Antony Hickling Explained

Antony Hickling
Birth Date:8 November 1975
Birth Place:Johannesbourg, South Africa
Nationality:British French
Occupation:Actor, director, writer
Alma Mater:Arden School of Theatre, Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis

Antony Hickling (born 8 November 1975) is an English independent film maker, actor, writer and voiceover actor.

Biography

Antony Hickling was born in South Africa, Johannesburg the son of an Indian father and English mother. At a young age he returned to the United Kingdom and the family settled in Greater Manchester where he trained as an actor at Manchester University (The Arden School of Theatre).

After working in the theatre in London for several years, he moved to Paris to study at the Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis.After obtaining his Master of Arts, he left his doctorate in Performing arts, unfinished to pursue a career in cinema.[1]

In 2012, he trained as a director at the European Center for Film Production (CEFPF) in Paris under the direction of the Belgian director Harry Cleven. He went on to direct films related to his research on Queer and his films have been screened at LGBTQ film festivals worldwide.[2] [3] He continues to work as an actor and has lent his voice to many characters in animation for cinema, documentaries, video games and for major advertising brands around the world. He has worked as professor of stage & screen at the Cours Florent school in Paris since 2022.

He became a French citizen in 2018.

Films

The early films of Hickling[4] are characterized by his underground film style and are rich in religious symbolism, metaphors and explicit sexual depictions. The Trilogy of films : Little Gay Boy, Where Horses Go To Die and Frig marks the end of what Hickling has called the first chapter. Both Frig and Little Gay Boy were forbidden in France for under - 18s by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, usually reserved for movies containing simulated sex or extreme violence.

In 2017, he founded the production company H&A Films, and with Down in Paris, he moves towards a more traditional narrative style. The film illustrates the beginning of a new phase in the director's work. His next film, An Afternoon with Patrick Sarfati, is an intimate documentary portrait of the French photographer.

Filmography

Actor

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999Love in the 21st Century with Colin Farrell [6] Kevin (Episode 6)TV series
2000Where the Heart IsIndian Waiter TV series (1 episode)
2006The RomanticsThe witness TV series
2006Boom Boom ClapStuartShort film
2007Give & TakeDannyShort film
20088th WonderlandDanyFilm
2010Douglas Film
2010All Hallows'eenHugh Travers Short film
2012WorseThe man Short film
2014Love in Paris (Saison 6 des Mystères de l'amour) Neurologue French TV series
2014 The sky above Bastille (Le ciel au-dessus de Bastille) Derek AngerExperimental Film
2016 Eric et Quentin The AmericanFrench TV Canal+
2021The Butcher’s DaughterSid KharishFilm
2021The Biggest FanTony WilliamsFilm
2021Down in ParisRichard BarlowFilm
2021Black Box (2021 film)Collaborater Film
2022Lupin (French TV series)Max Moller Serie Netflix
2023Hard SkillsGregFilm

Theatre

YearTitleRoleTheatreDirector
1995Miss Julie with Amanda DonohoePeasantRoyal Exchange Manchester
1999SkinChrisManchesterHelen Parry
1999The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me [7] MonkeyPolka TheatreRoman Stefanski
2000A different placeAbleEnglish Touring TheatreErica Whyman
2000The Winter's Tale [8] FlorizelErica Whyman
2001Unsuitable girlsAshokKully Thiarai
2001Death of a Salesman with Joseph Marcell [9] BernardKully Thiarai
2002Dolly West's KitchenJamie O'BrienPaul Kerryson
2003A man astrayDouglas Soho TheatreErica Whyman
2004La question aux pieds nusLuiJacques Clancy
2009The Dumb WaiterBenMonfort-ThéâtreLucille O'Flanagan
2009Romeo and JulietRomeoMonfort-ThéâtreDaniel Soulier

Voice Over & Dubbing

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011The LadyBBC JournalistFilm
2012My Way (2012 film)Post production Voice OverFilm
2014RapaceJournalistFrench TV Film
2014Misunderstood (2014 film)Ricky Film
2015The Parisian Bitch, Princess of HeartsWilliamFilm
2018Kursk (film)Post production voicesFilm
2018FrigNarrator Film

Video Games

Film Festival Focus, Jury & Conference

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Contemporary Queer : La "Queer Theory" dans le domaine des arts de la scène . 2010 . Paris 8 . Hickling . Antony .
  2. Web site: Antony Hickling . Uni France.
  3. Web site: catalogue.bnf . BNF.
  4. Web site: Antony Hickling. .
  5. https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=1000008696.html
  6. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0197170/
  7. https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/London/Polka-Theatre-for-Children/Kids/The-Giraffe-and-the-Pelly-and-Me/L310558596/
  8. https://www.cix.co.uk/~shutters/reviews/00056.htm
  9. https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/Play/Death-of-a-Salesman/S2975/
  10. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30507681/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
  11. Web site: IMDB Heavy Rain . .
  12. Web site: JURY 2012 . cheries-cheris.
  13. Web site: Antony Hickling – One Deep Breath #TGLFF30 . Fred fm. 8 May 2015 .
  14. News: Timişoara şi Clujul, gazdele unor festivaluri internaţionale . Cotidianul.
  15. Web site: Rencontre avec Randal Kleiser & table ronde sur la place du cinéma LGBT aujourd'hui . champselyseesfilmfestival.
  16. News: Gender Festival, al Cineporto Antony Hickling . Barilive.
  17. News: Il Bari International Gender Film Festival torna a Bari con un prezioso focus su Antony Hickling al Cineport 8 giugno 2018 . Bari Today.
  18. Web site: Antony Hickling: "Naissance d´une trilogie queer" . You tube.
  19. Web site: AUTOBIOGRAFSKI FILMOVI ANTONYJA HICKLINGA . Jutarnji. 24 January 2019 .
  20. News: Dva iznimna filmska ostvarenja na programu siječanjskog izdanja Queer MoMenti u kinu Europa . metro-portal.
  21. Web site: Jury . sadique-master . 20 January 2019 . 22 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190622095134/http://www.sadique-master.com/jury-4/ . dead .
  22. News: Pessôa . Júlia . Artista queer comenta trilogia em cartaz em JF . Tribuna de Minas . 13 August 2019.
  23. Web site: Down in Paris (2021) . .
  24. Web site: Down in Paris (2021) - Awards - IMDb . .
  25. Web site: Winning films of ReelOut: The 23rd Reeout Queer Film Festival. 16 February 2022.
  26. News: Dos mujeres ganan los principales premios del Zinegoak por vez primera . Elpais.