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Michael Knowles is an English film producer. He is also a part-time film lecturer at Staffordshire University, and the lead singer/guitarist for the English alternative rock band WinterGreen. [1] [2]
Knowles’ feature films include a A Boy Called Dad starring Ian Hart, which was selected for the Rome Film Festival in 2009 and purchased by the BBC, [3] [4] [5] Best Laid Plans starring Stephen Graham, Maxine Peake and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, released through Sony Pictures in 2012, [6] and the mystery horror film The Messenger, with Robert Sheehan, Lily Cole and Joely Richardson, released through Metrodome in 2015. [7]
In 2016 he produced the drama Away, set in the north English seaside town of Blackpool, with Timothy Spall and Juno Temple. [8]
In 2020, Knowles completed Running Naked, a comedy drama directed by Victor Buhler and starring Tamzin Merchant, Matthew McNulty and Andrew Gower. The film was released in 2021. [9]
Knowles is a producer of Book of Love, starring Sam Claflin and Veronica Echugui, which went into production in March 2021. [10]
Knowles produced Talking with Angels, which was nominated for a BAFTA for best short film. [4] [11]
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Michael Knowles is an English film producer. He is also a part-time film lecturer at Staffordshire University, and the lead singer/guitarist for the English alternative rock band WinterGreen. [1] [2]
Knowles’ feature films include a A Boy Called Dad starring Ian Hart, which was selected for the Rome Film Festival in 2009 and purchased by the BBC, [3] [4] [5] Best Laid Plans starring Stephen Graham, Maxine Peake and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, released through Sony Pictures in 2012, [6] and the mystery horror film The Messenger, with Robert Sheehan, Lily Cole and Joely Richardson, released through Metrodome in 2015. [7]
In 2016 he produced the drama Away, set in the north English seaside town of Blackpool, with Timothy Spall and Juno Temple. [8]
In 2020, Knowles completed Running Naked, a comedy drama directed by Victor Buhler and starring Tamzin Merchant, Matthew McNulty and Andrew Gower. The film was released in 2021. [9]
Knowles is a producer of Book of Love, starring Sam Claflin and Veronica Echugui, which went into production in March 2021. [10]
Knowles produced Talking with Angels, which was nominated for a BAFTA for best short film. [4] [11]