- Michael Winterbottom
Michael Winterbottom (b. March 29 1961 in Blackburn, Lancashire) is a prolific British filmmaker, who has directed fifteen films in the past twelve years, six of them written by screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce, including "Welcome to Sarajevo" and "24 Hour Party People". He has two daughters with his ex-wife, author Sabrina Broadbent. Winterbottom went to Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, taking his O Levels in an accelerated 4 years, …
- Sam Riley
Sam Riley (born 8 January 1980 - Leeds) is a British actor who played the lead role of Ian Curtis in the movie "Control", a biopic about the tragic but genius lead singer of the 1970s post-punk band Joy Division, who committed suicide on the eve of the band's first U.S. tour. He played Mark E. Smith in the previous film that featured Joy Division, "24 Hour Party People".
- Shaun Ryder
Shaun Ryder (aka X) (born Shaun William Ryder on August 23, 1962, in Little Hulton, near Salford, Lancashire) is an English singer and songwriter and an ex postman who became famous in the "Madchester" era band Happy Mondays. His lyrics, dismissed by some as drug induced gibberish, also received critical praise for their wit and musical fusion with the sound of the band.
- Frank Cottrell Boyce
Frank Cottrell Boyce is a British screenwriter, novelist and occasional actor, best known for his collaborations with film director Michael Winterbottom. Prior to his writing career, Boyce wrote criticism for the magazine "Living Marxism". As a result there was supposedly always a copy of the magazine on sale in the newsagent set of long-running British soap "Coronation Street", while Cottrell Boyce was on the writing staff of that programme.
- Lennie James
Lennie James (born October 11, 1965 in Nottingham, England) is a British actor and playwright.
- Rob Gretton
Rob Gretton was best known as the manager of the post punk bands Joy Division and New Order. He was also a partner in Factory Records, proprietor of the Rob's Records label and a co-founder along with Tony Wilson of The Haçienda nightclub in Manchester, England. He was portrayed by Paddy Considine in the 2002 film "24 Hour Party People", which documented the rise and fall of Factory Records.
- Sean Harris
Sean Harris is a British actor. He is best known for his parts in the films "Creep", in which he played a freakish killer, and "24 Hour Party People", in which he portrayed Ian Curtis. He also appeared in the psychological thriller "Trauma" in 2004. He portrayed serial killer Ian Brady, one of the notorious culprits of the Moors Murders, on ITV1 in the UK. He also played Nick Sidney in the mockumentary, "Brothers of the Head", …
- Andrew Eaton
Andrew Eaton is a film editor and the recipient of several awards including the British Independent Film Award Producer of the Year 2000. His film, "In This World" won the 2004 BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language. His has also received many other nominations. His other credits include: *"Jude" *"Code 46" *"9 Songs" *"The Claim" *"A Cock and Bull Story" *"A Mighty Heart" *"24 Hour Party People"
- Kieran O'Brien
Kieran O'Brien is an English actor. He was born in Rochdale in 1973. O'Brien began acting at a young age and was the star of a BBC TV series "Gruey" by the time he was 15. He also featured in several other series at the time in one-off or recurring roles. In 1993 he played the role of Craig Lee in two separate TV shows, "Coronation Street" and "Children's Ward". In 1993 he also became a regular in the detective series, "Cracker".
- Alan Erasmus
Alan Erasmus was the co-founder of Factory Records with Tony Wilson, which signed Joy Division and The Happy Mondays. He started off his career as an actor, appearing in Coronation Street and the TV film Hard Labour by Mike Leigh. He was also manager of bands The Durutti Column and Fast Breeder. Lennie James played him in the film "24 Hour Party People".
- Ralf Little
Ralf Little (born 8 February 1980 in Oldham, Greater Manchester) is an English actor, working mainly on television. He is perhaps best known for playing Anthony Royle, the son on the series "The Royle Family". More recently he has starred in the sitcom "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps", and Sky One's The Match. He has also appeared in a few films, including "24 Hour Party People" and Al's Lads.
- Rowetta
Rowetta Satchell (born 5th January 1966 in Manchester, England) is an English Black Jewish singer. Rowetta is most noted for her appearance on series 1 of The X Factor in the UK, in which she came fourth after Tabby Callaghan, G4 and Steve Brookstein. The exposure got her a record deal, and her first solo album Rowetta was released in October 2005 on Gut Records. Rowetta's musical career began as a professional pub singer, …
- Luke
An interesting compilation of nerd, jock and romantic, I can stare lovingly into my girlfriend's eyes and tell her that "I don't care what everyone else thinks!! Lebron James and Joe Sakic HAD to have both been injected with the super soldier serum because only Steve Rogers is capable of analyzing and executing in any given situation as well as they can!!!!!" ....and if you got that, put a dollar in the dork bucket.
- Anni
..don't you even wonder, we do things our way here...questions, these are forbidden..we got no answers, believe us anyway...so here is my confession, it's the only broken rule...sometimes I crawl inside of me where I can be the fool on strange highways...
- Angela
I love to write and paint. I'm currently studying pre-design this year at Algonquin College to build my portfolio for Graphic Design - I'm pretty psyched! I might take Advertising as well. YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE!!! So I've been dating my boyfriend Erik for over 2 years and a half now, and I'm pretty happy about how things are going.
