This Is England

Released: 27 April 2007 (UK)

Tagline: Run with the crowd, stand alone, you decide.

Production Companies:

Film4

Warp Films

Shane Meadows: Writer of This Is England

Born: 26 December 1972 - Capricorn

Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England

Years Active: 1995–present

Website: http://www.shanemeadows.co.uk

Occupation: Director, writer, actor, editor and producer

He grew up in the Westlands Road area of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire that were originally council
houses. ‘His father was a long distance lorry driver and his mother worked in a fish and chip shop. His
father discovered the body of child murder victim Susan Maxwell and was initially considered a
suspect in the murder case, which led to Meadows being bullied and shunned by other children. He
attended Picknalls First School, Oldfields Hall Middle School and Thomas Alleyne's High School. At
weekends, he sold fruit and veg on a market stall in Uttoxeter market. His love of cinema was fostered
by regular trips to the Elite Cinema. He was in a motorcycle accident when he was 17 years old.

Meadows left school shortly before reaching his GCSEs, and soon turned to crime. He moved to
Nottingham when he was 20 years old. While living in the Sneinton area of Nottingham, he made
roughly 30 short films with the friends he met there. He could not show these films to anyone because
there were no film festivals in his area. His friends started one in the local cinema which became
popular with the town.’ - Wikipedia

‘In 1994, Shane's first step into the world of film making was to volunteer his services to the
Nottingham based Intermedia Film and Video Ltd. The first of Shane's short films to grab the attention
of the film-industry was 'Where's The Money, Ronnie?'. The acclaim won by this short lead to Shane
being given a shot at making a documentary for Channel 4's 'Battered Britain' series.’ -
http://www.shanemeadows.co.uk/