Pete Travis
{{short description|British film director}}
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| birth_place = Salford, Greater Manchester, England
| occupation = Television, film director
| years_active = 1996–present
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Pete Travis is a British television and film director. His work includes Cold Feet (1999), The Jury (2002) and Omagh (2004) for television and Vantage Point (2008), Endgame (2009), Dredd (2012) and City of Tiny Lights (2016) for cinema.
Career
Before becoming a director, Pete Travis was a social worker. After taking a post-graduate course in film-making he bought the film rights to Nick Hornby's Faith for £12,000. A producer invested the same amount in the film and Faith premiered at the London Film Festival on 11 November 1997. Comparing Faith to other unsuccessful football films, Travis told The Guardian, "I think the secret of making a good football film is not to have any football in it [...] Football is so much about the passion of its supporters, and you cannot portray that by showing 11 guys running around. Faith is more about the spirit of football than the sport.Lee, Veronica (1 November 1996). "Why sport fails its screen test". The Guardian (Guardian Newspapers): p. 64.
Travis became interested in film-making late in life, inspired by Alan Clarke, Costa Gavras and Frank Capra.Carnevale, Rob (5 March 2008). "[http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Film-Review/vantage-point-pete-travis-interview Vantage Point – Pete Travis interview]". IndieLondon. Retrieved on 5 March 2008.Frosty (5 February 2009). "[https://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp?aid=10791&tcid=1 Director Pete Travis Exclusive Video Interview Endgame]". Collider.com. Retrieved on 20 April 2009. His second short, an adaptation of Anne Fine's Bill's New Frock (1998), won the ScreenScene Award for Best Short Film or Video at the 1998 Atlantic Film Festival.Swedko, Pamela (5 October 1998). "[http://www.playbackonline.ca/articles/magazine/19981005/23307.html Extraordinary Visitor takes Atlantic fest]". Playback (Brunico Communications). Faith lead to direction work on the ITV series The Bill, Cold Feet and The Jury.
In 2003, Paul Greengrass sent Travis the script to Omagh—a dramatisation of the Omagh bombing that he co-wrote with Guy Hibbert—after seeing his work on The Jury and Henry VIII. The Channel 4/RTÉ television film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2004, where it won the Discovery Award.Staff (24 September 2004). "[https://web.archive.org/web/20071108071726/http://www.northernirelandscreen.co.uk/newspage.asp?id=100&storyID=256 Omagh Film Wins Festival Honour]". Northern Ireland Screen. Retrieved on 2 March 2008. The next year it won the British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama, which Travis shared with the producers."[http://bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=2004 Television Nominations 2004]". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved on 2 March 2008. He was also nominated for the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Film Director."[http://www.ifta.ie/awards/winnersdocs/IFTA2004_winners.pdf The Irish Film & Television Awards 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119091228/http://www.ifta.ie/awards/winnersdocs/IFTA2004_winners.pdf |date=19 November 2007 }}" (.pdf). Irish Film and Television Academy. Retrieved on 2 March 2008.
His first studio film, Vantage Point, opened in the United States in February 2008 to the number one box office spot.Reynolds, Simon (25 February 2008). "[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a90171/vantage-point-leads-us-box-office.html 'Vantage Point' leads US box office]". Digital Spy. Retrieved on 2 March 2008. Another film, Endgame, about the end of apartheid in South Africa, had its world premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.McCarthy, Todd (4 December 2008). "[https://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&jump=story&id=2470&articleid=VR1117996817&cs=1 More star power at Sundance]". Variety (Reed Business Information). In June 2009, he signed on to direct Come Like Shadows, a reworking of Shakespeare's Macbeth.Kilday, Gregg (22 June 2009). "[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i4bd3d37ca0da05dcd366f8ed1eb1ee22 Modern Macbeth lands director]". The Hollywood Reporter (Nielsen Business Media). The following year he signed on to direct Dredd, a film adaptation of the Judge Dredd comics character.Moody, Mike (14 May 2010). "[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a219953/judge-dredd-to-film-this-fall.html 'Judge Dredd' to film this fall]". Digital Spy. Retrieved on 18 May 2010. Travis never completed the film, and star Karl Urban attributes writer Alex Garland as the film's actual director.{{Cite web|date=2018-03-07|title=Alex Garland Actually Directed Dredd, Says Karl Urban|url=https://collider.com/alex-garland-directed-dredd-says-karl-urban/|access-date=2021-04-18|website=Collider|language=en-US}}
Filmography
=Film=
=Director=
- Vantage Point (2008)
- Dredd (2012)
- City of Tiny Lights (2016)
=Writer=
- The Gunman (2015)
=Short film=
- Faith (1996)
- Bill's New Frock (1998)
=Television=
=TV movies=
Awards
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| Year
! Award ! Category ! Title ! Result |
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| 2004
| Toronto International Film Festival | Discovery Award |rowspan=4| Omagh | {{Won}} |
| rowspan=3| 2005
| British Academy Television Award | Best Single Drama | {{Won}} |
| Irish Film and Television Award
| Best Film Director | {{Nominated}} |
| Director's Guild of Great Britain Awards
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television Movie/Miniseries | {{Nominated}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0871428}}
- [http://www.reviewgraveyard.com/00_interviews/08-07-28_pete-travis.htm Interview about Vantage Point] at Reviewgraveyard.com
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Category:BAFTA winners (people)
Category:English film directors