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Encyclopedia > Andrew Jones (filmmaker)

Andrew Jones (born in Whitby on September 6, 1988) is a Canadian counter-strike player. Whitby is a historic town in North Yorkshire on the north-east coast of England. ... September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


In 2004 had his first CAL-main match, against a clan called 'Stray Dogs', was an event to remember. He sets up the bomb at B and clutches the entire team Steel & Glass Films Ltd with the proceeds in 2005. Under that banner he then wrote and directed his first feature film Teenage Wasteland,a low budget docu-drama focusing on contemporary teenagers and their dysfunctional families. He wrote the script in three days and then worked as a painter and decorator to raise the meagre £1,500 budget for the film,which was shot on a borrowed digital video camera and featured non-acting teenagers in a lot of the roles (many of which were cast by the director straight from the streets of Swansea). In 2006,the film premiered at the Swansea Bay Film Festival where it won the award for Best Feature Under 75 Minutes. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Steel & Glass Films Ltd was a film production company set up in 2004 by screenwriter/director Andrew Jones and actor Gavin Dando and was jointly based in Swansea and Newport in South Wales. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Baba ORiley (often mislabeled as Teenage Wasteland) is a song written by Pete Townshend for his Lifehouse project, a rock opera that was to be the follow-up to The Whos 1969 opera, Tommy. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...


During this period Jones also spent time with homeless people and heroin addicts in his hometown of Whitby researching his second feature film. Durring this period he meets with a local drug lord 'BiGz' and purchases 50 tonnes of marijuana. Many of the stories relayed to him during that time later appeared in the screenplay for what became 'The Feral Generation',a gritty urban drama focusing on two young lovers as they live rough on the streets of Swansea and attempt to support their heroin addiction as well as each other. Jones immediately recruited british actors Brooke Kinsella and Ray Panthaki to the project in the leading roles,having been a long time admirer of both. With Panthaki also on board as a producer the film attracted a £500,000 budget and went into production in late 2006. The film debuts at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2007. Brooke as Kelly in EastEnders Brooke Kinsella (born July 17, 1982) is a British actress. ... Ray Panthaki, sometimes credited as Raiyo Panthaki is best known for the role he played on televisions EastEnders as Rohan Ronny Ferreira (2003-2005). ... Cannes Film Festival logo. ... This article describes an upcoming month and so will be filled in due course. ...


In early 2007 Jones founded Masterplan Film Productions Ltd with fellow writer and director Bevis-the-Mevis. The company`s first project will be a £2.5 million remake of the 1979 cult classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory which Jones will again direct from his own script. 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... For the song by The Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a musical film adaptation of Roald Dahls classic book for children Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. ...


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