Tessa Ross is a Producer British born on 1 january 1961
Tessa Ross
Tessa Ross participated to
56 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
16 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Production
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Directed by Duncan JonesOrigin USAGenres Fantastic,
Fantasy,
Action,
Adventure,
AnimationThemes Films about computing,
Jeu,
Films about magic and magicians,
Films about video games,
Films based on video gamesActors Paula Patton,
Ben Foster,
Travis Fimmel,
Dominic Cooper,
Clancy Brown,
Toby KebbellRoles Producer
Rating66%
The film portrays the origin story of the initial encounters between the humans and the orcs, with an emphasis upon both the Alliance's and Horde's sides of their conflict. Featuring characters such as Durotan and Lothar, the film will take place in a variety of locations established in the video game series., 2h
Directed by Danny Boyle,
Loveleen TandanOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
RomanceThemes Films about children,
L'enfance marginaliséeActors Dev Patel,
Freida Pinto,
Anil Kapoor,
Irrfan Khan,
Mahesh Manjrekar,
Tanay Hemant ChhedaRoles Executive producer
Rating79%
In 2006, eighteen-year-old Jamal Malik (Dev Patel), a former street child (child Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, adolescent Tanay Chheda) from the Juhu slum, is a contestant on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (see Kaun Banega Crorepati), and is one question away from the grand prize. However, before the ₹20 million (US$300 000) question, he is detained and tortured by the police, who suspect him of cheating because of the impossibility of a simple "slumdog" with very little education knowing all the answers. Jamal recounts, through flashbacks, the incidents in his life which provided him with each answer. These flashbacks tell the story of Jamal, his brother Salim (adult Madhur Mittal, adolescent Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala, child Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail), and Latika (adult Freida Pinto, adolescent Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar, child Rubina Ali). In each flashback Jamal has a point to remember one person, or song, or different things that lead to the right answer of one of the questions. The row of questions does not correspond chronologically to Jamal's life, so the story switches between different periods (childhood, adolescence) of Jamal. Some questions do not refer to points of his life (cricket champion), but by witness he comes to the right answer., 2h13
Directed by Steve McQueenOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
HistoricalThemes Films about slavery,
Films about racism,
Children's filmsActors Chiwetel Ejiofor,
Michael Fassbender,
Brad Pitt,
Paul Dano,
Benedict Cumberbatch,
Paul GiamattiRoles Executive Producer
Rating80%
In 1841, Solomon Northup is a free African-American man working as a violinist, who lives with his wife, Anne Hampton, and two children, Margaret and Alonzo, in Saratoga Springs, New York. Two men, Brown and Hamilton, offer him a two-week job as a musician if he will travel to Washington, D.C., with them. Once there, they drug Northup and deliver him to a slave pen owned by James Burch., 1h45
Directed by Phyllida LloydOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Biography,
HistoricalThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about psychiatry,
Films about disabilities,
Political filmsActors Meryl Streep,
Jim Broadbent,
Anthony Head,
Alexandra Roach,
Richard E. Grant,
Iain GlenRoles Executive producer
Rating63%
The film begins in September 2008 (opening against the backdrop of news of the Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing) with an elderly Lady Thatcher buying milk unrecognized by other customers and walking back from the shop alone. Over the course of three days, we see her struggle with dementia and with the lack of power that comes with old age, while looking back on defining moments of her personal and professional life, on which she reminisces with her (now-dead) husband, Denis Thatcher, whose death she is unable to fully accept. She is shown as having difficulty distinguishing between the past and present. A theme throughout the film is the personal price that Thatcher has paid for power. Denis is portrayed as somewhat ambivalent about his wife's rise to power, her son Mark lives in South Africa and is shown as having little contact with his mother, and Thatcher's relationship with her daughter Carol is at times strained., 1h51
