Autobiography Archive

  • Director TERENCE DAVIES places Liverpool, the city of his youth, at the heart of much of his work, from his powerful Trilogy through his debut feature Distant Voices, Still Lives to the Palme d’Or-nominated The Long Day Closes. Since adapting Edith Wharton’s The House Of Mirth for the big screen, he’s been away from the director’s chair for eight years. Now he’s back in the spotlight with Of Time And The City, a visual ode...

    Terence Davies (director) – Of Time and the City

    Director TERENCE DAVIES places Liverpool, the city of his youth, at the heart of much of his work, from his powerful Trilogy through his debut feature Distant Voices, Still Lives to the Palme d’Or-nominated The Long Day Closes. Since adapting Edith Wharton’s The House Of Mirth for the big screen, he’s been away from the director’s chair for eight years. Now he’s back in the spotlight with Of Time And The City, a visual ode...

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  • Danish director LONE SCHERFIG (Italian for Beginners) chats about the attraction of Lynn Barber’s memoirs and recreating the early 60s in her latest film, An Education. While actor MATTHEW BEARD (And When Did You Last See Your Father?) talks about northern acting heroes and his own education. MMM: What was it about Lynn Barber’s memoirs that you found so irresistible? Scherfig: I loved the tone, and the period, and the characters – they’re all very...

    Lone Scherfig (director) & Matthew Beard (actor) – An Education

    Danish director LONE SCHERFIG (Italian for Beginners) chats about the attraction of Lynn Barber’s memoirs and recreating the early 60s in her latest film, An Education. While actor MATTHEW BEARD (And When Did You Last See Your Father?) talks about northern acting heroes and his own education. MMM: What was it about Lynn Barber’s memoirs that you found so irresistible? Scherfig: I loved the tone, and the period, and the characters – they’re all very...

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  • DOMINIC COOPER (Mamma Mia!), star of An Education, chats about the appeal of Nick Hornby’s writing, 1960s music, and teenage rebellion. MMM: Why did Lynn Barber’s memoirs prove irresistible? Cooper: I found out about it quite late on, although I was very attracted to it immediately because I knew that it was Nick Hornby’s original screenplay. I grew up with his books, loving his books. I knew nothing about Lynn Barber’s memoirs at all, but...

    Dominic Cooper (actor) – An Education

    DOMINIC COOPER (Mamma Mia!), star of An Education, chats about the appeal of Nick Hornby’s writing, 1960s music, and teenage rebellion. MMM: Why did Lynn Barber’s memoirs prove irresistible? Cooper: I found out about it quite late on, although I was very attracted to it immediately because I knew that it was Nick Hornby’s original screenplay. I grew up with his books, loving his books. I knew nothing about Lynn Barber’s memoirs at all, but...

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  • British actress CAREY MULLIGAN (And When Did You Last See Your Father?, Pride & Prejudice) talks about drama school auditions, teenage rebellion, and how she’s coping with life in the limelight after her first starring role in An Education. MMM: You were 22 when you made the film, so how did you find getting back into the mindset of a 16-year-old? Mulligan: I’ve always played younger parts. When I was 19, I played a 14-year-old....

    Carey Mulligan (actress) – An Education

    British actress CAREY MULLIGAN (And When Did You Last See Your Father?, Pride & Prejudice) talks about drama school auditions, teenage rebellion, and how she’s coping with life in the limelight after her first starring role in An Education. MMM: You were 22 when you made the film, so how did you find getting back into the mindset of a 16-year-old? Mulligan: I’ve always played younger parts. When I was 19, I played a 14-year-old....

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  • From English student, to English teacher, to English set text. Film journalist Jan Gilbert finds out what’s next for author NICK HORNBY. When Cambridge University graduate Nick Hornby taught English at the city’s Parkside Community College, he had no idea that one day pupils would be studying his novels. It all started in 1992 with Hornby’s autobiographical tale Fever Pitch, a story of football fandom. For his latest film, An Education, Hornby has adapted another...

    Nick Hornby (writer) – An Education

    From English student, to English teacher, to English set text. Film journalist Jan Gilbert finds out what’s next for author NICK HORNBY. When Cambridge University graduate Nick Hornby taught English at the city’s Parkside Community College, he had no idea that one day pupils would be studying his novels. It all started in 1992 with Hornby’s autobiographical tale Fever Pitch, a story of football fandom. For his latest film, An Education, Hornby has adapted another...

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