Stuart Hazeldine

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British screenwriter, film producer and director

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Stuart Hazeldine (born 10 June 1971 in Surrey, England) is a British screenwriter, film producer and director. He is best known for his 2009 psychological thriller Exam, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. He also directed the 2017 film adaptation of William P. Young's novel The Shack. He currently resides in London.

Biography

Raised in Hersham, Surrey, he began making student films while studying American History at the University of Kent and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. After graduation, he sold his first feature screenplay, Underground, to British producers Jeremy Bolt and Paul Trijbits in 1995.

His first produced script was the science fiction adventure TV movie Riverworld, based on the novels by Philip Jose Farmer, for Alliance Atlantis and the Sci Fi Channel. It premiered in March 2003.

In 2005 he wrote and directed his debut short film, Christian.

In 2006 he rewrote the supernatural thriller Knowing, directed by Alex Proyas and starring Nicolas Cage, then he adapted John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost for Legendary Pictures. .

In 2007 he wrote an uncredited draft of the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still, directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Keanu Reeves, and co-wrote an adaptation of John Christopher's science fiction trilogy The Tripods with Alex Proyas.

In 2010/11 he co-wrote the screenplay Moses, based on the life of the Biblical prophet and leader, with American writer Michael Green for Lin Pictures and Warner Bros.

In 2013 he rewrote the historical epic Agincourt, based on the Bernard Cornwell novel Azincourt, for director Michael Mann and Independent Film Company.

He identifies as a Christian.

''Exam''

Main article: Exam (2009 film)

In 2008 he wrote, directed, produced and financed his debut feature film, the psychological thriller Exam, which stars Luke Mably, Colin Salmon and Jimi Mistry. The film was completed in May 2009 and received its World Premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival on 19 June 2009. It then screened at the Raindance Film Festival 2009 where it was nominated for Best UK Feature and was subsequently nominated for the Raindance Award (for films made 'under the radar' without industry help) at the 2009 British Independent Film Awards.

The film was released in UK cinemas on 8 January 2010 by Hazeldine Films and Miracle Communications, garnering four star reviews from Empire, Total Film and Little White Lies magazines and on 7 June it was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Stuart was nominated for "Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer" at the BAFTA Awards 2010 and the film went on to win the Panavision Independent Spirit Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2010 and the Bronze Hitchcock Award at the Dinard Film Festival 2010. During 2010 it also played at the Palm Beach International Film Festival, the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival and the San Sebastian Fantasy/Horror Film Festival.

Independent Film Company sold the film to nineteen territories, ten of them for theatrical release including France, Russia and Japan. IFC Films acquired US rights, releasing it via their Midnight genre label on Demand on 23 July 2010 and on DVD on 16 November.

''The Shack''

Main article: The Shack (2017 film)

In 2015, Hazeldine began production on the faith-based drama The Shack, based on the bestselling novel by William P. Young and produced by Gil Netter and Brad Cummings for Summit Entertainment. The film stars Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer and Tim McGraw and it was released on 3 March 2017.

Works

Produced screenplays

Unproduced screenplays (selected) {{Citation needed|reason=No Citations for all but one project|date=November 2021}}

As director

References

References

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  2. "2010 Film Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director or Producer {{!}} BAFTA Awards".
  3. "The Shack's Stuart Hazeldine on God, Faith, &…Theological Twister?". ScreenFish.
  4. [http://www.christianshortfilm.com ''Christian'' short film].
  5. [https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117977454.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1 "Cage to star in Proyas' 'Knowing'."] Variety.com.
  6. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/04/movies/04gross.html "Paradise Lost."] ''The New York Times''. 4 March 2007.
  7. (2011-05-05). "Bradley Cooper Looking to be Lucifer".
  8. (November 2010). "Everything's Coming Up Moses: Hollywood Readies Two Exodus Movies". Vulture.
  9. (2 May 2013). "Michael Mann Taps Stuart Hazeldine For 15th Century Battle of Agincourt Tale". Deadline Hollywood.
  10. Stuart Hazeldine. "I am a Christian, Wendy, and you do NOT stand with me, nor do I stand with YOU. I reject your white supremacism, your conspiracy theories and your rank stupidity. You follow the father of lies, Satan, not Christ.".
  11. [https://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/18607 An Early Twist in First 'The Exam' Clipage]
  12. [https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35224/a-clip-help-you-pass-stuart-hazeldines-exam A Clip to Help You Pass Stuart Hazeldine's Exam]
  13. [https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/34718/see-trailer-british-thriller-exam See the Trailer for British Thriller Exam]
  14. "Exam Gets World Premiere at Edinburgh Film Festival".
  15. "The 17th Raindance Film Festival reveals award nominations".
  16. (2009-10-24). "Winners Nominations · BIFA · British Independent Film Awards".
  17. [https://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/18286 Official UK Quad for Violent 'Exam']
  18. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/features/exam_interviews BBC – Film Network – Features – Exam: interviews]{{dead link. (July 2021)
  19. (2009-12-30). "Exam".
  20. "News: Exam (UK – DVD R2 | BD) – DVDActive".
  21. (2010-02-21). "Baftas 2010: The winners".
  22. (2010-02-16). ""Exam" tops Santa Barbara festival honors". Reuters.
  23. "Exam (2009) – News". [[IMDb]].
  24. "IFC takes a shine to Exam as Independent continues foreign sales".
  25. "EXAM Trailer Premiere at TWITCH – IFC Entertainment".
  26. "Dark Horizons | DVD Release Dates".
  27. (2014-11-05). "Faith-Based Bestseller 'The Shack' Film Finds Director in Stuart Hazeldine".
  28. "Alien: Earthbound – The Alien 3 sequel that never got made! – Alien: Covenant & Sequel Movie News". Alien: Covenant.
  29. (5 November 2014). "Faith-Based Bestseller 'The Shack' Film Finds Director in Stuart Hazeldine".

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