After studies in English literature, Jon Amiel graduated from Cambridge University and ran the Oxford and Cambridge Shakespeare Company, which often toured the USA. He became the Hampstead Theatre Company's literary manager and began directing there, relocating to the Royal Shakespeare Company. Amiel joined the BBC as a story editor, studied ...
I spend quite a lot of time in rehearsal, not so much to rehearse the words but to rehearse the character's side you don't see. I try and use rehearsal a lot to build a sense of intimacy between actors.
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I feel the moment you start worrying about your audience you are lost. As a filmmaker, you're like a man on a desert island and you write a message, stick it in a bottle, and cast it out to sea in the hope someone finds it. You don't really see your audience and knowing who they are is impossible. I really just tried to make a film I felt and sensed. [Producer] Jeremy Thomas doesn't make you worry about demographics or audience expectations, he worries about the film and whether or not you're making the one you want. He's a producer who likes and trusts filmmakers, which makes him an highly prized producer. -- on making "Creation"
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The films I love are exactly those films that are hard to define. These days most films are one ride in the fairground -- rollercoaster for action, tunnel of love for romance or ghost house for horror -- but I love movies that give you the feeling you've been to the whole fair. The movies that combine all those elements are my favorites which is unfashionable at the moment because genre is big at the moment. -- on if he has any favorite genres
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Fact
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Jon Amiel was a mentor at the 2nd annual HatcH audiovisual festival in Bozeman, MT. HatcH is a film and arts festival that focuses on mentoring and inspiring student, independent, and up-and-coming filmmakers and artists.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Masterwork
announced
Outsiders
2016-2017
TV Series 6 episodes
Ice
2017
TV Series 1 episode
Seven Seconds
2017
TV Series 1 episode
Aquarius
2015-2016
TV Series 2 episodes
Marco Polo
2016
TV Series 2 episodes
Wicked City
2015
TV Series 1 episode
Hemlock Grove
2015
TV Series 1 episode
The Astronaut Wives Club
2015
TV Series 2 episodes
Once Upon a Time
2013-2015
TV Series 2 episodes
Deliverance Creek
2014
TV Movie
Halt and Catch Fire
2014
TV Series 1 episode
Twisted
2013
TV Series 1 episode
The Borgias
2012-2013
TV Series 4 episodes
Creation
2009/I
The Tudors
2008
TV Series 2 episodes
The Wedding Bells
2007
TV Series 1 episode
Reunion
2005
TV Series 1 episode
Eyes
2005
TV Series 1 episode
The Core
2003
Entrapment
1999
The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997
Copycat
1995
Sommersby
1993
Tune in Tomorrow...
1990
Queen of Hearts
1989
The Storyteller
1988
TV Series 1 episode
The Singing Detective
1986
TV Mini-Series 6 episodes
Screen Two
1986
TV Series 1 episode
Tandoori Nights
1985
TV Series 4 episodes
The Last Evensong
1985
TV Movie
Play for Today
1982-1983
TV Series 2 episodes
Busted
1983
TV Movie
BBC2 Playhouse
1982
TV Series 2 episodes
Lieve juffrouw Rosenberg, waarde Mr. Koonig
1977
TV Movie
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Outsiders
2017
TV Series co-executive producer - 5 episodes
Deliverance Creek
2014
TV Movie executive producer
The Wedding Bells
2007
TV Series executive producer - 1 episode
Reunion
2005
TV Series producer - 1 episode
Simply Irresistible
1999
producer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Creation
2009/I
screen story
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Premiere
1980
TV Mini-Series script editor - 1 episode
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Look Again
2011
Short very special thanks
I Love You, I Love You Not
1996
thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Drama Connections
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself
Biography
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself
To the Core and Back
2003
Video documentary short
Himself - Director
The World's Best Sellers: The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
$300,000