- Michael Stephens
Literature, Film, Art, Music, Roman History and religion, atheist,, drinker, anarchist... Written and published poems, short stories, articles, reviews, whatever -- for the likes of MOSTLY MURDER, DETOUR fashion mag, and others. Wrote short films that played film fests, including the (in)famous MONDO TEXAS. Three published film references: FILM NOIR; GANGSTER FILMS; ART DIRECTORS IN CINEMA.
- Glenn
Author of.
- Claire Nixon
Writer, editor, screenwriter, graphicnovelista, astrologer, card reader, vocalist.
- Todd
I'm a stand-up comic based in Toronto. I have been performing off and on for several years, though this current stint appears to have taken root and I've been performing consistently for four years or so. I am a graduating member of the Second City Conservatory program and have done improv and sketch work as a result. I also do voice work. So, that's that really. If you feel like leaving a comment, please do.
- Carlos
"I am the heir of Shakespeare's dreams and the dreamer who never tasted its true flavour" Graham Alexander Durham For further details on me... www.staringatthesea.blogspot.com www.memorialdomomento.blogspot.com www.facefoto.blogspot.com www.patasfoto.blogspot.com.
- Vincente
To quote a certain maritime philospher, "I yam what I yam." If I was anymore laid back, I'd be horizontal. Your results:.
- Corey Bishop
- John Kass
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- Nick Cruz
Oversexed Rich Billionaire Playboy MILF hunter and Cradle Robber with Caligulan appetite for uber-financially excessive depraved debauchery from sea to shining sea.
- Xavier
- Trish White
Firstly real name is Trish!! Originally from the U.K but moved to Bris Vegas in 1988 at the age of 19 so i guess i am here to stay!!!!! Live with my beautiful 10 year old daughter who is growing up so fast!!!!! All my family are back in the UK so a bit of an orphan but i have the most amazing friends in the world!!!! 37, single and love life. Not really much to tell. love to be out and doing things not sitting on my arse.
- Eric Rogers
- Alf
- Helena
- Clint Boon
Clinton David Boon (born 28 June 1959, Oldham, Lancashire, England) is a musician.
- Mark Tildesley
Mark Tildesley following his graduation from Wimbledon School of Art, where he worked closely with Richard Negri on several productions as actor and designer, he co-founded (with designer Francis O'Connor) the Catch 22 Theatre Company and directed, designed, and performed in productions. He continued designing for the theatre, with numerous productions for the Young Vic (under the direction of Michael Bogdanov) and at the Royal Opera House.
- Kate Magowan
Kate Magowan is a British actress. She made her stage debut in a production of Caryl Churchill's "Top Girls" and has gone on to work consistently in film, theatre, television and radio. Her film credits include leading roles in "Is Harry on the Boat?", Michael Winterbottom's "24 Hour Party People",Sonya in Michael Dowse's fictional biopic "It's All Gone Pete Tong" and as Lady Una in the forthcoming "Stardust".
- Liz Gallacher
Liz Gallacher is a British film music supervisor. In her line of work, Liz has established herself as one of the most experienced and creatively diverse characters in film and television today. Her work on projects such as "The Full Monty" (which won a BRIT Award for Best Soundtrack) and "Resident Evil" (featuring a Grammy nominated track by Slipknot) garnered praise from producers, directors and the press.
- Fiona Allen
Fiona Allen (born in Bury, Lancashire on 3 January 1965) is an English comedian. She has appeared in many sketch shows, including "Smack the Pony", "Goodness Gracious Me" and "The All Star Comedy Show". She has also appeared in many television dramas including "Dalziel and Pascoe" and "Coronation Street". She appeared in Happiness alongside Paul Whitehouse.
- Neil Bell
Neil Bell (b. 1970 in Oldham, Lancashire, England) is a British actor, mainly on UK TV and in occasional films. He has played character roles in such TV series as "Buried", "Shameless", "Murphy's Law", "Ideal", "City Lights" and "Casualty", and the films "24 Hour Party People" (2002) and "Dead Man's Shoes (2004).
- Joakim Sundström
Joakim Sundström is a swedish sound editor, sound designer and musician. He was born in the Baltic city of Gävle in the north east of Sweden and was brought up in Buchanan, Liberia on the West African Atlantic coast. He currently lives and works in London, England where he is married to British painter Dee Ferris. He collaborates regularly with british director Michael Winterbottom; 24 Hour Party People (2002), In This World (2002), Code 46 (2003), 9 Songs (2004), …
- Terri Seymour
Terri Seymour (born Theresa Helene Seymour in 1975 in Hertfordshire, England) is a British television presenter and sometime actress best known for being the girlfriend of "The X Factor" and "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell since 2002. She first found success as a commercial model appearing in catalogues and commercials, …
- Sarah Champion
Sarah Champion (born 1970 in Manchester) is a British music journalist and author. She has documented the 24 Hour Party People era and edited several collections of chemical fiction, including Disco Biscuits in 1997. She wrote about the Manchester music scene for New Musical Express, and had a weekly column in the Manchester Evening News. At the same time, she ran her own indie record label and public relations company, and wrote "And God Created Manchester", …
- Philip Diggle
Brother of Steve Diggle.
- Simon Fallon