2013 Entries Open 1st January 2013
Judges & VIPs |
The judges and VIPs of the 2012 festival. |
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Terry Notary The world renowned stunt choreographer and movement coach who has worked on some of the biggest films including Avatar, X-Men, Superman Returns, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and The Hobbit was our first celebrity judge. |
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Jason Flemyng Starring in films such as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Clash of the Titans, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and X-men: First Class, as well as on TV in Primeval, Jason was our second celebrity judge. |
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Barry Norman One of the most famous film critics, Barry gave a talk on his favourite films as well as sharing anecdotes from his long and acclaimed career. |
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Jim Loach His directorial debut, Oranges and Sunshine has won him acclaim as well as working on some of the biggest television shows in Britain, Jim pledged his support to the festival and was a celebrity judge. |
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Pauline Quirke Founder of the Pauline Quirke Academies, Pauline has appeared in numerous film and television productions, notably Birds of a Feather, Skins, Emmerdale as well as the classic The Elephant Man. Pauline was one of our judges. |
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Brian Berdan Brian has been working as an editor for over twenty years, with several big projects to his name including Natural Born Killers, Grosse Point Blank, Crank and most recently Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengence. Brian was one of our judges, and judged the Best Editing award. |
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Wendy Schaal Wendy has been an actress for over forty years and has appeared in Little House on the Prairie, Happy Days and films like Innerspace, The Burbs and Small Soldiers. She can currently be seen in American Dad! as Francine Smith. Wendy was one of our judges. |
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Harry Gregson-Williams British born Harry has been composing scores for films for over twenty years and has worked on films including Chicken Run, Shrek, Veronica Guerin, Team America and the upcoming Total Recall re-boot. Harry was one of our judges. |
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Kierston Wareing Kierston, who comes from Leigh-On-Sea, has worked in both TV and film having appeared in Wire In The Blood, Scott & Bailey, Luther, Fish Tank and Rise of the Footsoldier. Kierston was one of our judges. |
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Ray Stevenson Having appeared in numerous TV shows like Holby City, The Bill and Waking The Dead, Ray has now moved into film and has starred in many a Hollywood film including The Book of Eli, The Other Guys, Thor and the upcoming G.I. Joe: Retaliation. Ray was one of our judges. |
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Steven Yuen Steven was born in Korea before his parents moved to Canada and then the United States. He found his love of acting at a young age and has appeared in TV series like 'The Big Bang Theory' and can currently be seen playing Glenn in 'The Walking Dead'. Steven judged for us. |
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Gary Shaw Gary has worked on numerous films as both Director of Photography (Moon) and Motion Control Camera operator (Sleepy Hollow, Harry Potter). Gary judged for us. |
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Vic Gray Vic has been actively involved in the Arts in the borough of Thurrock for more than 40 years. He regularly performs and directs in not only adult theatre groups but runs the Thurrock Youth Theatre as well. Vic is also a long time member of the Thurrock Arts Council and judged the Animated category. |
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Pat Higgins Dubbed one of "the most promising British horror directors" by Fangoria and "the Tarantino of low budget gore flicks" by SFX, local feature film writer and director Pat Higgins judged the fiction category. |