Ian Cottage

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Ian Cottage is a British film director.

His works include:

• Small Gestures (1995)

Experimental documentary.

First Screening: London International Film Festival, 1994.

• Blue Scars (1995)

Commissioned by the South Bank International Poetry Festival.

First Screening: Purcell Room, The South Bank Centre, 1995.

• Mangetout (1996)

Commissioned by the BBC for the 10 x 10 series.

First Screening: London International Film Festival.

• Informer (1997)

Commissioned by Channel 4 in association with Common Features. First Screening: Channel 4, 1998.

Music: Roger Redgate.

• Igloo (1998)

Commissioned by the BBC/Arts Council of England for BBC 2's Sound on Film.

First Screening: The Scientific Society Lecture Theatre, London 1999.

Music: Roger Redgate.

• Sleep (1998)

Commissioned by the British Film Institute and Channel 4. First Screening: Channel 4, 1988.

Music: Roger Redgate.

• The Shoe Tree (2003)

• Exodus 20 (2004)

• Stranger Than Kindness (2006)

Filmed on location in Estonia.

Running Time: 71 mins

Producer: Ian Cottage, Fiona Lockwood

Associate producer: Pille Runk

Editor: Tambet Tuisk

Screenwriter: Ian Cottage

Director of Photography: Rein Kotov

Sound: Ivo Felt

Music: Kit Haigh

Principal Cast: Simon Rutter, Toomas Pruunsild, Tanel Tommingas, Rebecca Hayman, Jemma Turnball, Kate Heal

• Damage (2006)

The British Film Institute has described Ian Cottage as one of the top six new directors in the UK. Ewen Bremner (Julien Donkey Boy, Trainspotting) described Sleep as: "a big, searching serious film, which in my opinion breaks out of the genre and shows us where the new filmmakers are leading".

[edit] External link

• Ian Cottage at the Internet Movie Database