Ian Cottage

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Ian Cottage is a British film director and writer.

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".

Cottage has made 21 films, 10 of which were specifically made to be broadcast on British television. In recent years, he has turned to longer dramatic forms and has written and directed three in the last three years.

Composer Roger Redgate has provided the score for many of Cottage's films, including the short film Small Gestures with Derek Jarman.

Cottage is currently (2008) shooting Row Boat, a ghost story.

[edit] Main Works

Small Gestures (1995)
Blue Scars (1995)
Mangetout (1996). Commissioned by the BBC for the 10 x 10 series.
Informer (1997). Commissioned by Channel 4 in association with Common Features.
Igloo (1998). Commissioned by the BBC/Arts Council of England for BBC 2's Sound on Film.
Sleep (1998) Commissioned by the British Film Institute and Channel 4.
The Shoe Tree (2003)
Exodus 20 (2004)
Stranger Than Kindness (2006). Filmed on location in Estonia.
Damage (2006)