Hugo Blick

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| name = Hugo Blick

| image = Producer Hugo Blick accepts the Peabody for The Honourable Woman.jpg

| alt = Hugo Blick at the 74th Peabody Awards

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| birth_name = Hugo Edgar Maxwell Blick

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1964|12|7}}

| birth_place = Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England

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| nationality = British

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| years_active = 1988–present

| occupation = {{hlist|Film director|film producer|screenwriter|actor}}

| known_for = The Shadow Line
The Honourable Woman
Black Earth Rising

}}

Hugo Edgar Maxwell Blick (born 7 December 1964) is a British filmmaker and actor.{{cite web |last1=Blick |first1=Hugo |title=Q&A with Hugo Blick, Writer, Producer and Director of The Honourable Woman |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/entries/cc86b976-3937-3b4e-accb-dce2e7f2e77b |website=BBC |accessdate=21 August 2015 |location=Writers Room Blog |date=3 July 2014 |quote=This is an extract from a Q&A by Hugo Blick for the MIPTV event in Cannes in April 2014}}{{cite web|last1=Jeffery|first1=Morgan|title=From Batman to The Shadow Line: Hugo Blick's amazing career|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/feature/a581899/from-batman-to-the-shadow-line-hugo-blicks-amazing-career.html#~oJclTeyAhJm09k |website=Digital Spy|accessdate=6 July 2014|date=3 July 2014}}{{cite web|title=Hugo Blick: Television Mini Masterclass|url=http://guru.bafta.org/hugo-blick-television-mini-masterclass|website=BAFTA|accessdate=6 July 2014|date=12 May 2012}} He has his own production company, called Eight Rooks.[http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/eight-rooks Companies in the UK: Eight Rooks Limited] Linked 2014-07-09

Early life

Hugo Blick studied in Cardiff at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.{{cite news|title=Advice From Actor-Turned-Writer Alumni|url=http://blog.rwcmd.ac.uk/2015/05/21/advice-from-actor-turned-writer-alumni/|accessdate=2 October 2015|publisher= Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama|date=21 May 2015}}

Career

He has acted in several films, including appearing as a young Jack Napier, the character who would ultimately become The Joker, in Tim Burton's Batman. He delivers the famous line "Have you ever danced with the devil by the pale moon light?" after having killed the young Bruce Wayne's parents.{{cite news|title=In pictures: Hugo Blick|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/gallery/2008/aug/28/television|accessdate=6 July 2014|work=The Guardian|date=28 August 2008}}

He also co-wrote along with Simon Petter the TV series The Last Word Monologues, a series of three shorts featuring Sheila Hancock, Rhys Ifans and Bob Hoskins. He has also had producer credits on several works including Roger & Val Have Just Got In starring Dawn French and Alfred Molina.

As a writer he co-created, produced and co-directed along with Simon Petter the TV comedies Marion and Geoff with Rob Brydon, Operation Good Guys in which he also appeared as 'Smiler' McCarthy and wrote and created the noir thriller The Shadow Line (2011) for the BBC, which starred Chiwetel Ejiofor and Christopher Eccleston.{{cite news|last1=Raphael|first1=Amy|title=The Shadow Line: Don't mention The Wire|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/may/03/the-shadow-line-hugo-blick|accessdate=6 July 2014|work=The Guardian|date=3 May 2011}}{{cite news|last1=Morgan|first1=Eleanor|title=Hugo Blick on how he wrote The Shadow Line|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/may/14/hugo-blick-shadow-line|accessdate=6 July 2014|work=The Guardian|date=13 May 2011}}

In 2014, Hugo Blick wrote and directed the BBC drama series The Honourable Woman, which won a Peabody Award and Golden Globe Award.{{cite web |url=https://tvline.com/2015/01/11/golden-globe-winners-2015-golden-globes-awards-winner-list/ |title=Golden Globes 2015: Gina Rodriguez, Transparent, The Affair Win Big |publisher=TVLine |first=Andy |last=Swift |date=11 January 2015 |accessdate=2 November 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/the-honorable-woman|title=The Honourable Woman, 74th Annual Peabody Award Winners |publisher=The Peabody Awards |first=Noel |last=Holston |date=16 April 2015 |accessdate=2 November 2015}} In 2017, it was announced that Blick would write and direct Black Earth Rising for BBC Two and Netflix.{{cite magazine|first=Scott|last=Roxburgh|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflix-boards-bbc-drama-troy-night-manager-writer-981895|title=Netflix Boards BBC Drama 'Troy' From 'Night Manager' Writer|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=March 1, 2017|accessdate=March 2, 2017}}{{Cite news|first1=Georg|last1=Szalai|first2=Alex|last2=Ritman|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/uk-camera-operator-dies-filming-stunt-scene-bbc-netflix-drama-1060180|title=U.K. Camera Operator Dies Filming Stunt Scene for BBC, Netflix Drama|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 20, 2017|access-date=November 20, 2017|language=en}} In 2021, it was announced that Blick would direct The English, a western with Emily Blunt, which he also wrote, for BBC Two and Amazon Prime Video. The series debuted on 10 November 2022, on BBC Two.{{Cite web |title=The English: Release date, cast and latest news for Emily Blunt BBC drama |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/the-english-emily-blunt-release-date/ |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=Radio Times |language=en}}