA, he worked with the theatre company Cheek By Jowl. He has also worked at theatre...
22. Barbara Broccoli
Producer | Skyfall
She is one of the entertainment industry's most successful female producers. Barbara Broccoli was born to legendary filmmaker Albert R. Broccoli, affectionately known as Cubby, and Dana Broccoli on June 18, 1960. Not long after, Cubby Broccoli and his new partner, Harry Saltzman, secured studio ...
23. Ed Miliband
Self | UK General Election
Edward Samuel Miliband (born 24 December 1969) is a British Labour politician and the Leader of the Labour Party. Born in London, Miliband is the son of Polish Jewish immigrants Marion Kozak and the late Marxist intellectual Ralph Miliband (a Brussels native whose parents were from Warsaw), who ...
24. Michael De Luca
Producer | Captain Phillips
As Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.'s, (MGM's) Motion Picture Group Chairman Michael De Luca steers all aspects of the studio's global film operation including oversight of development, production, marketing and distribution of MGM's film slate, including Orion Motion Pictures. Additionally, De ...
25. Julian Fellowes
Writer | Gosford Park
Julian Fellowes was born on August 17, 1949 in Cairo, Egypt. He is a writer and producer, known for Gosford Park (2001), Downton Abbey (2010) and From Time to Time (2009). He has been married to Emma Joy Kitchener-Fellowes since April 28, 1990. They have one child.
26. Olivia Harrison
Producer | The Beatles: Get Back
Olivia Harrison was born on May 18, 1948, in Los Angeles, California. She is a producer, known for the Emmy Award winning George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011), and the Grammy award winning Concert for George (2003). She was married to George Harrison from 1978 until his death in ...
27. Mark Holden
Actor | Final Destination
Mark currently lives in London, England with his wife Patsy and their twin boys. He also has two older daughters from a previous marriage. One of which, Sienna has followed in his footsteps into the industry.
Mark began his professional career in his late 20's in 1991 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada ...
28. Sam Firth
Producer | I.D.
Sam Firth is known for I.D. (2009), Stay the Same (2013) and The Wolf Suit (2021).
29. Alan Yentob
Producer | Imagine
Alan Yentob has held many of the most prestigious positions at the BBC. He joined as a general trainee in 1968. After working on arts programmes such as Omnibus (1967) and Arena (1975), he was made Head of Music and Arts at the BBC (1985 - 1988), Controller of BBC Two (1988 - 1993), Controller of ...
30. Dana Brunetti
Producer | The Social Network
Dana Brunetti is an American media executive, film producer and entrepreneur. He is Co-Founder and Chief Content Officer at Cavalry Media.
Brunetti has produced multiple award winning films, including "The Social Network," a screenplay adaptation written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by David Fincher...
31. Manjinder Virk
Actress | The Arbor
Manjinder was born in Coventry, to a car factory worker and his wife who had come to England from the Punjab. Manjinder describes her parents as " very liberal" - her father was involved in the Indian Workers Association - bringing herself and her sister up "like boys " - she has a brother - as ...
32. Holly Gilliam
Actress | Brazil
Holly Gilliam was born in October 1980. She is a producer and actress, known for Brazil (1985), The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) and The Messengers (2007).
33. Konnie Huq
Writer | Black Mirror
Konnie Huq was born on July 17, 1975 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Black Mirror (2011), A Touch of Cloth (2012) and Robin Hood (2006). She has been married to Charlie Brooker since July 26, 2010. They have two children.
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