Rupert Clague

Rupert Clague (born 1990) is a Canadian-British filmmaker and writer.

Rupert Clague
Rupert Clague filming in the Amazon jungle
Born (1990-10-23) 23 October 1990
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
OccupationDirector, Writer
Websiterupertclague.com

Born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, he grew up in Dundas, Ontario before moving to the Isle of Man, attending King William's College. He taught English in Paris and Nice, France, before going on to study English literature at King's College London and at the University of California, Berkeley. Upon graduating, he began to work for the BBC.

Clague currently lives in London, England.

Career

Film work

Clague has worked on films and documentaries all over the world, including The World According to Jeff Goldblum for Disney+, The Culture Show and The Secret Life of Books for the BBC, Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father[1] and Sunderland 'Til I Die for Netflix. He also runs his own production company, Handsome Beast.

In May 2018, he joined Director Werner Herzog in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest for a filmmaking expedition with Black Factory Cinema. Under Herzog's guidance, Rupert produced, directed, shot, and edited Jacob's Ladder while in the jungle.[2]

In November 2018, with support from Shure, Rupert directed Sounds of the Sunset with adventurer Leon McCarron, a film about the Sunset Limited train that runs from New Orleans, Louisiana to Los Angeles, California in the United States.[3]

In April 2020, he launched Tell Me in collaboration with a group of international filmmakers. Setting up a series of phone voicemail boxes around the world, the collective encouraged people to call and leave messages with thoughts they were having during the COVID-19 pandemic. These calls will be brought together as a documentary film to create a unique portrait of humanity in isolation.[4]

In June 2020, Clague co-wrote and co-directed Pawsea (or: The Melancholy Ruminations of a Solitary French Bulldog) with Tom Gentle, an adaptation of Jean Paul Sartre's La Nausée (Nausea) from the perspective of a dog. The film is set to premiere at Flickerfest in 2021.[5] Clague previously collaborated with Gentle on an adaptation of Canadian author Alistair MacLeod's In The Fall from Island: The Collected Stories.[6][7][8]

Writing

He is the author of 'For a single moment my voice is everything: David Berman's Actual Air and the experience of time stopping', a long form essay exploring the poetry of Silver Jews founder and poet David Berman. All proceeds were donated to MusiCares.[9]

His work has also appeared in No Film School and The Guardian.[10]

References
  1. "Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father (TV Series 2017– )". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  2. "Filmando en Perú con Werner Herzog – 5º taller práctico de autores en las selvas del amazonas peruano". blackfactorycinema.com. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  3. https://adventure.com/sunset-limited-usa-train-travel/
  4. https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/etcetera/film/rupert-clague-s-tell-me-documentary-asks-us-to-leave-anonymous-voicemail-1-6615737
  5. https://flickerfest.com.au/film/pawsea-or-the-melancholy-ruminations-of-a-solitary-french-bulldog/
  6. "Rupert looks for funds to make movie | News | Isle of Man". iomtoday.co.im. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  7. "Alistair MacLeod short story to be filmed in Scotland | CBC News". cbc.ca. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  8. "Glasgow-based filmmakers wrap shooting in Hoy - The Orcadian Online". orcadian.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  9. https://gumroad.com/areyoupert#BYiBv
  10. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jul/03/wanted-dead-or-archive-how-film-makers-repurpose-old-footage
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