Pete Travis is a Manchester-born television and film director. Before becoming a director he was a social worker. After taking a post-graduate course in film-making he bought the film rights to Nick Hornby's Faith for £12,000. A producer invested the same amount in the film and Faith premiered at the London Film Festival in 1997. Travis became interested in film-making late in life, inspired by Alan Clarke and Costa Gavras. Faith lead to direction work on the ITV series The Bill, Cold Feet and The Jury.
In 2003 Paul Greengrass sent Travis the script to Omagh—a dramatisation of the Omagh bombing that he co-wrote with Guy Hibbert—after seeing his work on The Jury and Henry VIII. The Channel 4/RTÉ television film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2004, where it won the Discovery Award. The next year it won the British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama, which Travis shared with the producers. He was also nominated for the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Film Director.
His first studio film, Vantage Point, opened in the United States in February 2008 to the number one box office spot. Another film, Endgame, about the end of apartheid in South Africa, is in production.
Filmography
Year
Title
Awards and other notes
1996
Faith
Short subject
1997
The Bill
1 episode ("Rift")
1999
Cold Feet
2 episodes ("Series 2, Episode 5" and "Series 2, Episode 6")
2000
Other People's Children
2002
The Jury
2003
Henry VIII
2004
Omagh
Won, British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama
Nominated, Irish Film and Television Award for Best Film Director
2008
Vantage Point
First studio film
Endgame
In production
Le Choc
Announced
References
^ a b c Carnevale, Rob (2008-03-05). "Vantage Point - Pete Travis interview", Indie London. Retrieved on 2008-03-05.
^ "Omagh Film Wins Festival Honour". Northern Ireland Screen (2004-09-24). Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
^ "Television Nominations 2004". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
^ "The Irish Film & Television Awards 2004". Irish Film and Television Academy. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
^ Reynolds, Simon (2008-02-25). "'Vantage Point' leads US box office", Digital Spy. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
^ Dawtrey, Adam (2008-05-15). "Optimum to remake 'Brighton Rock'", Variety (magazine). Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
External links
Pete Travis at the Internet Movie Database
Reviewgraveyard.com Interview
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