Dominic Savage (born November 23, 1962 in Margate, Kent, England) is a BAFTA-award-winning British director, writer and actor.Originally a child actor — making several television appearances and featuring in Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1975) — Savage moved into writing and directing in his mid-thirties, going on to win BAFTAs for Nice Girl (2000) and When I Was 12 (2001). He is also well known for his 2009 film, a BBC2 TV drama entitled Freefall.
The films that really get me going have a strong sense of romanticism. Besides, that's something unique to film, film detects subtleties that are difficult to convey ... that mixture of image, character, story and atmosphere are ideally suited to love. If I could make love story after love story, I'd be very happy.
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The bigger your budget, the more pressure you are under to make money, to target a particular audience. If you'd got lots of money, you'd probably think about getting US stars to play English characters, and you'd end up doing the wrong thing.
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As a writer, I can construct anything I like. With drama, you have the freedom to tell the story you want about difficult subjects, about the most intimate features in people's lives. With documentary, you are using people, exposing people's private lives on screen and it's very difficult to get that relationship right. With drama, you don't feel guilty about showing every aspect of people's lives.
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My favorite films are love stories. I find it remarkable how much those things move us. Ridiculous as it was, even Ghost tapped into a sense of loss, a sense of love that can't be.
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Started out making advertisements.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Escape
2017/II
post-production
The Secrets
2014
TV Mini-Series 5 episodes
True Love
2012
TV Series 5 episodes
Dive
2010
TV Movie
Freefall
2009
TV Movie
Born Equal
2006
TV Movie
Love + Hate
2005
Out of Control
2002
TV Movie
When I Was 12
2001
TV Movie
Nice Girl
2000
TV Movie
Cutting Edge
1997-1998
TV Series documentary 2 episodes
Playbus
1988
TV Series 1 episode
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Escape
2017/II
post-production
The Secrets
2014
TV Mini-Series 1 episode
True Love
2012
TV Series written by - 5 episodes
Dive
2010
TV Movie written by
Freefall
2009
TV Movie
Born Equal
2006
TV Movie
Love + Hate
2005
Out of Control
2002
TV Movie
When I Was 12
2001
TV Movie
Nice Girl
2000
TV Movie
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Stalky & Co.
1982
TV Mini-Series
Foster
The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls
1980
TV Movie
Quartus
The Swish of the Curtain
1980
TV Series
Jeremy Darwin
The Devil's Crown
1978
TV Series
Young Henry
Barry Lyndon
1975
Young Bullingdon
Crown Court
1974
TV Series
David Roberts
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Secrets
2014
TV Mini-Series executive producer - 5 episodes
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Kubrick Remembered
2014
Documentary
Himself
Right to Reply
1998
TV Series
Himself
Dinah!
1976
TV Series
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2006
New Voices/New Visions Grand Jury Prize
Palm Springs International Film Festival
Love + Hate (2005)
2006
Best European Debut Film
Zlín International Film Festival for Children and Youth
$100,000
