Richard Bell (director)
Richard Bell | |
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| Years active | 2000-present |
Richard Bell is the writer and director of the short feature Two Brothers and the feature Eighteen (film). The latter starred Brendan Fletcher, Carly Pope, Mark Hildreth, Thea Gill, and Alan Cumming. The film was narrated by Ian McKellen, with music composed by Bramwell Tovey and performed by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra [1]. Eighteen was released on DVD on June 27, 2006. It made its Canadian broadcast television premiere on City TV on March 1, 2008 and became available on iTunes in summer / fall of 2010.
Bell is currently adapting Joanne Proulx's novel Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet for producer Michel Shane. [2]
The project is being developed by Telefilm and Astral Media, through the Harold Greenberg Fund. [3]
In September, 2010, Bell was chosen out of 217 applicants to the Toronto International Film Festival Talent Lab. [4]
Awards
In 2007, Richard was nominated for a Genie Award for co-writing the song In a Heartbeat for his film Eighteen, with composer Bramwell Tovey. Vancouver newspaper Xtra! West awarded him the Best Visual Artist for the same film at their annual Hero Awards that year.
References
- Local Filmmaker Up For Genie
- Director beat odds to make uncoventional war movie Bruce DeMara, The Toronto Sun, Nov. 11th, 2006
- Where are all the war films? Pieta Wooley, Georgia Straight
- Bell's Eighteen with McKellen Voice-Over Gary Kramer, San Francisco Bay Times
- Tenderness Among Men Chris DeVito, Xtra! West
- Telefilm: Eighteen
- Xtra! West
- CBC Arts
- Hand Picked Film website
- Astral's The Harold Greenberg Fund Supports 27 New Projects Broadcaster Magazine, Jan. 19th, 2010
- Vancouver Celebrities July / Aug 2010 Malcolm Parry
- Working the festival Gordon Bowness / IN Toronto Magazine / September 2010
- Filmmakers gets a few pointers when heavy hitter Leno drops by Vancouver Sun, September 2010