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Tim Plester

January 01, 1970

Timothy Marc Plester (born 10 September 1970) is a British actor, playwright, and filmmaker, best known for the documentaries Way of the Morris and The Ballad of Shirley Collins - plus a multifarious number of cameo roles for film and TV.

Tim Plester
Plester in 2021
Born
Timothy Marc Plester

(1970-09-10) 10 September 1970 (age 53)
Oxfordshire, England
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Actor, playwright, filmmaker

Early life and education edit

Born and raised in Banbury, Oxfordshire, Plester graduated from Dartington College of Arts in Devon, with a BA in Theatre, and went on to obtain an MA (Hons) in playwriting studies from Birmingham University.

Career edit

Plester's award-winning documentary Way of the Morris [1] premiered at SXSW 2011[2] and received a limited theatrical release in UK cinemas before being released on DVD. Co-directed with Rob Curry and produced independently by Fifth Column Films,[3] the feature-length documentary includes contributions from Billy Bragg, Fairport Convention's Chris Leslie and members of The Adderbury Village Morris Men. It was selected by the UK Film Focus as one of the "Breakthrough" British films of 2011. Plester and Curry are also responsible for the short field-recorded documentary Here We’m Be Together (which premiered at the 2014 BFI London Film Festival). The Ballad of Shirley Collins, the duo's feature-length film about the iconic English folk-singer Shirley Collins, premiered at the 2017 BFI London Film Festival). Partly funded by a successful kickstarter campaign, the film also screened at the Rotterdam international film festival and CPH:DOX in Denmark. Southern Journey (Revisited), Plester and Curry's third feature-length documentary together, premiered at Sheffield Doc/Fest in 2020 and was screened on Sky Arts in the autumn of 2021. Other work together includes Hillbilly Homilies, a profile piece on the Appalachain poet Maurice Manning, and The Battle Of Denham Ford, which won a Special Mention in the UK Competition at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2021. The directing duo are currently working with the illustrator and land-rights campaigner Nick Hayes on an adaptation of his best-selling book, 'The Book of Trespass'.

 
1-2-3-4 Plays, published in 2020 (cover design by Holly Wales)

Plester's writing credits for film include Ant Muzak (2002), a short film directed by Ben Gregor and starring Nick Moran and Mackenzie Crook. It was the winner of an Audience Award at the 2003 Sydney Film Festival and was nominated for 'Best UK Short' at the 2003 Soho Rushes Festival and the 2002 Raindance Film Festival. He also wrote and created Blake's Junction 7 (2004) - again directed by Ben Gregor and starring Johnny Vegas, Mackenzie Crook, Mark Heap, Raquel Cassidy and Martin Freeman – which premiered at the 2004 Edinburgh Film Festival. Both films became cult hits and were released on DVD in 2008, along with a third film entitled World of Wrestling (2007). Again created and written by Plester and directed by Gregor, the film stars Mackenzie Crook, Kevin Eldon, Patrick Baladi, Miranda Hart and Kris Marshall. In 2007, Plester also completed work on an offbeat romantic comedy entitled English Language (With English Subtitles) - which marked his directorial debut. The short, in which Plester also starred (alongside MyAnna Buring and Craig Parkinson), premiered at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival and went on to screen at over 45 film festivals worldwide, picking-up 5 awards along the way. He has also written and directed the JFK-inspired beat poem Et In Motorcadia Ego! and the award-winning 15-second film Slapphappy[4], which premiered at the Belfast Film Festival in 2008.

Winner of the 1992/93 'National Student Playwright Of The Year' award, Plester has writing credits for the theatre including: Dakota (Edinburgh Festival 1995 and National Tour 1996); Mad Dog Killer Leper Fiend (Edinburgh Festival 1996 and London's Man In The Moon Theatre 1997); and Yellow Longhair (London's Oval House Theatre 2000). A collection of his stageplays 1-2-3-4 Plays was published in September 2020.

