Anthony Fabian
Anthony Fabian | |
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| Born | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1994–present |
Anthony Fabian is a British[1] producer and director of feature films, shorts, documentaries and classical music programmes made through his company, Elysian Films. His first feature film, Skin, has won 22 international awards. He has also worked as music supervisor on a number of feature films, including Restoration, GoldenEye, Schubert and Hilary and Jackie.
Professional life
Fabian's filmography includes profiles of performers Luciano Pavarotti, Cecilia Bartoli, Joshua Bell, Angela Gheorghiu, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Renée Fleming, Christophe Rousset, Olli Mustonen, Richard Egarr and composer John Tavener and he has made a number of promotional films for the Tourist Board of Great Britain, VisitBritain, featuring Dev Patel, Judi Dench, Twiggy, Rupert Everett, Luke Evans, Colin Montgomerie, Boris Becker, Jamie Oliver and Matt Smith. He is also the producer/director of an eight-part interview series narrated by Sue MacGregor called British Legends of Stage and Screen (2012), featuring Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom, Michael Gambon, Diana Rigg, Michael York, Glenda Jackson, the late Christopher Lee and Ian McKellen, co-produced with John Dunworth and Executive Producer Sandy Lieberson. The series was broadcast in the UK on Sky Arts HD.
Anthony Fabian completed "Louder Than Words" in 2013, an American independent feature film based on true events starring David Duchovny, Hope Davis and Timothy Hutton. It tells the poignant story of John and Brenda Fareri, grieving parents who were inspired by the unexpected death of their young daughter to build a world class children's hospital. The hospital helps the family to heal, as well as looking after thousands of sick children and their families, becoming a model for many children's hospitals thereafter. In 2014, he directed a short film with Freddie Fox and Tuan Yuan called Freeze-Frame for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and his next feature film will be an adaptation of Paul Gallico's much loved 1958 novella, Mrs Harris Goes to Paris. He is developing an ongoing television drama series called "Debs", based on "Last Curtsey" by Fiona MacCarthy, with Executive Producer Stewart Till, and a second TV series called "The Bacon", set in New York. He is also attached to direct "Dead of Winter", an American thriller based on an original script by Katherine Ruppe, and has begun work on a multi-part documentary project about South Africa's future called "Good Hope".
Personal life
Fabian was the civil partner of Christopher Hogwood. They separated shortly before Hogwood's death in 2014.[2][3]
Filmography
Films
- Freeze-Frame (2014 short film)
- Louder Than Words (2014 feature film)
- Skin (2009 feature film)
- Prick (2006 short film)
- Jean (2000 short film)
- Candy (1998 short film)
- Bach & Variations (1994 short film)
Documentaries
- British Legends of Stage and Screen (2012 eight-part series)
- Embracing the Tiger (2007)
- While The Music Lasts (2004)
- Harmony in Hanoi (2003)
- Richard Egarr: Brandenburg Concertos (2003)
- Township Opera (2000)
- Total Eclipse (2000)
- Renee Fleming The Beautiful Voice (1999)
- Angela Gheorghiu My World (1999)
- Il Turco in Italia (1999)
- La Dansa (1998)
- Pavarotti's Greatest Hits (1998)
- Christophe Rousset: Scarlatti, Rameau, Marin–Marais (1998)
- Cecilia Bartoli: Chant d’Amour (1998)
- Angela Gheorghiu: ‘Ebben?’ from La Wally (1997)
- Jean-Yves Thibaudet: Debussy Préludes (1996)
- Joshua Bell: Tambourin chinois (1996)
- Olli Mustonen: Visions fugitives (1995)
References
- ^ Sound On Sight 3 November 2009: Interview with Director Anthony Fabian Retrieved 2011-10-09
- ^ "Obituary: Christopher Hogwood CBE, conductor". The Scotsman. September 27, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
- ^ "Christopher Hogwood - obituary". The Telegraph. London. September 25, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2014.