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Chris Atkins is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer British born on 1976
Chris Atkins (born Christopher Walsh Atkins in 1976) is a British journalist and documentary film maker. He gave evidence to the Leveson Inquiry into the ethics of the British press.
Atkins was educated at Bromsgrove School from 1986–1994. His early career involved making low-budget dramas with director Richard Jobson, including Jobson's debut feature film, 16 Years of Alcohol, and subsequent works The Purifiers and A Woman in Winter.
His work includes Taking Liberties (2007) and Starsuckers (2009). He has made documentaries for the Channel 4 television series Dispatches, for which he spent a year undercover investigating the illegal trade in confidential data, and occasionally writes for The Guardian.
While makingTaking Liberties, Atkins was held under anti-terror laws when he tried to speak with the Home Secretary John Reid at the 2006 Labour Party conference. The film was nominated for the "Carl Foreman award for special achievement by a British director, writer or producer in their first feature film" in the 2008 British Academy Film Awards.
Thirty minutes of footage from Starsuckers were shown as part of Akins' evidence to the Leveson Inquiry.
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Chris Atkins
Atkins was educated at Bromsgrove School from 1986–1994. His early career involved making low-budget dramas with director Richard Jobson, including Jobson's debut feature film, 16 Years of Alcohol, and subsequent works The Purifiers and A Woman in Winter.
His work includes Taking Liberties (2007) and Starsuckers (2009). He has made documentaries for the Channel 4 television series Dispatches, for which he spent a year undercover investigating the illegal trade in confidential data, and occasionally writes for The Guardian.
While makingTaking Liberties, Atkins was held under anti-terror laws when he tried to speak with the Home Secretary John Reid at the 2006 Labour Party conference. The film was nominated for the "Carl Foreman award for special achievement by a British director, writer or producer in their first feature film" in the 2008 British Academy Film Awards.
Thirty minutes of footage from Starsuckers were shown as part of Akins' evidence to the Leveson Inquiry.
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Filmography of Chris Atkins (5 films)
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Starsuckers (2009)
Directed by Chris Atkins
Genres Documentary
Actors Rupert Degas, Richard Curtis, Bob Geldof, Elton John, Harvey Weinstein
Rating73%
Taking Liberties (2007)
Directed by Chris Atkins
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Political films
Actors David Morrissey, Ashley Jensen
Rating75%
The film starts with three coaches of peace protestors on the way to the RAF Base in Fairford, Gloucestershire on 22 March 2003 held for two hours by 100 riot police and escorted back to London denied the right to protest. An animated sequence profiles the key events of WWII; Reichstag fire, Kristalnacht, the invasion of Poland, allied victory and the subsequent European convention on Human rights designed to ensure it never happened again. Archive footage of Tony Blair defends New Labour laws which undo this convention and which the 7 July 2005 London bombings survivor Rachel North rallies against.
Scriptwriter
Taking Liberties (2007)
Directed by Chris Atkins
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Political films
Actors David Morrissey, Ashley Jensen
Rating75%
The film starts with three coaches of peace protestors on the way to the RAF Base in Fairford, Gloucestershire on 22 March 2003 held for two hours by 100 riot police and escorted back to London denied the right to protest. An animated sequence profiles the key events of WWII; Reichstag fire, Kristalnacht, the invasion of Poland, allied victory and the subsequent European convention on Human rights designed to ensure it never happened again. Archive footage of Tony Blair defends New Labour laws which undo this convention and which the 7 July 2005 London bombings survivor Rachel North rallies against.
Producer
Taking Liberties (2007)
Directed by Chris Atkins
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Political films
Actors David Morrissey, Ashley Jensen
Roles Producer
Rating75%
The film starts with three coaches of peace protestors on the way to the RAF Base in Fairford, Gloucestershire on 22 March 2003 held for two hours by 100 riot police and escorted back to London denied the right to protest. An animated sequence profiles the key events of WWII; Reichstag fire, Kristalnacht, the invasion of Poland, allied victory and the subsequent European convention on Human rights designed to ensure it never happened again. Archive footage of Tony Blair defends New Labour laws which undo this convention and which the 7 July 2005 London bombings survivor Rachel North rallies against.
Reverb (2007)
Genres Horror
Actors Eva Birthistle, Margo Stilley, Stephen Lord, Neil Newbon, Luke de Woolfson
Roles Executive producer
Rating39%
A Woman in Winter (2007)
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Jamie Sives, Julie Gayet, Jason Flemyng, Susan Lynch, Brian Cox
Roles Producer
Rating56%
The Purifiers (2005)
Genres Science fiction, Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Kevin McKidd, Dominic Monaghan, Amber Sainsbury, Rachel Grant, Atesh Salih
Roles Producer
Rating32%
The Purifiers, Les Redresseurs, est un groupe d'experts en arts martiaux ayant la solide réputation d'assurer la paix dans la ville. Déçu des initiatives inadéquates du gouvernement et de sa piètre surveillance policière, Moses, le chef d'un gang rival, tente d'intégrer des résidents dans une association très puissante pouvant contrôler les crimes et le trafic de stupéfiants. Puisque ces agissements vont à l'encontre des valeurs représentées par Les Purifiers, ils se retrouvent seuls dans leur camp. Le succès de la nouvelle alliance repose alors sur un seul critère : éliminer Les Purifiers. Malgré de minces chances de réussite, Les Purifiers s'engagent dans une violente et explosive guerre contre les gangs de rues, mais cette fois, l'enjeu est mortel.