| Luke Dormehl | |
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| Occupation | Film Director/Writer |
| Nationality | British |
Luke Dormehl (born March 22 1985) is a British writer and filmmaker.
Dormehl graduated with a BA (Hons) in theatre at Dartington College of Arts in Devon. He is a regular contributor to The Chap and has also written for SFX, Fighting Spirit, Blues & Rhythm, Inventor's Digest and The End Is Nigh. Luke has conducted interviews with notable figures such as the Marquess of Bath, Simon Callow, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Murray Lachlan Young, Adrian Dannatt, Jimmy Savile, Paul Heyman and others.
Dormehl has directed several films, most recently The Pantomime[1] (2009): a look at behind-the-scenes turmoil in a small village panto, narrated by Simon Callow. Terence Davies, described by The Guardian as 'our greatest living film-maker', hailed The Pantomime as 'touching and compassionate' while Film4 gave it 4.5/5[2].
Dormehl also directed The Wrestling (2008),[3] starring Kendo Nagasaki, Mal Sanders and Sir Jimmy Savile. The documentary has been praised by Beyond The Mat director Barry Blaustein, Ken Loach and Louis Theroux. In the same year he also directed Roy (2008), a short documentary about comic football hero Roy of the Rovers which won 'best documentary' at the End of the Pier International Film Festival[4] and screened at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival[5]. It also played in conjunction with The Damned United in selected cinemas. Roy was nominated for 'best documentary' at the Soho Rushes film festival.[6]. In early 2009, he directed a series of 3 Minute Wonders for Channel 4, filmed across four different countries.
In addition, Luke Dormehl is one half of the team behind the 10 Pound Horror Film[7][8][9][10][11][12]: a cutting edge Indie film production and the world's first fan-funded horror film, as featured in Death Ray Magazine in March 2009.
Dormehl's work was profiled in the December 2008 issue of Bizarre Magazine.
Luke Dormehl is the great grandson of Bishop Mandell Creighton. He is also a great admirer of Orson Welles and was given an on-screen Many Thanks credit on the 2009 BBC documentary, Orson Welles Over Europe.
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