Richard Bracewell

Richard Bracewell
Richard Bracewell directing The Gigolos.
Born	(1969-11-28) 28 November 1969 London, England

Richard Bracewell (born 28 November 1969) is an English film director with UK feature film production company Punk Cinema, which he set up in 2004 with co-producer and brother Tony Bracewell.

His first movie The Gigolos stars Susannah York, Anna Massey and Siân Phillips alongside newcomers Sacha Tarter and Trevor Sather. Bracewell wrote the film with Tarter and Sather, and directed and produced the film in London (UK) in 2005. He was also cinematographer on the film. The Gigolos was released in UK cinemas by Punk Cinema on 23 March 2007. The British Film Institute releases The Gigolos on DVD in the UK on 9 February 2009.

The Gigolos was first shown in competition at the American Film Institute Los Angeles International Film Festival (AFI FEST) in November 2005, where he was also honoured as one of the New Faces in European Cinema. It has been subsequently screened at film festivals in Perth (WA), Durango, Newport Beach, Cambridge (UK) and at the Dinard Festival of British Cinema. The film has been favourably reviewed by the Los Angeles Times amongst other publications, which called it "a subtly delightful film". On UK release, the Sunday Telegraph wrote, "Bracewell...subverts your every expectation with each new scene", while Metro told readers to "seek out this cliché-confounding, utterly intriguing debut Brit flick."

He has worked previously on short films with writers such as David Wolstencroft and performers such as Al Murray. Before making films, he worked as a cinema usher at the Clapham Picture House in London.

Bracewell was educated at Aylesbury Grammar School at the same time as award-winning British TV comedy writers Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley, and at New College, Oxford where he directed, co-wrote and performed in the Oxford Revue in 1991.

Cuckoo is Bracewell's second feature, starring Richard E. Grant, Laura Fraser and Tamsin Greig. The film was shot in London in December 2007 and January 2008. Cuckoo is a thriller about sound and lies. It co-stars Antonia Bernath and Adam F.

External links

• Official site for The Gigolos
• Richard Bracewell at IMDb
• Punk Cinema
• Alex McRae, The Independent, "I Want Your Job: Film Director" 2006-06-01
• BBC Film Network interview with Richard Bracewell
• Cuckoo official site