Shane Meadows

Shane Meadows

Born: December 26, 1972
in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England, UK
Shane Meadows (born 26 December 1972) is an English film director, screenwriter and actor.

Movies for Shane Meadows...

The Stone Roses: Made of Stone
Title: The Stone Roses: Made of Stone
Character: Self
Released: May 28, 2013
Type: Movie
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.
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Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee
Title: Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee
Character: Self
Released: October 9, 2009
Type: Movie
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...
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Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
Title: Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
Character: Bingo Caller
Released: September 6, 2002
Type: Movie
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.
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The Man with No Name
Title: The Man with No Name
Character: Shane
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
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.
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A Room for Romeo Brass
Title: A Room for Romeo Brass
Character: Male Nurse (credited as Shaun Fields)
Released: August 23, 1999
Type: Movie
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.
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TwentyFourSeven
Title: TwentyFourSeven
Character: Man with Saucepan on Head
Released: August 31, 1997
Type: Movie
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.
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Where's the Money, Ronnie?
Title: Where's the Money, Ronnie?
Character: Ronnie
Released: September 11, 1996
Type: Movie
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.
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Small Time
Title: Small Time
Character: Jumbo
Released: September 11, 1996
Type: Movie
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.