Christopher Newby is a British

United Kingdom

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 film director

Film director

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 and screenwriter

Screenwriter

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He studied at Leeds Polytechnic and The Royal College of Art in London. He has made several short films, including The Old Man and the Sea, an evocative juxtaposition of marine, religious and body imagery, and Relax.

He directed Anchoress

Anchoress (film)

Anchoress is a 1993 British drama film directed by Chris Newby. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival....

(1993), a tale of paganism

Paganism

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 versus matriarchal Christianity

Christianity

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 set in a remote Scottish village in the early fourteenth century. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard

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 section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival

1993 Cannes Film Festival

- Jury :* Louis Malle * Claudia Cardinale * Inna Churikova * Judy Davis * Abbas Kiarostami * Emir Kusturica * William Lubtchansky * Tom Luddy * Gary Oldman * Augusto M...

. In 1995, he directed Madagascar Skin

Madagascar Skin

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, which starred John Hannah

John Hannah (actor)

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 and Bernard Hill

Bernard Hill

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. He has continued to make short films, including Stromboli (1997) and Flicker (2001).