Marcel Grant

Marcel Grant

Marcel Grant on set
Born 19 July 1961
London, UK
Residence London
Nationality British
Occupation Film director, screenwriter, film producer
Years active 2000–present

Marcel Grant (born 19 July 1961) is a filmmaker based in London. He established the independent film production company, Dancing Brave Pictures, in 2004. He has written and directed three feature films Open My Eyes, Just Inès and Coffee Sex You, as well as mid-length film What's Your Name 41?

Early life

Grant was born in London on 19 July 1961. He was a boarder at Reed's School in Cobham, Surrey. Upon leaving, he then had various successful ventures as a performer in the music industry and running a London nightclub where he was strongly involved in the New Romantic scene of the 1980s. Later, he moved into property development.

Film career

Grant first entered the film industry by co-founding the production company Pagoda in the late 1990s. Here, he found critical and commercial success with the 2000 film Gangster No. 1 starring Paul Bettany and Malcolm McDowell. He then established the independent production company, Shipwreck Film, under the title of which he made five short films: Shoot All The People; A Deal Is A Deal; Burning City; Mr Know-It-All; and I Own You. The final film he directed with Shipwreck was What’s Your Name 41? in 2005.[1] A featurette, What's Your Name 41? stars Con O'Neill as a renowned contemporary artist and Ann Mitchell as his art dealer. The film was shown at various festivals in the UK and abroad, including the Berlin International Directors Lounge, Cannes Short Film Corner and the California Independent Film Festival.

Shipwreck Film then became Dancing Brave Pictures, the company with which Grant has written, directed and produced three feature films: Just Inès, Coffee Sex You and Open My Eyes.

Just Inès stars the French actress Caroline Ducey, famed for her portrayal of a sexually frustrated teacher in Catherine Breillat's controversial 1999 film Romance. Co-starring with Caroline is Daniel Weyman, currently in ITV's Foyle's War. Just Inès had its world premiere at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival in 2010[2] was then screened at the Cairo International Film Festival[3] and FEST in Belgrade, Serbia.[4]

Open My Eyes began shooting in February 2012 at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland starring Oliver Tobias and Alissa Jung. The film is now complete and due for release in 2014.

Grant recently directed the Electric Cinema's How To Behave, a short film that plays before every feature screening at the Electric Cinema on Portobello Road. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Natalie Dormer, Michael McIntyre, Nigella Lawson, James Corden, Rafe Spall, Emilia Fox, amongst others.

Directing Credits

Screenwriting Credits

Producing Credits

References

  1. ↑ "Marcel Grant Starts Shooting Third Feature Just Inès".
  2. ↑ "Rheinpfalz Marcel Grant Article in German".
  3. ↑ "Marcel Grant Interview with Rooms Magazine".
  4. ↑ "Marcel Grant Interview with Fest.rs".

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