George Clarke (filmmaker) explained

George Clarke
Birth Place:Ireland
Occupation:Film director

George Clarke is a film director from Northern Ireland and the founder of Yellow Fever Productions.[1] He is known for creating low-budget horror films; his 2011 film The Last Light was filmed on a budget of £200.

Career

In October 2007 Clarke launched Yellow Fever Productions. The following year Clarke released his first film, Battle of the Bone, about a zombie attack on Belfast.[2] The movie won the Audience Choice award at the Freak Show Film Festival in Orlando, Florida.[3] Clarke released his second zombie film, The Knackery, in 2009 and in 2011, released The Last Light, which centered upon a maintenance man who must seal up a haunted abandoned old peoples home. The film's lead actor, Robert Render, won the award for Best Actor at the 2011 Freak Show Horror Film Festival.[4] Per Clarke, the film had a budget of £200.[5]

The following year Clarke released the horror-comedy film Splash Area, which was awarded Best SFX and the Jury's Choice Awards at the 2012 Freak Show Horror Film Festival.[6] Clarke followed this up with the release of the 2013 thriller film Onus and the 2015 film The Blood Harvest.

Filmography

YearFilmDirectorProducerEditorCinematographerWriterNotes
2008Battle of the Bone[7] [8] [9]
2009The KnackeryAlso known as Zombie Games: The Knackery [10] [11] [12] [13]
2011The Last Light[14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
2012Pillow TalkShort film, co-director with Anthony Boyle[19]
2012Splash Area[20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25]
2013Onus[26] [27] [28] [29] [30]
2015The Blood Harvest[31] [32] [33] [34] [35]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blast Music & Audio - Armagh Blastcast 4. 2022-02-19. BBC. en-GB.
  2. News: The zombie movie set at an Ulster flashpoint. en-GB. Belfast Telegraph. 2022-02-19. 0307-1235.
  3. News: Northern Ireland horror film firm fears worst as bank closes in. en-GB. Belfast Telegraph. 2022-02-19. 0307-1235.
  4. Web site: 2011 FREAKY Award Winners - FSHFF 2012 - Orlando, Florida. 2020-06-27. en-US.
  5. Web site: Higgins. John. 2011-11-22. George Clarke, The Last Bastion of Bad Taste. 2022-02-19. Culture Northern Ireland. en.
  6. Web site: Events Diary. IFTN.
  7. Web site: Ireland. Culture Northern. 2008-03-10. Battle of the Bone. 2022-02-19. Culture Northern Ireland. en. 20 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220220093058/https://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/film/battle-bone. dead.
  8. Web site: July 18, 2007. Belfast's Clarke produces zombie movie. 2022-02-19. Irish Examiner. en.
  9. Web site: Munching season. 2022-02-19. The Irish Times. en.
  10. Web site: 2014-11-28. Film Review: Zombie Games: The Knackery (2009). 2022-02-19. HorrorNews.net. en-US.
  11. Web site: 2010-01-29. Zombie Action On The Cheap In Ireland's THE KNACKERY. 2022-02-19. ScreenAnarchy.
  12. Web site: Ireland. Culture Northern. 2009-08-26. The Knackery. 2022-02-19. Culture Northern Ireland. en.
  13. News: Hope and gory. en-GB. Belfast Telegraph. 2022-02-19. 0307-1235.
  14. Book: Hill, John. A Companion to British and Irish Cinema. 2019-05-07. John Wiley & Sons. 978-1-118-48283-4. en.
  15. News: 2011-10-31. Belfast film-maker George Clarke premiers horror movie The Last Light. en-GB. BBC News. 2022-02-19.
  16. Web site: 2013-09-16. Eagle One Releasing The Last Light: An Irish Ghost Story in November. 2022-02-19. Dread Central. en-US.
  17. Web site: Strand . Jeff . Jeff Strand . 2011-10-10. Freak Show Film Festival Wrap-Up. 2022-02-19. Gleefully Macabre. en.
  18. News: Throwing light on an award winning Belfast film costing £200. en-GB. Belfast Telegraph. 2022-02-19. 0307-1235.
  19. Web site: Pillow Talk . Radio Times . 20 February 2022.
  20. Web site: Paranormal Pop Culture: 'Splash Area: Night of the Freaks' Coming to DVD and Digital Media. paranormalpopculture.com.
  21. Web site: 2015-02-28. Film Review: Splash Area (2012). 2022-02-19. HorrorNews.net. en-US.
  22. Web site: McCaughan. Peter. 2013-05-09. Splash Area. 2022-02-19. Culture Northern Ireland. en.
  23. Web site: 2014-01-15. Splash Area: Night of the Freaks. 2022-02-19. Horror Society. en-US.
  24. Web site: 2014-01-15. Eagle One Media Sets DVD Date for Splash Area: Night of the Freaks. 2022-02-19. Dread Central. en-US.
  25. Web site: bug. ambush. AICN HORROR Send in the Clowns: Ambush Bug checks out SPLASH AREA: NIGHT OF THE FREAKS & CLOWN HUNT!. 2022-02-19. Aint It Cool News. en.
  26. Web site: 2018-12-05. Film Review: Onus (2013). 2022-02-19. HorrorNews.net. en-US.
  27. Web site: 2016-12-01. Onus (UK DVD). 2022-02-19. Dread Central. en-US.
  28. Web site: ONUS. 2022-02-19. STARBURST Magazine. en-GB.
  29. News: Blain. Terry. Onus: An erratic tale that fails to captivate. en-GB. Belfast Telegraph. 2022-02-19. 0307-1235.
  30. Web site: 2014-04-11. We've got the scoop on making no budget films!. 2022-02-19. Belfast Film Festival. en-GB.
  31. Web site: 2017-10-29. Movie Review - Blood Harvest (2016). 2022-02-19. Flickering Myth. en-US.
  32. Web site: 2018-03-24. Film Review: The Blood Harvest (2015). 2022-02-19. HorrorNews.net. en-US.
  33. Web site: THE BLOOD HARVEST. 2022-02-19. STARBURST Magazine. en-GB.
  34. News: Writer and director George Clarke talks about the special relationships in his life. en-GB. Belfast Telegraph. 2022-02-19. 0307-1235.
  35. Web site: Miska. Brad. 2017-10-23. Trailer Debut for Northern Ireland Horror 'Blood Harvest' (Exclusive). 2022-02-19. Bloody Disgusting!. en-US.

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