Plester's many and varied acting credits for TV and film include: Lockout (EuropaCorp), Kick-Ass (Universal), Control (Northsee Pictures), Cuban Fury (Big Talk), Closer to the Moon (Mandragora Movies), Wolf Hall (BBC), Bone in the Throat (Hello and Company), Shifty (Metrodome), Doctor Who (BBC), Life On Mars (BBC), Hustle (BBC), Murphy's Law (BBC), 1066: The Battle For Middle Earth (Channel 4), Magicians (Universal Films), It's All Gone Pete Tong (Vertigo Films), Galavant (ABC), Heist (BBC), Ant Muzak (Film Club), Criminal Justice (BBC), Five Daughters (BBC), Silent Witness (BBC), The Wrong Mans (BBC), Uncle Dad (SMG), Goths (BBC), Residents (BBC), Poliakoff's Friends and Crocodiles (BBC), both series of Paul Whitehouse’s Happiness (BBC) and the 2009 BAFTA-winning short film September. Plester played petty thief Linus Brody in the first two series’ of the BBC Birmingham production WPC 56. He played the role of Black Walder Rivers in the HBO series Game of Thrones[5][6] and the homeless junkie Julian in After Life.[7]

In 2018, he played Roy Thomas Baker, Queen's producer, in the film Bohemian Rhapsody. In September 2019, he appeared in an episode of Doctors as Martin Taylor. In 2020, he appeared as Mark in the independent Icelandic feature film Backyard Village. Plester has also appeared in three episodes of Mackenzie's Crook's re-booted version of Worzel Gummidge for the BBC.

References edit

  1. ^ "An interview with Tim Plester, director of Way of the Morris". www.ameliasmagazine.com. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  2. ^ . Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  3. ^ . www.fifthcolumn.org.uk. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.
  4. ^ "'15 Second Film Festival' - "The Cinema of Distraction" featuring 'The Mini Mogul' Cinema | Slaphappy".
  5. ^ "Meet the New Game of Thrones Characters of Season Three". vulture.com. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  6. ^ "North Four: INTERVIEW: Game of Thrones Actor and Filmmaker Tim Plester". www.northfour.co. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  7. ^ Sanusi, Victoria (8 March 2019). "After Life cast: who stars with Ricky Gervais in new Netflix series – and where else you've seen them". iNews. Retrieved 8 April 2019.

