Richard Parry (director)

Richard Parry is a film director[1] and writer. His documentary and feature films include South West 9 (2001),[2][3] Shooting Robert King (2008),[4] A Night in the Woods (2012),[5] and Base (2017).[6]

Parry has worked as a director, producer and cameraman in conflict zones such as in the former Yugoslavia, Chechnya, Nagorno Karabakh, Iraq, Afghanistan and covering the Great Lakes refugee crisis in Zaire.[1][6][7] He was one of the original Frontline Television News cameramen / producers.[8]

South West 9 was nominated for a BAFTA award.[9]

Films

Feature Films

Documentary Film
  • Exorcist of Woodgreen (1992)
  • Bosnian Story (1993)
  • Heartbreak Hotel (1995)
  • Generation E (1997)
  • Full Moon Party (1998)
  • City Stories (1999)
  • Gypsy Wars (2005)
  • Shooting Robert King (2008)
  • The Big Gypsy Eviction (2010)
  • Dale Farm: The Big Eviction (2011)
  • Billion Pound Base (2014)
  • Hunted (2015)
  • Unsolved (2016)
  • Miranda Barbour: Serial Killer or Liar? (2018)
  • The Jungle (2018)

Awards and nominations
  • 2001: South West 9 won "Best Music" category, British Independent Film Awards and was nominated in five other categories, including "Best British independent film" and "Douglas Hickox" for Parry's directing.[10]
  • 2002: South West 9 was nominated for "Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film in 2002", BAFTA[9]
  • 2009: Shooting Robert King won a Ron Tibbett Excellence in Filmmaking Award, Indie Memphis Film Festival, Memphis, TN[11]

References
  1. The Encyclopedia of British Film. Fourth edition. Manchester University Press, 2013. Edited by Brian McFarlane
  2. Michael Thomson, "South West Nine (2001)". BBC, 25 September 2001. Accessed 23 October 2017
  3. Rayner, Jay (30 September 2001). "Southern exposure". The Observer. London. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  4. Pulver, Andrew (21 August 2009). "Shooting Robert King". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  5. McCahill, Mike (6 September 2012). "A Night in the Woods – review". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  6. Hoad, Phil (23 October 2017). "Into the void: the fast life and shocking death of a wingsuit-flying superstar". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  7. "Resumé: Richard Parry". Richard Parry. Accessed 23 October 2017
  8. "The crazy world of the war hacks". 24 May 2010. Retrieved 2018-10-15 – via BBC News.
  9. "Film | Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film in 2002". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Accessed 23 October 2017
  10. "South West 9 (2001)". British Independent Film Awards. Accessed 23 October 2017
  11. "Jury Awards announced for 12th annual Indie Memphis Film Festival". Indie Memphis, 11 October 2009. Accessed 23 October 2017
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