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George Harris

Precious Williams

Alrick Riley

Paul Crooks

 

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George Harris

 

 

George Harris is a British actor of films, stage, television, radio and musicals. His credits include Layer Cake, Flash Gordon, Dogs of War, "Spooks" , Raiders of the Lost Ark, Black Hawk Down and The Interpreter. He also appeared in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, playing the part of Kingsley Shacklebolt.

Harris was born in the Caribbean island of Grenada and partially educated in Barbados, the land of his father. George left the Caribbean at the age of 15 to make United Kingdom his home and has lived in Sweden and Israel. He performed all over Europe and the United States with his band before he became a well-known dramatic actor.

Harris is not only a film actor but has starred in many theatre productions at the National Theatre, The Royal Court Theatre and many West End and regional theatres like the Royal Exchange in Manchester, Theatre Royal Bath and many others in his long and distinguished acting career that has seen him in musicals like Hair, performing in Hebrew in the Israel production; Jesus Christ Superstar the original London cast; and other venues like Lincoln Center in New York City, where he was directed by Harold Pinter. He has many credits as leading actor in many BBC and independent television and even American television productions.

He has been acknowledged by the BBC Black Legends to be one of the inspirations to many present day performers.

Filmography
• The Sweeney, 'Pay Off' as Zak Franklyn, (1976) 
• Flash Gordon, as Prince Thun of Ardentia (1980) 
• The Dogs of War as Colonel Bobi (1981) 
• Raiders of the Lost Ark as Katanga (1981) 
• Prime Suspect 2 as Vernon Allen (1992) 
• The Bill, 'Walking The Line' as Mr Price (1999) 
• Black Hawk Down as Osman Atto (2001) 
• Casualty as Clive King (1986) and Neville Newton (2004) 
• Layer Cake as Morty (2004) 
• The Interpreter as Kuman (2005) 
• 55 Degrees North as Errol Cole (2004 and 2005) 
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Kingsley Shacklebolt (2007)

(source: Wikipedia)

 

Precious Williams

 

 

 

Precious Williams was born in London and raised in West Sussex. She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Periodical Journalism from the London College of Printing and studied English literature at Oxford.

Her articles and essays have appeared in The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Express, The Daily Mirror, The Financial Times, The Independent, The Times, The Sunday Times Magazine, The Mail on Sunday, the New York Post, the New York Times, Glamour, Marie Claire, Elle, Cosmo, Korean Vogue, Details, Wallpaper, The Face, Pride, New Nation, Scotland on Sunday, the Evening Standard.

Precious has been a staff writer at the Independent on Sunday and New Nation and a Contributing Editor at the Mail on Sunday, Elle and Cosmopolitan. She’s written about everything from black-on-black gun crime for the Sunday Times magazine to Jon Bon Jovi for the Daily Telegraph and the world’s wealthiest divorcee for the Financial Times.

In 2004, Precious’s essay, Two Dollars A Word appeared in the Simon & Schuster anthology Sex and Sensibility. Her first book, a memoir entitled Precious, will be published by Bloomsbury in 2008. 

Precious has interviewed:

Beyonce
Lenny Kravitz
P Diddy
Pharrell Williams
Naomi Campbell
Yoko Ono
Colin Farrell 
Wyclef
Nina Simone
Jon Bon Jovi
Natalie Portman
Lauryn Hill
Mary J Blige
Matthew McConnaughey
Destiny's Child 
Josh Hartnett
Jamiroquai
Vinnie Jones
Gabrielle Union
Jenna Jameson (porn superstar)
Portia di Rossi
LL Cool J
Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music
Method Man
The Sex and the City girls (Cynthia Nixon etc)
Paris and Nicky Hilton
Jennifer Beals
Kelis
Run DMC
Lil Kim
Karolina Kurkova 
Rachel Hunter
Ike Turner
Lil Bow Wow
Baby Spice
Scary Spice/Mel B
David Blaine
Master P
TLC
Kate Spade
Eve
Ali G
Busta Rhymes
Hope Davis
Norah Jones
Damon Dash
Alek Wek
Aimee Mullins
Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes
Wu Tang Clan

 

Alrick Riley

 

Alrick Riley has been an established director of high profile television projects for over ten years. He has been the recipient of two British Academy of Film & Television Arts Awards two Royal Television Society Awards and numerous other prizes for event television drama. He has directed on ground breaking series ‘The Cops’, helmed the award winning ‘Babyfather’, is responsible for the pilot of the long running series ‘Judge John Deed’ and has recently directed on the multiple award winning series ‘Spooks’ and ‘Hustle’. He is currently developing a feature film about the Broadwater Farm riot in the early eighties.

Alrick has also participated on the juries of BAFTA, the Royal Television Society and the Directors Guild of Great Britain to adjudicate on awards to celebrate excellence in television drama. 

BROADWATER FARM
Feature film. In development 

HARD CORE
Feature film in development

THE FIXER
Lead Director 2 x 1 hour for Kudos and ITV 1 Executive producers Jane Featherstone, Simon Crawford-Collins

TV’S BLACK PIONEERS
A Cinnamon Films commission from BBC4 

HUSTLE
2 x 60min Episodes for Kudos/BBC 1 Shot in Los Angeles and Las Vegas transmission May 07 

METIS (short)
2006 Cinnamon Films Video Arts commission by Black Moving Cube Jan 07

SILENT WITNESS
(2006) 2x 60min episodes of crime drama BBC 1 

HOTEL BABYLON
(2005) 3 x 60min episodes of Carnival Films Productions for BBC 1 

SPOOKS
(2005) 2x 60min episodes of Kudos Productions BBC1 drama series 
BAFTA NOMINATED. INTERNATIONAL EMMY NOMINATED. 

