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Ivan Francis Clements

Director
Writer, Producer.
Great Britain, London

About Me:

Where I work: I run my own company or organisation
Technical Skills: WRITE / DIRECT / PRODUCE

Training:

1989 - 1991
Northbrook College, HND Film & TV
2000 - 2000
Santa Monica / Hollywood - Webfilmschool, Diploma in Film Producing
2023 - 2025
Arts University Bournmouth, Master of Arts in Film Practice specialising in Directing

Links:

Casting Details:

Status: Professional

Appearance

Eye Colour: Green
Playing Range: 40-50
Gender: Male

Skills

My Work and Credits:

CHRYSANTHEMUM (2021)

About: By reconnecting with her mother, can Emily find her way out of an intense, but dangerous situation?

Fun stuff:

Films I wish I had made:

It's a Wonderful Life,
Star Wars 4-6 (originals) ONLY!,
Raging Bull, Apocalypse Now, Deer Hunter, Godfather I & II, American Splendor,
All The President's Men,
The Conversation,
As Good As It Gets,
Lawrence Of Arabia, A Few Good Men, Disclosure, Erin Brokovich, My Cousin Vinny, The Hunt For Red October, Three Days of the Condor, Spy Game, Little Miss Sunshine, Borat, Gran Torino, Innocent Movies, Class Action, Saturday Night Sunday Morning, Look Back In Anger, 2001, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, Dexter, The Man In The High Castle, Californication

I cried watching:

The Notebook,
My Cousin Vinny,
Erin Brokovich,
Moulin Rouge,
ET, Class Action, Life Itself

I left the cinema during:

Van Helsing (painfully bad acting), Bride & Prejudice (awful)

Directors I love:

Spielberg, Lean, Kubric, Soderberg, Bogdanovich, Ron Howard, both Scotts, Woddy Allen, Jean-Jaque Beineix, Eastwood, Costner, Nancy Myers, Lucas, Darrabont, Milos Forman

Actors I admire:

Peter O'Toole, Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Helen Mirren, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Kevin Costner, Di Caprio, Woody Allen, Paul Giamatti, Gerrard Depardieu, Jean-Huues Anglade, Tom Cruise, Steve Martin

Writers I Respect:

Robert Kiyosaki, Bill Bryson, Robert Heinlein, Frank Darabont, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris

My desert island discs:

Dry Your Eyes, Rubber Soul, Girl, Imagine, Perfect 10

Books I have given my friends:

Jumped out of Airplain, Wearing Dad's Head, Rich Dad Poor Dad, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Killer Life, The 4 Hour Work Week, Kick The Drink Easily!

My death row meal:

Strawberries and cream served on pum pum

The best thing I own:

My Brain, though my second favourite organ (thanks Woody)

My favourite bridge:

Golden Gate / Gainsboro in Manhattan