Scott Mann
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Scott Mann is a British film director who made his name with his action packed debut feature film The Tournament
, which was an $8m movie shot in the UK and Bulgaria. The film starred Robert Carlyle and Ving Rhames and Ian Sommerhalder. The film was produced by Keith Bell.
The Weinstein Co and Entertainment released the film in the US and UK respectively and the film has now been released in most territories worldwide. The impressive action direction and use of a limited budget to make the film look more expensive that it's actual production cost earnt Mann a wealth of respect amongst Hollywood colleagues and led to Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein offering him the chance to Direct the $60m remake of the Akira Kurosawa movie Seven Samurai. He is due to direct this in 2012.
Scott also co runs Mann Made Films, a UK production hub for genre films and is known for developing new directorial talent from the north of England. His Producer / business partner and Composer, James Edward Barker, also runs the company with him. They also co own Barker's original music and production outfit, Veneration Music, through which Barker produced Noel Clarke's 4.3.2.1 movie with Icon's chief Stewart Till. The duo also own Boys With Toys, an action label producing films by Scott and other directors including Neil Marshall.
Before making feature films Mann directed several award winning short films, including Chaingangs (2003) and Tug Of War
which starred Julie Goodyear
, Marsha Thomason
, Scott Neal
and Jo Guest
.
Mann has also directed several programmes for Granada Television
.
His first feature film, The Tournament
, an action movie released on October 20, 2009, produced by Keith Bell and written by Gary Young
, Jonathan Frank, and Nick Rowntree stars Robert Carlyle
, Ving Rhames
, Kelly Hu
, Ian Somerhalder
and Scott Adkins
.
The Tournament (film)
The Tournament is a 2009 British independent action film, marking the directorial debut of local filmmaker Scott Mann. The film was conceived by Jonathan Frank and Nick Rowntree while at the University of Teesside with Mann...
, which was an $8m movie shot in the UK and Bulgaria. The film starred Robert Carlyle and Ving Rhames and Ian Sommerhalder. The film was produced by Keith Bell.
The Weinstein Co and Entertainment released the film in the US and UK respectively and the film has now been released in most territories worldwide. The impressive action direction and use of a limited budget to make the film look more expensive that it's actual production cost earnt Mann a wealth of respect amongst Hollywood colleagues and led to Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein offering him the chance to Direct the $60m remake of the Akira Kurosawa movie Seven Samurai. He is due to direct this in 2012.
Scott also co runs Mann Made Films, a UK production hub for genre films and is known for developing new directorial talent from the north of England. His Producer / business partner and Composer, James Edward Barker, also runs the company with him. They also co own Barker's original music and production outfit, Veneration Music, through which Barker produced Noel Clarke's 4.3.2.1 movie with Icon's chief Stewart Till. The duo also own Boys With Toys, an action label producing films by Scott and other directors including Neil Marshall.
Before making feature films Mann directed several award winning short films, including Chaingangs (2003) and Tug Of War
Tug of War (film)
Tug Of War is the first film by British film director Scott Mann. The film was a co-production between Bigger Picture Productions and Shakabuku Films with the assistance of Granada Film. Completion funding was provided by the UK Film Council...
which starred Julie Goodyear
Julie Goodyear
Julie Goodyear, MBE is an English television actress and media personality, best known for playing the long-running role of pub landlady Bet Lynch on British soap opera Coronation Street.-Biography:...
, Marsha Thomason
Marsha Thomason
Marsha Lisa Thomason is an English actress, who is known in the United States for playing Nessa Holt in the first two seasons of the NBC series Las Vegas, for her recurring role on ABC's Lost as Naomi Dorrit, and for playing FBI agent Diana Berrigan on USA Network's White Collar.-Early...
, Scott Neal
Scott Neal
- Career :He entered the Anna Scher Theatre School in 1989. He debuted in The Listening on Channel Four. He has participated in other TV shows such as EastEnders, Bramwell, Prime Suspect, and London's Burning. He later became a regular appearance on the British television police drama The Bill,...
and Jo Guest
Jo Guest
Joanne Guest is an English former glamour model and media figure.- Glamour career :Born and raised in Chesterfield, north east Derbyshire, England, Guest got her start in modelling when she came across an advertisement for it while on a catering course at her local college...
.
Mann has also directed several programmes for Granada Television
Granada Television
Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....
.
His first feature film, The Tournament
The Tournament (film)
The Tournament is a 2009 British independent action film, marking the directorial debut of local filmmaker Scott Mann. The film was conceived by Jonathan Frank and Nick Rowntree while at the University of Teesside with Mann...
, an action movie released on October 20, 2009, produced by Keith Bell and written by Gary Young
Gary Young (screenwriter)
Gary Young is a UK screenwriter who is probably best known for writing Harry Brown starring Michael Caine.He has also written Madam Samurai a graphic novel series with Eagle Award-winning artist David Hitchcock.-Films:Films include:...
, Jonathan Frank, and Nick Rowntree stars Robert Carlyle
Robert Carlyle
Robert Carlyle, OBE is a Scottish film and television actor. He is known for a variety of roles including those in Trainspotting, Hamish Macbeth, The Full Monty, The World Is Not Enough, Angela's Ashes, The 51st State, and 28 Weeks Later...
, Ving Rhames
Ving Rhames
Irving Rameses "Ving" Rhames is an American actor best known for his work in Bringing Out the Dead, Pulp Fiction, Baby Boy, Don King: Only in America, and the Mission: Impossible film series.-Early life and education:...
, Kelly Hu
Kelly Hu
Kelly Ann Hu is an American actress and former fashion model. She was Miss Teen USA 1985 and Miss Hawaii USA 1993.-Early life:Hu was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the daughter of Juanita, an engineering drafter for Honolulu, and Herbert Hu, a salesman and exotic bird breeder; the two divorced during...
, Ian Somerhalder
Ian Somerhalder
Ian Joseph Somerhalder is an American model, actor and producer, best known for playing Boone Carlyle in the TV drama Lost and Damon Salvatore in the TV drama The Vampire Diaries.-Early life:...
and Scott Adkins
Scott Adkins
Scott Adkins is an English actor and martial artist who is perhaps best known for playing Yuri Boyka in Undisputed II: Last Man Standing and Undisputed III: Redemption and Bradley Hume in Holby City and Ed Russell in Mile High...
.
External links
- www.killerfilm.com Interview: Scott Mann on The Tournament