HUSTLE
(2004) 2 x 60min episodes of Kudos Productions BBC1 drama series. Executive Producers Jane Featherstone, Simon Crawford-Collins Starring Adrian Lester, Marc Warren, Fay Ripley, Robert Glenister and Robert Vaughn. 

SPOOKS
(2004) 2 x 60min episodes of Kudos Productions BBC 1 drama series. In Production. Producer Andrew Woodhead, Executive Producers Jane Featherstone, Simon Crawford Collins. BAFTA Nomination Best Drama Series 2005 

INSPECTOR LYNDLEY MYSTERIES 
(2003/4) 2 x 90 minute episodes Producer Jenny Robbins: Starring Nathaniel Parker.

EVERYTIME YOU LOOK AT ME 
(2003) 1 x 90 minute single film for BBC 2. Producer Ewan Marshall. Starring Mathew Fraser and Lisa Hammond.

MURDER IN MIND 
(2003), 1 x 60 minute thriller for BBC1. Executive Producer Mal Young, Producer Paul Knight, starring Helen Baxendale, Adrian Dunbar. 

BABYFATHER 2 
(2002), lead director for new series. 
Winner BFM Award Best Actress Angela Griffin

THE SECRET 
(2001-02) 2 x 60 minute psychological thriller for BBC 1. Executive Producers Laura Mackie & Sally Haines Producer Paul Rutman. Starring Hadyn Gwynn, Stella Gonet & Robert Bathurst 

BABYFATHER 
(2001) 4 x 50 minutes for BBC2, executive produced by Hilary Salmon, produced by Alison Lumb for broadcast end 2001. 
Winner Royal Television Society Award for Best Actress Diane Parish.

COPS III 
(2000) Directing 2 episodes of BAFTA winning series for World Productions. Executive Producer Tony Garnett

JUDGE JOHN DEED
(2000) Pilot episode of long running series for BBC 1. Starring Martin Shaw. Executive producer Ruth Caleb.

A & E 
(2000) Directing 1 hour of Granada/ITV Series , broadcast 2000. 

ELEVATOR 
(2000) Directing 3 minute short written by Lemn Sissay, Tiger Lily Films for BFI/C4. March 2000. 

PLAYING THE FIELD
(1999) Directing 3 hours of award winning series for BBC2/Tiger Aspect.

COPS II 
(1999). Directing episodes four, five, nine and ten.
Winner of Best Drama Series BAFTA 2000
Royal Television Society Award Best Drama Series

COPS 
(1998). Directing episodes four, five and six of BBC2 series, produced by Tony Garnett/World Productions. 
Winner of Best Drama Series, BAFTA 1999

I LOVE MY MUM 
(1997) Short and Curlies directing commission, broadcast June 1998

CHOICES 
(1996) Writer and director of 30’ drama commissioned by BBC Scene. Transmitted March 1997.

SON OF AFRICA 
(1995) Director of 30’ docu/drama commissioned by BBC. Transmitted Spring 1996.

NO BULLYING HERE 
(1995) Director of short drama commissioned by Channel Four. 
Awarded Royal Television Society Junior Drama Award.
The Japan Prize Grand Prix

JUNGLE MIX 
(1995) Director of 30’ documentary commissioned by ZDF/Arte. Transmitted Summer 1995.

CONCRETE GARDEN 
(1994) Transmitted on Channel 4’s Book Box, Spring 1997. 
Awarded Best Live Action Short Film & Rights of The Child Award; Chicago International Children’s Film Festival. 
Special mention Munich Film Festival
Special Mention Festival Cinema Africano, Milan

MONEY TALKS 
(1992) BBC2 Screenplay First - transmitted September 1993. 
Awarded Prix de la Ville de Brest, Brest International Film Festival
Best Young Talent, Munich Film Festival.
Premio Award Festival Cinema Africano, Milan International Festival.

As a child Alrick Riley trained as an actor at the Anna Scher Theatre. 

He graduated with a BA (Hons) Degree in Communications Studies before going on to post graduate studies in advanced film making at The National Film & Television School where he specialised in direction.

Paul Crooks

Paul has spent 20 years tracing his roots that go 200 years back to Africa
which lead him to write his critically acclaimed novel ‘Ancestors’. He is an expert in
African Caribbean genealogy. He gives inspirational talks aimed to
encourage people to research their family histories. His personal heritage
allows him to speak slave society in the Caribbean, life on the plantation
on which his forebears were held in bondage and how the abolition of
slavery (untold stories).

Some reviews:

“Ancestor's is a powerful book that reminds us why this part of history should be acknowledged … this book pays tribute in a fantastic way”
BBC Radio Berkshire

'Groundbreaking… a riveting read'.
The Voice

'A moving account of a black British family that travels through the ages from slavery and beyond'.
Bonnie Greer, The Guardian

'I was moved...'
Doreen Lawrence,

'An inspiring piece of literature'.
The New Nation

‘Fantastic’
Andrew Clunis Editor The Voice