Philip Ridley

Philip Ridley ( born December 29, 1964 in London) is a British artist, photographer, director and author.

Biography

Philip Ridley was born in the East End of London, where he still lives today. He studied painting at St Martin's School of Art His works have been exhibited in Europe and Japan. Ridley began his professional career as a performance artist and painter of a large number of images, called The Epic of Oracle Foster.

Ridley wrote three books for adults: Crocodilia, In the Eyes of Mr. Fury (Eng. Who's afraid of the black man? ) And Flamingoes in Orbit. In addition, he wrote the critically acclaimed screenplay for the feature film The Krays and five stage plays for adults: The Pitchfork Disney, The Fastest Clock in the Universe ( winner of several prizes), Ghost from a Perfect Place, Vincent River, the controversial piece of Mercury Fur and Leaves of Glass. Also Ridley wrote pieces for young adults / adolescents: Karamazoo, Fairytaleheart, Moon fleece Sparkleshark and Broken Ville.

Ridley also wrote books for children: Scibbleboy ( nominated for the Carnegie Medal ), Kasper in the Glitter ( nominated for the Whitbread Prize ), Mighty Fizz Chilla ( listed for the Blue Peter Book of the Year ), ZinderZunder, Vinegar Street and Krindlekrax (winner of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize and the WH Smith 's Mind - Boggling Book Award ).

As a director and screenwriter Ridley turned first 1988 short film The Universe of Dermot Finn. In 1990, his first feature film The Reflecting Skin ( The Reflecting Skin, winner of eleven international prices). His second film The Passion of Darkly Noon ( The Passion of Darkly Noon, 1995) won the Best Director Prize at the Porto Film Festival. In August 2009, his third feature film Heartless had its festival premiere.

Besides his work as a writer, painter and filmmaker Ridley has also worked as a photographer.

List of works (selection)

  • Embracing Verdi ( 1986) ( short story)
  • Leviathan (1987) ( short story)
  • Crocodilia (1988) ( novel)
  • In the Eyes of Mr. Fury ( 1989) ( novel) (English Who's afraid of the black man?, 1991)
  • Mercedes Ice ( 1989) ( children's novel )
  • The Krays (1990 ) (writer)
  • The Reflecting Skin (1990 ) (writer and director)
  • Flamingoes in Orbit ( 1990) ( short stories )
  • Dakota Of The White Flats ( 1990) ( children's novel )
  • The Disney - Killer ( 1991) ( stage play )
  • Krindlekrax (1991) ( children's novel )
  • The Fastest Clock In The Universe ( 1992) ( stage play )
  • Ghost From A Perfect Place ( 1994) ( stage play )
  • The Meteorite Spoon ( 1994) ( children's novel )
  • The Hooligan's Shampoo ( 1995) (short story for children)
  • Kasper and the Glimmer King ( 1995) ( Children Oman)
  • The Passion Of Darkly Noon (1996) (writer and director)
  • Fairytaleheart ( 1996) ( stage play for young adults )
  • Sparkleshark ( 1997) ( stage play for young adults )
  • Alien Heart ( 1996) ( short story)
  • Scribbelboy, the craziest of all time Sprayer ( 1997) ( children's novel )
  • Broken Ville ( 1998) ( stage play for young adults )
  • Wonderful Insect ( 1998) ( short story)
  • Vinegar Street ( 2000) ( children's novel )
  • Vincent River ( 2000) ( stage play )
  • Krindlekrax (2002) ( stage play )
  • Mighty Fizz Chilla (2002) ( children's novel )
  • Broken Ville ( 2003) (unit for young adults )
  • Daffodil Scissors (2004) (short story for young adults )
  • Moon Fleece (2004) (unit for young adults )
  • Karamazoo (2004) (unit for young adults )
  • Mercury Fur ( 2005) ( stage play )
  • Zip's Apollo ( 2005) ( children's novel )
  • Leaves of Glass ( 2007) ( stage play )
  • Heartless ( 2009) ( feature film)

Won awards (selection )

  • Silver Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival for The Reflecting Skin
  • FIPRESCI Prize at the Locarno Film Festival for The Reflecting Skin
  • CICAE at the Locarno Film Festival for The Reflecting Skin
  • Prix ​​de la Jeunesse at the Locarno Film Festival for The Reflecting Skin
  • Barclay Prize at The Locarno Film Festival for The Reflecting Skin
  • Grand Prize at the Stockholm Film Festival for The Reflecting Skin
  • Best British Film at the Birmingham Film Festival for The Reflecting Skin
  • Best Original Screenplay Award from the Writers Guild of Screen for The Reflecting Skin
  • George Sadoul Prize for Best First Film for The Reflecting Skin
  • Evening Standard British Film Award for Best The Krays
  • The Evening Standard Most Promising Newcomer to Film for The Krays
  • The Evening Standard Most Promising Newcomer to Stage for The Fastest Clock In The Universe
  • The Meyer Whitworth Prize for The Fastest Clock In The Universe
  • Critics' Circle Theatre Awards - Most Promising New Playwright Award for The Fastest Clock In The Universe.
  • Time Out Award for The Fastest Clock In The Universe.
  • The Smarties Prize for Krindlekrax
  • The W. H. Smith Mind Boggling Books for Krindlekrax
  • Best Director at the Porto Festival for The Passion of Darkly Noon
  • Commendation from the NOSE Special Educational Needs Children's Book Award for Scribbleboy
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