Harry Macqueen

Harry Macqueen (born 17 January 1984) is an English actor, writer and director. He trained at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

Harry Macqueen
Born (1984-01-17) 17 January 1984
Leicester, Leicestershire, England
EducationThe Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Occupation
  • Actor
  • Writer
  • Director

Career

His professional debut was in Richard Linklater's 2008 film, Me and Orson Welles.[1] Other credits include Jed Quinn in EastEnders,[2] for BBC. He won Best Actor at the 2017 Madrid Film Festival for Provenance.

Hinterland[3] was his debut feature film as a writer and director.[4] It was nominated Best British Feature at Raindance Film Festival 2014[5] and in three categories including Best Debut Film at the Beijing International Film Festival 2015.

There is a chapter on Macqueen in the book 'New British Cinema : from Submarine to Twelve Years a Slave' by Jason Wood and Ian Haydn Smith, published in 2015 by Faber & Faber.

Macqueen won Best Supporting Actor at the Madrid International Film Festival 2017,[6] for his role in the film Provenance opposite Christian McKay and Charlotte Vega. Provenance won Best Film and Charlotte Vega was nominated for Best Lead Actress at that same festival.[7]

Provenance made its international debut at the London East End Film festival on 16 June 2017.[8]

Harry's second feature as writer and director titled Supernova, starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci. It had its world premiere at San Sebastian Film Festival in 2020 and played as one of only 12 physical screenings at the 2020 London Film Festival, to rave reviews. The film was released by Studio Canal in the UK and Bleeker Street in the USA.

Filmography

As actor
Year Title Role Notes
2008 Me and Orson Welles Conspirator
2010 The Dark Room Dan Short film
2010 The Drift Andrew Short film
2010 Matchmaker Danny Short film
2011 A Morass Demuth
2011 Sit in Silence Man Short film
2012 Se18 Man Short film
2012 EastEnders Jed Quinn Episode from 5 July 2012
2012 Plastic Love Dan Short film
2013 Blackbird Stanley Short film
2014 Hinterland Harvey also director, writer and producer
2014 A Tale of Two Thieves Gordon Goody Documentary
2017 Loose Ends Danny Short film
2017 Provenance Peter
2018 Dad Older Jack Short film
2018 Lambeth Lights Short film

As filmmaker
Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
2014 Hinterland Yes Yes Yes
2020 Supernova Yes Yes No

References
  1. "Me and Orson Welles". IMDb.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  2. "Eastenders". IMDb.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  3. "Hinterland | Directed by Harry Macqueen". Hinterlandthefilm.com. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  4. "British Council Film: Hinterland". film-directory.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Provenance". East End Film Festival. Retrieved 26 July 2020.


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