Spencer Hawken

Spencer Hawken (born 6 May 1973) is a British director, writer, producer and film critic. His work includes Death Walks, No Reasons, and Carly & Paolo.[1]

Spencer Hawken
Spencer on the set of No Reasons
Born (1973-05-06) 6 May 1973
Essex, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
OccupationDirector, writer, producer, film critic
Years active2004–present

Career

Hawken has worked as a retailer and fashion director at Debenhams, and has appeared on TV shows such as BBC's Would Like To Meet, The Big Breakfast, RI:SE and GMTV.

In 2013 he began working on Death Walks, a zero-budget horror movie that starred Francesca Ciardi, Lucinda Rhodes and Jessie Williams.[2] He later made the film No Reasons, for which Rhodes and Williams both returned.[3]

In August 2015 Hawken's production of Road Rage was forced to change direction when its lead actor George Cole died.[4]

No Reasons is a thriller film directed by Hawken. The film stars Marc Bannerman, Lucinda Rhodes, Daniel Peacock, Roland Manookian, and Stuart Manning.[5][6][7] It marks the return of Anna Karen to feature films after an eight-year break.[8]

Since 2017 Hawken has ran The Romford Film Festival. In 2020 the festival was the first physical festival in the UK post COVID-19 outbreak. [9]

Personal life

Hawken was born in Essex, United Kingdom, and now resides in London, United Kingdom.

Filmography
  • Death Walks (2016)
  • No Reasons (2016)[5][10]
  • Carly & Paolo (2016)
  • Road Road (2016)
  • Godfathers of London (2016)[11]

References
  1. "Hawken Rhodes Confirms Next Three Movies To Be Shot in Essex". My News Desk. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. "Death Walks Wraps – Bringing A horror Legend And Children's TV Star With It". HNN. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  3. "No Reasons – A film by Spencer Hawken". Hornchuruchlife. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  4. Pocklington, Rebecca. "Legendary actor George Cole passes away at the age of 90". Mirror. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  5. "Spencer Hawken on the Sunday Lunch Show". Phoenix FM. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  6. Greene, Andy. "Death Walks, the world's first zero budget horror movie, completed" Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Famous Monsters of Filmland, 16 January 2014. Retrieved on 1 February 2016.
  7. Realm of Horror. "No Reasons Set Visit", 12 March 2014. Retrieved on 1 February 2016.
  8. Webber, Richard. "Whatever happened to Olive from On the buses", Express, 9 October 2014. Retrieved on 1 February 2016.
  9. https://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/romford-film-festival-concludes-four-days-of-film-1-6800104
  10. Anderson, by Hayley. "Havering plays the starring role in future blockbuster". Romford Recorder. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  11. "Essex lands starring role in new films". The Enquirer Newspaper. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
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