Justin Chadwick was born on December 1, 1968 in Manchester, Lancashire, England. He is a director and actor, known for The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013) and The First Grader (2010).
British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Serial
Nominations
BAFTA Award for Best British Film
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Mandela was very much alive and knew what we were doing when we were making the film. He himself has said he doesn't want to be remembered as a saint, he wants to be remembered as a man. Ans he was a man. He was a young man. He had hopes and ambitions and dreams that were just like any other young man who wanted to be the best of what he did, and have a family and children, and to be a great lawyer, and to be a success. And this pernicious evil - drip, drip, drip effect on him - it just did not stop. Everything I researched led back to this man, and what it cost him as a man, a flesh and blood man who was a dad who had hopes and dreams. I want my sons to go and watch that and see. I mean, isn't that what makes this journey all the more extraordinary?
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When you talk to people now in their 80s and 90s who knew Mandela as a young man, they remember a brilliant lawyer and a fantastic orator, but they also remember a 'star'. He had a magnetism about him. He gave off electricity when he came into a room. Idris [Elba] can do that too - he has that warmth and radiance about him.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Lady and the Panda
2017
pre-production
Tulip Fever
2017
completed
Official Secrets
pre-production
Signal Hill
pre-production
The Money
2014
TV Movie
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013
Stolen
2011
TV Movie
The First Grader
2010
The Other Boleyn Girl
2008
Bleak House
2005
TV Mini-Series 8 episodes
MI-5
2003-2004
TV Series 4 episodes
Murder Prevention
2004
TV Series 2 episodes
Red Cap
2004
TV Series 1 episode
Helen West
2002
TV Series 1 episode
The Vice
2001-2002
TV Series 2 episodes
Daylight Robbery
2000
TV Mini-Series 2 episodes
EastEnders
2000
TV Series 3 episodes
Life Force
2000
TV Series
The Bill
1999
TV Series 1 episode
Byker Grove
1998
TV Series 2 episodes
Shakespeare Shorts
1996
TV Series episode "Macbeth - The King is Dead"
Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film Challenge
1994
TV Series 1 episode
Family Style
1993
TV Short
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
1999
Flash Man
Dalziel and Pascoe
1998
TV Series
DC Seymour
Gold
1997
TV Series
Rabbit
Casualty
1993-1996
TV Series
Paul / Steve
Frontiers
1996
TV Series
DC Clive Reilly / Det. Con Clive Reilly
Band of Gold
1996
TV Series
Rabbit
The Tide of Life
1996
TV Mini-Series
Con Fullwell
Melvyn's Pencils
1995
Short
Melvyn
Dangerfield
1995
TV Series
Keith Welsh
Au Pair
1994
The Bill
1994
TV Series
Paul Hern
Medics
1994
TV Series
Stephen Prior
The Advocate
1993
Gerard d'Auferre
How We Used to Live
1993
TV Series
Ralph Warren
Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1992
TV Series
Gavin
Bossanova Blues
1992
Short
Kenny
Heartbeat
1992
TV Series
Derek
London Kills Me
1991
Clint Eastwood
Screen One
1991
TV Series
Martin
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Money
2014
TV Movie executive producer
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Charlie Rose
2013
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Politics Nation with Al Sharpton
2013
TV Series
Himself
On Set: Making Boleyn
2008
Video short
Himself
To Be a Lady
2008
Video short
Himself
Translating History to Screen
2008
Video short
Himself
Shakespeare Shorts
1996
TV Series
Himself - Director
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2014
Cinema for Peace Honorary Award
Cinema for Peace Awards
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
2014
Bernhard Wicki Film Award
Munich Film Festival
Best Film
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
2013
Audience Award
Aspen Filmfest
Audience Favorite Feature
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
2013
Audience Award
Twin Cities Film Fest, US
Feature Film
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
2011
Audience Award
Durban International Film Festival
Best Film
The First Grader (2010)
2011
Emden Film Award
Emden International Film Festival
The Bernhard Wicki Award
The First Grader (2010)
2011
Emden Film Award
Emden International Film Festival
The DGB Trade Union Award (Audience Choice)
The First Grader (2010)
2011
Audience Choice Award
Nashville Film Festival
Best Feature
The First Grader (2010)
2011
Best Feature
Palm Beach International Film Festival
Best Feature Film
The First Grader (2010)
2011
Director's Choice Award
Sedona International Film Festival
Best Feature Film
The First Grader (2010)
2011
Audience Award
Sedona International Film Festival
Best Feature Film
The First Grader (2010)
2010
Audience Award
Sedona International Film Festival
Best Feature Film
The First Grader (2010)
2010
Director's Choice Award
Sedona International Film Festival
Best Feature Film
The First Grader (2010)
2006
BAFTA TV Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Drama Serial
Bleak House (2005)
2006
Banff Rockie Award
Banff Television Festival
Best Mini-Series
Bleak House (2005)
2006
Broadcasting Press Guild Award
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
Best Drama Series/Serial
Bleak House (2005)
2006
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Direction of a Motion Picture or Miniseries
Bleak House (2005)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2014
Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film
BAFTA Awards
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
2014
Image Award
Image Awards
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
2013
Audience Choice Award
Chicago International Film Festival
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
2012
BAFTA TV Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Single Drama
Stolen (2011)
2011
Audience Award
Gotham Awards
The First Grader (2010)
2006
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special