Directed by Stephen DaldryOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
MusicalThemes Dance films,
Films about children,
Films about families,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about the labor movement,
La précarité,
Musical films,
Political filmsActors Jamie Bell,
Julie Walters,
Gary Lewis,
Jamie Draven,
Jean Heywood,
Stuart WellsRoles Producer
Rating76%
The film is set in the fictional County Durham mining town of Everington Village during the 1984-85 UK miners' strike, and centres on the character of 11-year-old Billy Elliot, his love of dance, and his hopes of becoming a professional ballet dancer. Billy lives with his widowed father, Jackie, and older brother, Tony, both coal miners out on strike (the latter being the union leader), and also his maternal grandmother, who probably has Alzheimer's disease and once aspired to be a professional dancer. Billy's mother, Jenny, died on 2 December 1983, aged 38., 2h15
Directed by Peter JacksonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
Fantastic,
FantasyThemes Films about children,
Films about religion,
Films about sexuality,
Rape in fiction,
Films about pedophilia,
Ghost films,
Serial killer filmsActors Mark Wahlberg,
Rachel Weisz,
Susan Sarandon,
Stanley Tucci,
Michael Imperioli,
Saoirse RonanRoles Executive Producer
Rating66%
In 1973, 14-year-old Susie Salmon dreams about becoming a photographer. One day, Ray, a boy she has a crush on, approaches her at school and asks her out. As Susie walks home through a cornfield, she runs into her neighbor, George Harvey, who coaxes her into his underground den. Inside, Susie becomes uncomfortable and attempts to leave; when he grabs her, the scene fades until she is seen rushing past classmate Ruth Connors, apparently fleeing Harvey's den., 2h5
Directed by Kevin MacdonaldOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
BiographyThemes Films set in Africa,
Politique,
Political filmsActors Forest Whitaker,
James McAvoy,
Kerry Washington,
Simon McBurney,
Gillian Anderson,
David OyelowoRoles Executive Producer
Rating75%
In 1970, Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy) graduates from medical school at the University of Edinburgh. With dull prospects at home, he decides to seek adventure abroad by working at a Ugandan missionary clinic run by Dr. David Merrit (Adam Kotz) and his wife, Sarah (Gillian Anderson). Garrigan becomes attracted to Sarah, who enjoys the attention, but refuses to engage in an extramarital affair., 1h48
Directed by Alex GarlandOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
ThrillerThemes Films about computing,
Robot filmsActors Oscar Isaac,
Alicia Vikander,
Domhnall Gleeson,
Corey Johnson,
Sonoya Mizuno,
Deborah RosanRoles Executive Producer
Rating76%
Caleb is a programmer for Bluebook, the world's most popular search engine. He wins a one-week visit to the secluded high-security home of the company's CEO, Nathan. The only other person there is Kyoko, a housemaid who does not speak; Nathan says that for security reasons he hired someone who knows no English., 1h34
Directed by Danny BoyleOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Biography,
Documentary,
AdventureThemes Sports films,
Alpinisme,
Films about disabilitiesActors James Franco,
Amber Tamblyn,
Clémence Poésy,
Kate Mara,
Lizzy Caplan,
Kate BurtonRoles Executive Producer
Rating74%
Engineer Aron Ralston (James Franco) drives to Utah's Canyonlands National Park for a day of canyoneering. On foot, he befriends hikers Kristi (Kate Mara) and Megan (Amber Tamblyn), and shows them an underground pool. After parting ways with the hikers, Ralston enters Blue John Canyon through a slot canyon. He slips and falls, and a boulder falls and traps his arm against the wall. Failing to move the boulder, he calls for help, but no one is around. He begins recording a video diary on his camera and using the larger blade on his pocket multi-tool to attempt to chip away at the boulder. He also rations his water and food., 1h58
Directed by Lenny AbrahamsonOrigin CanadaGenres Drama,
ThrillerThemes Films about families,
