Vadim Jean

Biography

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Vadim Jean (born Bristol, 9 December 1963) is an award-winning English film director, producer, and executive producer.

After graduating with a degree in History from Warwick University, he found work on Mike Figgis' Stormy Monday, before establishing his own production company in 1989 covering a wide variety of subjects, from sport to corporate videos.

He first came to public attention as a director when Leon the Pig Farmer, won him the FIPRESCI International Critics' Prize at the 1992 Venice Film Festival, the Best Newcomer award from the London Critics' Circle, the Most Promising Newcomer at the Evening Standard British Film Awards, and the Chaplin Award for the best first feature from the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

He repeated his critical success in 1999 when One More Kiss won the Audience Award at the Atlantic Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Film at the Emden International Film Festival.

His Hollywood debut was Jiminy Glick in Lalawood Glick in Lalawood starring Martin Short as his celebrity interviewing alter-ego, produced by Gold Circle films. The film also features Steve Martin and Kurt Russell as themselves. It was selected as the closing gala at the 2004 Toronto film festival.

Most recently he directed In the Land of the Free... a feature documentary narrated by Samuel L Jackson. It tells the story of three men known as the Angola 3 who between them have spent over a Century in solitary confinement in the Louisiana State penitentiary. It was nominated best documentary at the 2011 London Evening Standard British Film Awards. (London Evening Standard 5th January 2011).

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Timeline

2024Aged 61

  • Poster for Daley: Olympic Superstar

    Producer

2023Aged 60

  • Poster for White Widow

    Executive Producer

2021Aged 58

  • Poster for Dr Saviour

    Director

2017Aged 54

  • Poster for Cruel and Unusual

    Director

  • Poster for The Man Who Invented Christmas

    Producer

2016Aged 53

  • Poster for Breaking the Bank

    Writer

2010Aged 47

  • Poster for In the Land of the Free...

    Director

2009Aged 46

  • Poster for Oliviero Rising

    Writer

2008Aged 45

  • Poster for The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1

    Writer

  • Poster for The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2

    Writer

2007Aged 44

  • Poster for Hogfather

    Screenplay

2006Aged 43

  • Poster for Scenes of a Sexual Nature

    Executive Producer

2005Aged 42

  • Poster for Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

    Director

2003Aged 40

  • Poster for The Virgin of Liverpool

    Producer

1999Aged 36

  • Poster for One More Kiss

    Producer

1998Aged 35

  • Poster for The Real Howard Spitz

    Director

1995Aged 32

  • Poster for Clockwork Mice

    Director

1994Aged 31

  • Poster for Beyond Bedlam

    Screenplay

1993Aged 30

  • Poster for Leon the Pig Farmer

    Director