Richard_Parry_(director) Knowpia

Richard Parry is a film director^[1] and writer. His documentary and feature films include South West 9 (2001),^[2]^[3] Shooting Robert King (2008),^[4] A Night in the Woods (2012),^[5] and Base (2017).^[6]

Parry has worked as a director, producer and cameraman in conflict zones such as in the former Yugoslavia, Chechnya, Nagorno Karabakh, Iraq, Afghanistan and covering the Great Lakes refugee crisis in Zaire.^[1]^[6]^[7] He was one of the original Frontline Television News cameramen / producers.^[8]

South West 9 was nominated for a BAFTA award.^[9]

Films edit

2001: South West 9 won "Best Music" category, British Independent Film Awards and was nominated in five other categories, including "Best British independent film" and "Douglas Hickox" for Parry's directing.^[10]
2002: South West 9 was nominated for "Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film in 2002", BAFTA^[9]
2009: Shooting Robert King won a Ron Tibbett Excellence in Filmmaking Award, Indie Memphis Film Festival, Memphis, TN^[11]

^ ^a ^b The Encyclopedia of British Film. Fourth edition. Manchester University Press, 2013. Edited by Brian McFarlane
^ Michael Thomson, "South West Nine (2001)". BBC, 25 September 2001. Accessed 23 October 2017
^ Rayner, Jay (30 September 2001). "Southern exposure". The Observer. London. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
^ Pulver, Andrew (21 August 2009). "Shooting Robert King". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
^ McCahill, Mike (6 September 2012). "A Night in the Woods – review". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b Hoad, Phil (23 October 2017). "Into the void: the fast life and shocking death of a wingsuit-flying superstar". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
^ "Resumé: Richard Parry". Richard Parry. Accessed 23 October 2017
^ "The crazy world of the war hacks". 24 May 2010. Retrieved 2018-10-15 – via BBC News.
^ ^a ^b "Film | Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film in 2002". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Accessed 23 October 2017
^ "South West 9 (2001)". British Independent Film Awards. Accessed 23 October 2017
^ "Jury Awards announced for 12th annual Indie Memphis Film Festival". Indie Memphis, 11 October 2009. Accessed 23 October 2017