Films about sexuality,
Rape in fictionActors Brie Larson,
Joan Allen,
William H. Macy,
Jacob Tremblay,
Sean Bridgers,
Tom McCamusRoles Executive Producer
Rating80%
Joy Newsome (Brie Larson), also known as Ma, is being held captive with her five-year-old son, Jack (Jacob Tremblay), in a garden shed. It all started when Old Nick (Sean Bridgers) tricked Ma into helping him with his sick dog. She was then kidnapped and brought to "Room", the garden shed in the backyard of Old Nick's house. Seven years later, Ma and Jack find themselves still locked in "Room", itching to get out., 1h42
Directed by Martin McDonaghOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Action,
Crime,
PoliticThemes Spy films,
Medical-themed films,
Films about drugs,
Films about suicide,
Buddy filmsActors Colin Farrell,
Brendan Gleeson,
Ralph Fiennes,
Clémence Poésy,
Jordan Prentice,
Thekla ReutenRoles Executive Producer
Rating78%
Carrying out orders to execute a priest, rookie hitman Ray accidentally also kills a young boy. He and his mentor Ken are sent to Bruges by their employer Harry, where they are to await further instructions. Placidly biding his time until they can return to England, Ken finds the city charming and quaint, while Ray has nothing but contempt for it. , 2h30
Directed by Mike LeighOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Biography,
HistoricalThemes PeintureActors Timothy Spall,
Roger Ashton-Griffiths,
Dorothy Atkinson,
Paul Jesson,
Jamie Thomas King,
Lesley ManvilleRoles Executive Producer
Rating67%
A look at the last quarter century of the great British painter J. M. W. Turner. Profoundly affected by the death of his esteemed father, loved by his housekeeper, Hannah Danby, whom he takes for granted and occasionally exploits sexually, he forms a close and loving relationship with a seaside landlady with whom he eventually lives incognito in Chelsea, where he dies., 1h58
Directed by Mike LeighOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceActors Sally Hawkins,
Eddie Marsan,
Sylvestra Le Touzel,
Elliot Cowan,
Samuel Roukin,
Sinead MatthewsRoles Executive Producer
Rating69%
Thirty years old and single, Pauline "Poppy" Cross shares a London flat with her best friend Zoe, a fellow teacher. Poppy is free-minded, high-spirited and kind-hearted. The film opens with Poppy trying to engage a shop employee in conversation. He ignores her, yet his icy demeanour does not bother her. She maintains her good mood even when she discovers her bicycle has been stolen. Her main concern is not getting a new one or finding the bicycle, but that she did not get a chance to say goodbye to it. This prompts her to decide to learn how to drive., 2h9
Directed by Mike LeighOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
ComedyThemes Films about alcoholism,
Medical-themed films,
Films about drugsActors Lesley Manville,
Jim Broadbent,
Ruth Sheen,
David Bradley,
Peter Wight,
Imelda StauntonRoles Executive Producer
Rating73%
Tom Hepple, a geologist, and Gerri Hepple, a counsellor, are an older married couple who have a comfortable, loving relationship. The film observes them over the course of the four seasons of a year, surrounded by family and friends who mostly suffer some degree of unhappiness. Gerri's friend and colleague, Mary, works as a receptionist at the health centre. She is a middle-aged divorcee seeking a new relationship, and despite telling everyone she is happy, appears desperate and depressed. She often seems to drink too much. The Hepples' only child, Joe, is 30 and unmarried and works as a solicitor giving advice on housing., 1h35
Directed by Roger MichellOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceActors Peter O'Toole,
Leslie Phillips,
Jodie Whittaker,
Richard Griffiths,
Philip Fox,
Vanessa RedgraveRoles Executive Producer
Rating70%
The plot concerns Maurice (Peter O'Toole), an elderly actor who finds himself increasingly attracted to his friend Ian's great-niece Jessie (Jodie Whittaker) while simultaneously finding himself in deteriorating health due to prostate cancer. Maurice's friend describes the great-niece as a trouble maker and a nuisance, but Maurice discovers that Jessie warms up to him when he starts interacting with her. He takes her to the National Gallery in London to view his favourite painting, the Rokeby Venus, by the Spanish artist Diego Velázquez.