Richard Loncraine Biography

Fast Facts

• Received a British Academy Award for Best Director for the film "Blade on the Feather․"
• At the 46th Berlin International Film Festival, he presented with the Silver Bear Award for Best Director for the film "Richard III․"
• His 1995 version of "Richard III" received several BAFTA and Oscar nominations despite audience's mixed response
• In 1978, he won the Grand Prize at the Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival for his work on "The Haunting of Julia․"
• Won the Grand Prix des Amériques award at the 1982 Montréal World Film Festival
• Studied filmmaking at the Royal College of Art Film School
• Before becoming interested in film, he studied sculpture at the Central School of Art
• Is widely regarded for his frequent creations of historical films
• He worked for the BBC for three years before getting into making commercials
• Has staged multiple exhibitions of his sculptures at the Insitute of Contemporary Art
• As a trained and talented sculptor, he created the first chrome Newton's cradle
• Director John Schlesinger asked him to design toys for a character in the film "Sunday, Bloody Sunday," and Loncraine convinced him to hire him as an actor, which proved to be an important career move
• Was originally set to direct "Enemy Mine" before deciding to drop out of the project