External links edit

  • Official Website
  • Tim Plester at IMDb

January 01, 1970
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Plester graduated from Dartington College of Arts in Devon with a BA in Theatre and went on to obtain an MA Hons in playwriting studies from Birmingham University Career editPlester s award winning documentary Way of the Morris 1 premiered at SXSW 2011 2 and received a limited theatrical release in UK cinemas before being released on DVD Co directed with Rob Curry and produced independently by Fifth Column Films 3 the feature length documentary includes contributions from Billy Bragg Fairport Convention s Chris Leslie and members of The Adderbury Village Morris Men It was selected by the UK Film Focus as one of the Breakthrough British films of 2011 Plester and Curry are also responsible for the short field recorded documentary Here We m Be Together which premiered at the 2014 BFI London Film Festival The Ballad of Shirley Collins the duo s feature length film about the iconic English folk singer Shirley Collins premiered at the 2017 BFI London Film Festival Partly funded by a successful kickstarter campaign the film also screened at the Rotterdam international film festival and CPH DOX in Denmark Southern Journey Revisited Plester and Curry s third feature length documentary together premiered at Sheffield Doc Fest in 2020 and was screened on Sky Arts in the autumn of 2021 Other work together includes Hillbilly Homilies a profile piece on the Appalachain poet Maurice Manning and The Battle Of Denham Ford which won a Special Mention in the UK Competition at Sheffield Doc Fest 2021 The directing duo are currently working with the illustrator and land rights campaigner Nick Hayes on an adaptation of his best selling book The Book of Trespass nbsp 1 2 3 4 Plays published in 2020 cover design by Holly Wales Plester s writing credits for film include Ant Muzak 2002 a short film directed by Ben Gregor and starring Nick Moran and Mackenzie Crook It was the winner of an Audience Award at the 2003 Sydney Film Festival and was nominated for Best UK Short at the 2003 Soho Rushes Festival and the 2002 Raindance Film Festival He also wrote and created Blake s Junction 7 2004 again directed by Ben Gregor and starring Johnny Vegas Mackenzie Crook Mark Heap Raquel Cassidy and Martin Freeman which premiered at the 2004 Edinburgh Film Festival Both films became cult hits and were released on DVD in 2008 along with a third film entitled World of Wrestling 2007 Again created and written by Plester and directed by Gregor the film stars Mackenzie Crook Kevin Eldon Patrick Baladi Miranda Hart and Kris Marshall In 2007 Plester also completed work on an offbeat romantic comedy entitled English Language With English Subtitles which marked his directorial debut The short in which Plester also starred alongside MyAnna Buring and Craig Parkinson premiered at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival and went on to screen at over 45 film festivals worldwide picking up 5 awards along the way He has also written and directed the JFK inspired beat poem Et In Motorcadia Ego and the award winning 15 second film Slapphappy 4 which premiered at the Belfast Film Festival in 2008 Winner of the 1992 93 National Student Playwright Of The Year award Plester has writing credits for the theatre including Dakota Edinburgh Festival 1995 and National Tour 1996 Mad Dog Killer Leper Fiend Edinburgh Festival 1996 and London s Man In The Moon Theatre 1997 and Yellow Longhair London s Oval House Theatre 2000 A collection of his stageplays 1 2 3 4 Plays was published in September 2020 Plester s many and varied acting credits for TV and film include Lockout EuropaCorp Kick Ass Universal Control Northsee Pictures Cuban Fury Big Talk Closer to the Moon Mandragora Movies Wolf Hall BBC Bone in the Throat Hello and Company Shifty Metrodome Doctor Who BBC Life On Mars BBC Hustle BBC Murphy s Law BBC 1066 The Battle For Middle Earth Channel 4 Magicians Universal Films It s All Gone Pete Tong Vertigo Films Galavant ABC Heist BBC Ant Muzak Film Club Criminal Justice BBC Five Daughters BBC Silent Witness BBC The Wrong Mans BBC Uncle Dad SMG Goths BBC Residents BBC Poliakoff s Friends and Crocodiles BBC both series of Paul Whitehouse s Happiness BBC and the 2009 BAFTA winning short film September Plester played petty thief Linus Brody in the first two series of the BBC Birmingham production WPC 56 He played the role of Black Walder Rivers in the HBO series Game of Thrones 5 6 and the homeless junkie Julian in After Life 7 In 2018 he played Roy Thomas Baker Queen s producer in the film Bohemian Rhapsody In September 2019 he appeared in an episode of Doctors as Martin Taylor In 2020 he appeared as Mark in the independent Icelandic feature film Backyard Village Plester has also appeared in three episodes of Mackenzie s Crook s re booted version of Worzel Gummidge for the BBC References edit An interview with Tim Plester director of Way of the Morris www ameliasmagazine com Retrieved 28 September 2016 Way of the Morris Archived from the original on 23 April 2012 Retrieved 29 April 2015 Way of the Morris directed by Tim Plester amp Rob Curry www fifthcolumn org uk Archived from the original on 27 September 2011 15 Second Film Festival The Cinema of Distraction featuring The Mini Mogul Cinema Slaphappy Meet the New Game of Thrones Characters of Season Three vulture com 29 March 2013 Retrieved 28 September 2016 North Four INTERVIEW Game of Thrones Actor and Filmmaker Tim Plester www northfour co Retrieved 28 September 2016 Sanusi Victoria 8 March 2019 After Life cast who stars with Ricky Gervais in new Netflix series and where else you ve seen them iNews Retrieved 8 April 2019 External links editOfficial Website Tim Plester at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tim Plester amp oldid 1199943223, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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