Mark Gill

{{Short description|English screenwriter and film director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}} {{Use British English|date=August 2018}} {{Infobox person | image = Mark Gill.jpg | alt = Mark Gill | occupation = Screenwriter, director | years_active = 2011–present | notable_works = {{unbulleted list | {{ nowrap| ''Ravens''<br />''England Is Mine''<br />''The Voorman Problem''}} }} | website = www.markgill.co.uk }}

'''Mark Gill''' is an English screenwriter and film director. He is from Stretford in Manchester.

Gill graduated from University of Central Lancashire in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uclan.ac.uk/news/mark_gill_oscars.php|title=UCLan graduate nominated for an Oscar |publisher=University of Central Lancashire |author=Lyndsey Boardman |accessdate=2017-05-12}}</ref> Gill has won numerous awards, including a Royal Television Society Award. In 2014 Gill was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for his film ''The Voorman Problem'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oscar.go.com/nominees |title=Oscar Nominees |accessdate=4 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110203809/http://oscar.go.com/nominees |archivedate=10 January 2013 }}</ref> as well as receiving a BAFTA Award for Best Short Film nomination in 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-05-09/morrissey-biopic-being-developed-by-makers-of-the-voorman-problem|title=Morrissey biopic being developed by makers of The Voorman Problem|publisher=|accessdate=4 June 2016}}</ref>

Gill co-wrote and directed ''England Is Mine'', a biopic based on the early life of Morrissey. It premiered at the closing gala of the Edinburgh Film Festival on 2 July 2017, and went into wide release in the UK in August 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mumford |first1=Gwilym |last2=Pulver |first2=Andrew |last3=Bradshaw |first3=Peter |title=Summer 2017's best movies: from Scarlett Johansson's hen night to Morrissey's teen years |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jun/15/summer-2017-best-movies |website=The Guardian |date=15 June 2017}}</ref>

Gill's second feature, ''Ravens'', a darkly surreal love story based on the life of Masahisa Fukase and his wife Yoko, was released in 2024. ''Ravens'' premiered at the Austin Film Festival in October 2024.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/austin-film-festival-lineup-1236115395/ | title='The Piano Lesson,' 'Ravens' and More Headline First Wave of Films Unveiled at Austin Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE) }}</ref> ''Ravens'' stars Golden Globe winning (''Shōgun'') actor Tadanobu Asano. ''Ravens'' premiered at the 2024 Austin Film Festival and won the Marquee Film Audience Award.

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|4317210|Mark Gill}}

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