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This is a list of film directors and television directors who were born in the United Kingdom, or lived and/or worked in the UK for a significant part of their career.Some Irish, American and European directors who have spent large portions of their career working in the UK are included on this list.
Highest-grossing directors worldwide [1]; Rank Name Worldwide box office Highest-grossing film 1 Steven Spielberg: $10,753,945,763 $1,114,456,337 (Jurassic Park) 2 James Cameron
The highest earners at the box-office are mostly American films and UK-US co-productions. Sequels, remakes and adaptations dominate, with seven films in the Harry Potter franchise, five Star Wars instalments, the five Daniel Craig James Bond films, five films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Peter Jackson's first four Tolkien adaptations having earned in excess of £50 million.
An A-list film director can command $5 to $10 million per film. Cast: While the bulk of the cast usually gets paid by the Actors Guild standard rate of about $2,300 per week, [6] famous and bankable film stars can demand fees up to $30 million per film, plus perks (trailer, entourage, etc.) and possible gross participation. [7]
Tom Cruise has earned in excess of $100 million per film on three occasions. Sandra Bullock is the highest-paid actress, earning over $70 million for Gravity. Forbes publishes yearly lists of the highest-paid actors and actresses based on total earnings from 1 June the previous year to 1 June the current year.
Mark Jenkin (born 1976) [1] is a British film director, editor, screenwriter, cinematographer and producer. He wrote and directed the film Bait (2019), which earned him a BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer .
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After earning his bachelor's degree in English literature in 1993, Nolan worked as a script reader, camera operator and director of corporate films and industrial films. [19] [21] [22] He directed, wrote and edited the short film Larceny (1996), [23] which was filmed over a weekend in black and white with limited equipment and a small cast and crew.