Vadim Jean

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Vadim Jean born Bristol 9 December 1963 is an awardwinning English film director producer and executive producer After graduating with a degree in History from Warwick University he found work on Mike Figgis Stormy Monday before establishing his own production company in 1989 covering a wide variety of subjects from sport to corporate videos He first came to public attention as a director when Leon the Pig Farmer won him the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize at the 1992 Venice Film Festival the Best Newcomer award from the London Critics Circle the Most Promising Newcomer at the Evening Standard British Film Awards and the Chaplin Award for the best first feature from the Edinburgh International Film Festival He repeated his critical success in 1999 when One More Kiss won the Audience Award at the Atlantic Film Festival and was nominated for Best Film at the Emden International Film Festival His Hollywood debut was Jiminy Glick in Lalawood Glick in Lalawood starring Martin Short as his celebrity interviewing alterego produced by Gold Circle films The film also features Steve Martin and Kurt Russell as themselves It was selected as the closing gala at the 2004 Toronto film festival Most recently he directed In the Land of the Free a feature documentary narrated by Samuel L Jackson It tells the story of three men known as the Angola 3 who between them have spent over a Century in solitary confinement in the Louisiana State penitentiary It was nominated best documentary at the 2011 London Evening Standard British Film Awards London Evening Standard 5th January 2011 Description above from the Wikipedia article Vadim Jean licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia