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Debbie Isitt is a Director, Author and Sound British born on 7 february 1966

Debbie Isitt

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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 7 february 1966 (58 years)

Debbie Isitt (born 7 February 1966 in Birmingham, England, raised in Coventry) is a comic writer, film director and performer.

Her work includes her two hit Christmas Comedy films "Nativity! and "Nativity 2 Danger in the Manger". She is also known for her Bafta award winning teleplay The Illustrated Mum, the stage play The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband and the feature films Nasty Neighbours, Confetti Fox Searchlight. Most recently Debbie directed the ITV series Love and Marriage.

Nativity!, her third feature film starring Martin Freeman, was released in November 2009 and became the most successful Independent British film of the year. The sequel, and her fourth film, Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger starred David Tennant and was released in November 2012 and was an instant box office hit making twice the amount at the UK box office as the original film.

Isitt has now completed the trilogy with Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?.

Usually with

Marc Wootton
Marc Wootton
(4 films)
Jason Watkins
Jason Watkins
(4 films)
Pam Ferris
Pam Ferris
(2 films)
Jessica Hynes
Jessica Hynes
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Debbie Isitt (4 films)

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Director

Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!, 1h50
Directed by Debbie Isitt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Christmas films
Actors Martin Clunes, Marc Wootton, Catherine Tate, Celia Imrie, Jason Watkins, Stewart Wright
Rating36% 1.8206251.8206251.8206251.8206251.820625
Disaster strikes again: This time Mr Poppy has lost his beloved donkey and Mr Shepherd has lost his memory because of it! Does the class have enough time to help him find them and reunite him with his fiancèe too?
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!, 1h45
Directed by Debbie Isitt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Christmas films
Actors David Tennant, Jessica Hynes, Marc Wootton, Pam Ferris, Ian McNeice, Joanna Page
Rating53% 2.651682.651682.651682.651682.65168
Donald Peterson is an anxious teacher who has just moved to a new house with his pregnant wife Sarah. He accepts a teaching job at St. Bernadette's primary school, taking over the class formerly taught by Mr. Maddens, who by this point has left for America - in the interim, the enthusiastic and child-like teaching assistant Mr. Poppy has been teaching the class unaided.
Nativity!
Nativity! (2009)
, 1h45
Directed by Debbie Isitt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Christmas films
Actors Martin Freeman, Ashley Jensen, Jason Watkins, Marc Wootton, John Sessions, Alan Carr
Rating63% 3.1983153.1983153.1983153.1983153.198315
Paul Maddens (Martin Freeman) is a "frustrated, under-achieving primary school teacher" who once had ambitions of being successful as an actor, producer or director. Every year St. Bernadette's Catholic school in Coventry, where he teaches, competes with a local Protestant private school (Oakmoor) to see who can produce the best nativity play. Maddens hates Christmas because his ex-girlfriend Jennifer Lore (Ashley Jensen), who attended drama school with him, left him at Christmas before he could propose to her. Despite this, the St. Bernadette's headteacher Mrs Bevans (Pam Ferris) tasks him with running their nativity play this year, and gives him a new class teaching assistant called Mr Poppy (Marc Wootton), who turns out to be as much of a child as the rest of Mr Maddens's class.
Confetti
Confetti (2006)
, 1h40
Directed by Debbie Isitt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Documentary, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Felicity Montagu, Jimmy Carr, Jessica Hynes, Martin Freeman, Olivia Colman, Stephen Mangan
Rating57% 2.8500552.8500552.8500552.8500552.850055
The prestigious bridal magazine Confetti, owned by the flippant, breezy Antoni Clarke (Jimmy Carr) and managed by the long-suffering, uptight chief editor Vivienne (Felicity Montagu) is holding a competition to see who can hold the most original wedding, with the winners being presented with a new house and a cover shoot for the magazine. Three couples and their proposals are selected to participate: Sam and Matt (Jessica Stevenson and Martin Freeman), a good-natured couple of old-fashioned romantics who have elected to hold their wedding in the style of Busby Berkeley musicals of the 1930s and 1940s, despite the fact that Sam can barely hold a tune; Isabelle and Josef (Meredith MacNeill and Stephen Mangan), a pair of hyper-competitive professional tennis players holding a tennis-themed wedding; and Joanna and Michael (Olivia Colman and Robert Webb), a naturist couple who intend to hold their wedding entirely naked. All three weddings are planned using the services of Gregory and Archie (Vincent Franklin and Jason Watkins), wedding planners and partners in both business and love.

Scriptwriter

Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!, 1h50
Directed by Debbie Isitt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Christmas films
Actors Martin Clunes, Marc Wootton, Catherine Tate, Celia Imrie, Jason Watkins, Stewart Wright
Roles Writer
Rating36% 1.8206251.8206251.8206251.8206251.820625
Disaster strikes again: This time Mr Poppy has lost his beloved donkey and Mr Shepherd has lost his memory because of it! Does the class have enough time to help him find them and reunite him with his fiancèe too?
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!, 1h45
Directed by Debbie Isitt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Christmas films
Actors David Tennant, Jessica Hynes, Marc Wootton, Pam Ferris, Ian McNeice, Joanna Page
Roles Writer
Rating53% 2.651682.651682.651682.651682.65168
Donald Peterson is an anxious teacher who has just moved to a new house with his pregnant wife Sarah. He accepts a teaching job at St. Bernadette's primary school, taking over the class formerly taught by Mr. Maddens, who by this point has left for America - in the interim, the enthusiastic and child-like teaching assistant Mr. Poppy has been teaching the class unaided.
Nativity!
Nativity! (2009)
, 1h45
Directed by Debbie Isitt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Christmas films
Actors Martin Freeman, Ashley Jensen, Jason Watkins, Marc Wootton, John Sessions, Alan Carr
Roles Writer
Rating63% 3.1983153.1983153.1983153.1983153.198315
Paul Maddens (Martin Freeman) is a "frustrated, under-achieving primary school teacher" who once had ambitions of being successful as an actor, producer or director. Every year St. Bernadette's Catholic school in Coventry, where he teaches, competes with a local Protestant private school (Oakmoor) to see who can produce the best nativity play. Maddens hates Christmas because his ex-girlfriend Jennifer Lore (Ashley Jensen), who attended drama school with him, left him at Christmas before he could propose to her. Despite this, the St. Bernadette's headteacher Mrs Bevans (Pam Ferris) tasks him with running their nativity play this year, and gives him a new class teaching assistant called Mr Poppy (Marc Wootton), who turns out to be as much of a child as the rest of Mr Maddens's class.
Confetti
Confetti (2006)
, 1h40
Directed by Debbie Isitt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Documentary, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Felicity Montagu, Jimmy Carr, Jessica Hynes, Martin Freeman, Olivia Colman, Stephen Mangan
Roles Author
Rating57% 2.8500552.8500552.8500552.8500552.850055
The prestigious bridal magazine Confetti, owned by the flippant, breezy Antoni Clarke (Jimmy Carr) and managed by the long-suffering, uptight chief editor Vivienne (Felicity Montagu) is holding a competition to see who can hold the most original wedding, with the winners being presented with a new house and a cover shoot for the magazine. Three couples and their proposals are selected to participate: Sam and Matt (Jessica Stevenson and Martin Freeman), a good-natured couple of old-fashioned romantics who have elected to hold their wedding in the style of Busby Berkeley musicals of the 1930s and 1940s, despite the fact that Sam can barely hold a tune; Isabelle and Josef (Meredith MacNeill and Stephen Mangan), a pair of hyper-competitive professional tennis players holding a tennis-themed wedding; and Joanna and Michael (Olivia Colman and Robert Webb), a naturist couple who intend to hold their wedding entirely naked. All three weddings are planned using the services of Gregory and Archie (Vincent Franklin and Jason Watkins), wedding planners and partners in both business and love.

Sound

Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!, 1h45
Directed by Debbie Isitt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Christmas films
Actors David Tennant, Jessica Hynes, Marc Wootton, Pam Ferris, Ian McNeice, Joanna Page
Roles Music
Rating53% 2.651682.651682.651682.651682.65168
Donald Peterson is an anxious teacher who has just moved to a new house with his pregnant wife Sarah. He accepts a teaching job at St. Bernadette's primary school, taking over the class formerly taught by Mr. Maddens, who by this point has left for America - in the interim, the enthusiastic and child-like teaching assistant Mr. Poppy has been teaching the class unaided.
Nativity!
Nativity! (2009)
, 1h45
Directed by Debbie Isitt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Christmas films
Actors Martin Freeman, Ashley Jensen, Jason Watkins, Marc Wootton, John Sessions, Alan Carr
Roles Music
Rating63% 3.1983153.1983153.1983153.1983153.198315
Paul Maddens (Martin Freeman) is a "frustrated, under-achieving primary school teacher" who once had ambitions of being successful as an actor, producer or director. Every year St. Bernadette's Catholic school in Coventry, where he teaches, competes with a local Protestant private school (Oakmoor) to see who can produce the best nativity play. Maddens hates Christmas because his ex-girlfriend Jennifer Lore (Ashley Jensen), who attended drama school with him, left him at Christmas before he could propose to her. Despite this, the St. Bernadette's headteacher Mrs Bevans (Pam Ferris) tasks him with running their nativity play this year, and gives him a new class teaching assistant called Mr Poppy (Marc Wootton), who turns out to be as much of a child as the rest of Mr Maddens's class.