Chris Petit

Chris Petit

Born: January 1, 1949
in London, England, UK
Christopher Petit was born in 1949 in London, England. He is a director and writer, known for Radio On (1979), An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982) and Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989).

Movies for Chris Petit...

London Overground
Title: London Overground
Released: July 2, 2016
Type: Movie
London Overground retraces legendary London writer Iain Sinclair’s journey with film-maker Andrew Kötting around the Overground railway on foot for the book of the same name. The film follows Sinclair reprising the walk over the course of a year rather than the day’s walk of the book.
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London Orbital
Title: London Orbital
Released: August 30, 2002
Type: Movie
A filmmaker sets out to make a voyage of discovery on London's orbital motorway, the M25. He enlists the help of several others to film the motorway from several points, drive endlessly around it and dig up stories and potential beauty behind the motorway.
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The Falconer
Title: The Falconer
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Chris Petit & Iain Sinclair's liminal, laminal tribute to underground filmmaker Peter Whitehead, featuring image manipulation by Dave Mckean & reminiscences from various countercultural characters. A fitting epitaph for an English margin walker.
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Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard
Title: Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
A film essay on Ballard's fiction, and its unrealised cinematic potential, with particular reference to David Cronenberg's (yet to be filmed) Crash, featuring an interview with the director, prior to making of his film.
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Hooray For Holyrood
Title: Hooray For Holyrood
Character: Himself
Released: August 13, 1986
Type: Movie
Scottish Television's film on the 40th Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1986, starring Robbie Coltrane (a former EIFF chauffeur) and featuring interviews with Bill Forsyth, Samuel Fuller and Barry Norman, among many others.