Shane Meadows
Shane Meadows (born 26 December 1972) is an English film director, screenwriter and actor.
Shane Meadows (born 26 December 1972) is an English film director, screenwriter and actor.
Two twelve-year-old boys, Romeo and Gavin, undergo an extraordinary test of character and friendship when Morell, a naive but eccentric and dangerous stranger, comes between them. Morell befriends with the two boys and later asks them to help him pursue Romeo's beautiful elder sister. He gradually becomes more violent after she rejects him.
Release Date1999-08-23
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd Male Nurse (credited as Shaun Fields)
Vote Count60
In a typical English working-class town, the juveniles have nothing more to do than hang around in gangs. One day, Alan Darcy, a highly motivated man with the same kind of youth experience, starts trying to get the young people off the street and into doing something they can believe in: Boxing. Darcy opens a boxing club, aiming to bring the rival gangs together.
Release Date1998-04-03
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Man with Saucepan on Head
Vote Count34
Dek, a decent but somewhat dull man, enjoys a happy existence with beloved girlfriend Shirley. They live together with her 12-year-old, Marlene: her daughter by the delinquent Jimmy, who flew the coop years ago and hasn't been heard from since. Dek loves Shirley so much that he proposes to her on national television.
Release Date2002-09-06
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Bingo Caller
Vote Count52
Follows a gang of small time crooks in an English town. Malc is in danger of losing his girlfriend Kate if he doesn't spend more time at home and the gang leader Jumbo looks like he is about to lose control.
Release Date1996-09-11
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd Jumbo
Vote Count12
A documentary film-maker ventures into local woodland to meet up with a mysterious man that claims to have been living in the woods for three years.
Release Date2000-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd Shane
Shane Meadows’ debut short (in which he also acts) is Rashomon by way of Tarantino. Four guys, interviewed by the police, give different accounts of an armed robbery.
Release Date1996-09-11
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd Ronnie
Vote Count6
An improvised comedy, shot over five days by Shane Meadows, devised with and starring Paddy Considine. Rock roadie and failed musician, Le Donk has lived, loved and learned. Along the way he's lost a girlfriend but he has found a new sidekick in up-and-coming rap prodigy Scor-zay-zee. With Meadows' fly-on-the-wall crew in tow, Donk sets out to make Scor-zay-zee a star...
Release Date2009-10-09
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd Self
Vote Count27
A documentary about the English alternative rock band, The Stone Roses. Meadows interweaves archive film, intimate behind-the-scenes footage and never-before-seen material, delivering the definitive account of the band and their music. He was also granted unprecedented access to their rehearsals for the summer 2012 Manchester concerts. A momentous occasion in modern music, these were the first gigs performed by The Stone Roses in 16 years.
Release Date2013-05-28
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd Self
Vote Count38
This documentary focuses on Gavin Clark, Meadows’ friend, musician, and former member of Clayhill, and his battle to return to the stage.
Release Date2007-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd Self
Set during Christmas 1988, Lol is haunted by the devastating events that took place two and a half years before. She and Woody both find themselves struggling to cope with their lives without each other after he leaves the gang. Lol is carrying the burden of her guilt, whilst Woody is trying to build a domestic life with a new girlfriend and a potential promotion at work. Shaun has started drama college and, although still in a relationship with Smell, he has grown close to a girl performing in his Christmas play.
Release Date2011-12-13
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count3
Vote Count99
Shaun, Harvey, Gadget, Trev and Kelly hit up the nightlife of raves and ecstasy. Woody and Lol are happy, living together with their kids and Combo is still in prison. But things slowly change. This is the year 1990 and This is England.
Release Date2015-09-13
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count4
Vote Count87
Set against the backdrop of the coming industrial revolution in eighteenth century Yorkshire, the drama follows David Hartley as he assembles a gang of weavers and land-workers to embark upon a revolutionary criminal enterprise that will capsize the economy and become the biggest fraud in British history.
Release Date2023-05-31
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count3
Vote Count8
Joseph falls into despair when his nine-year-old son Shea leaves for Australia with his ex Debbie. Suffering the hangover from hell, he walks away from his present life and boards a boat bound for Ireland to confront memories from his childhood.
Release Date2019-05-15
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count4
Vote Count55
It's 1986 - the year Maradona ends England's World Cup dreams in Mexico; the year Top Gun is the highest grossing film; the year over 3.4 million Brits are unemployed and the year Shaun is leaving school.
Release Date2010-09-07
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count4
Vote Count128
In 2014, three local filmmakers in Nottingham were invited to document the life of charity shop manager Sue Tuke. In an attempt to raise the shop's profile, Sue planned to get the business 'on the net' to prevent the store from closure and become an online super star in the making. Not all went to plan as Sue’s ambitious ideas were met with obstacles from both inside and outside the shop resulting in a series of catastrophes. Sue therefore decided to not participate further in filming and the footage has not been seen… until now.
Release Date2019-10-15
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count18
Vote Count1
A soldier returns to his small town and exacts a deadly revenge on the thugs who tormented his disabled brother while he was away.
Release Date2004-09-29
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count555
Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer. Tomo is a runaway from Nottingham; Marek lives in the district of Somers Town, between King's Cross and Euston stations, where his dad is working on a new rail link.
Release Date2008-08-22
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count95
A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends, even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.
Release Date2007-04-27
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count1316
Northern Soul is filmed in the style of a mock documentary and tells the story of Mark Sherbet, a lonely young man who is obsessed with American wrestling. His dream is to become a professional wrestler and compete against his heroes on the British wrestling circuit. There’s only one problem, he weighs nine stone and has the pain threshold of a two year old child.
Release Date2004-10-05
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
A kind hearted football fanatic helps to build confidence and team-work skills in a group of young lads by holding regular football training sessions in his spare time.. He hopes that one day his training and his belief in the kids will help him to fulfil his dream of creating a local team.
Release Date2000-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Italian-American Toni Moroni comes over to the Midlands in the UK to help his Uncle Poppa Squeeze turf out the 'student pricks' that are hanging around his coffee shop.. While he is in the UK, Toni learns about the Student Loan scheme, and turns it to his advantage.
Release Date2000-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
'King of the Gypsies' is a short documentary from Shane Meadows about Bartley Gorman, a bare-knuckle boxer born in Uttoxeter and a man that Shane had known for many years. A full length feature of Bartley Gorman's story is still the dream project that Shane is waiting to get underway.
Release Date1995-06-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
15-year-old Kit and 11-year-old Ani leave their foster home and trek across the coastline in hopes of a brighter future. With the police in pursuit and a national search underway, Kit must use all her determination and wits to protect Ani and fulfil their mission.
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Very short film from director Shane Meadows, filmed on a mobile phone and was made to promote the NOKIA Shorts competition.
Release Date2006-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
Jimmy was a promising young boxer, but a past tragedy still haunts him.
Release Date2000-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1