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Mike Le Han 
Born Mike Le Han Occupation Film Director, Screenwriter Years active 1997 – present Mike Le Han is an award winning English writer and director. He started his career in music during the early 90's working as a session musician and freelance tutor. He was introduced to film in 1997 when he wrote and directed a short. Le Han's work was nominated for two Royal Television Society Awards in 2009.
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Directing career
Le Han has directed many docudrama productions between 1997 and 2009. His work was nominated for two RTS Awards in 2009 when he directed The Great Train Robbery and Crimes That Shook Britain for Manchester based production company Title Role. Le Han has also directed several high profile commercials for varying car manufactures.
In 2010 Le Han co-wrote with wife Helen Le Han Mrs Peppercorn's Magical Reading Room [1][2][3][4][5] and completed filming in May of the same year. The trailer for the film won Best Trailer for an Un-Produced movie at the International Movie Trailer Festival in Los Angeles. The finished short with crime-novelist Martina Cole functioning as executive producer premiered March 2011 to an invite-only audience at BAFTA in London [6][7] and is being reworked into a feature.[8]
In January 2011 Le Han featured as a director to watch in MovieScope Magazine and then April edition of Variety Magazine in the UK and USA.
In August 2011, Mrs Peppercorn, Le Han's short film won Best Short Film by unanimous vote at the prestigious HollyShorts Film Festival [9][10] in Los Angeles. In the same month at the request of Disney Animation Studios, he screened the short film to executives and creatives at their Burbank facilities.
Le Han is represented by Adam Marshall at Los Angeles based Caliber Media Company.
Awards
Year Festival Title Award Result 2009 Royal Television Society The Great Train Robbery RTS Nominated 2009 Royal Television Society Crimes That Shook Britain RTS Nominated 2010 International Movie Trailer Festival Trailer for Mrs Peppercorn Best trailer for an un-produced movie Winner 2011 HollyShorts Film Festival Mrs Peppercorn's Magical Reading Room Best short film Winner Filmography
Director Credits
Year Title Details Broadcast 1997 Life - Short Film Completed Film Festivals 1999 Depart - Short Film Completed Film Festivals 2000 Walkabout Completed Film Festivals 2000 York Completed ITV 2002 Beyond the Blade Completed ITV 2003 Cook's Last Voyage Completed ITV 2003 Beyond The Moors Murders Completed ITV 2004 Hawk Speed Completed ITV4 2007 Fast Bikes Magazine DVD Completed DVD 2007 Black Pre-production TBC 2008 Shipman Completed The History Channel 2008 Stephanie Slater Completed The History Channel 2008 The Russell Murders Completed The History Channel 2008 Beverley Allitt Completed The History Channel 2008 Sarah Payne Completed The History Channel 2009 The Great Train Robbery Completed The History Channel 2009 The Brinks Mat Heist Completed The History Channel 2009 Security Express Heist Completed The History Channel 2009 Millennium Dome Diamond Heist Completed The History Channel 2009 Tunbridge Securitas Heist Completed The History Channel 2010 Britain's Biggest Heists Completed Crime & Investigation Network 2011 Mrs Peppercorn's Magical Reading Room Completed Worldwide film festivals Second Unit Director / 1st Assistant Director Credits
Year Title Details Broadcast 2008 Martina Cole's 'Lady Killers' Completed ITV 3 Producer Credits
Year Title 2000 York 2001 Expedition Global Eagle 2002 Beyond The Blade 2003 Cook's Last Voyage 2003 Beyond The Moors Murders 2004 Hawk Speed Writer Credits
Year Title Type 1997 Life Short Film 1999 Depart Short Film 2000 Walkabout Short Film 2000 York TV 2002 Beyond the Blade TV 2003 Cook's Last Voyage TV 2003 Beyond The Moors Murders TV 2003 Jacob Black Television Drama 2004 Hawk Speed TV 2004 VIMM City TV 2005 Case of the Green Wallpaper TV 2006 Sapien Short Film 2007 Black Short Film 2007 Best Day's Short Film 2008 Black Shallow Creek Short Film 2011 Mrs Peppercorn's Magical Reading Room Short Film References
- ^ "'Mrs Peppercorn's Magical Reading Room to be shot in Marple Bridge'". How-Do-Media. http://www.how-do.co.uk/north-west-media-news/north-west-broadcasting/mrs-peppercorn's-magical-reading-room-to-be-shot-in-marple-bridge-201001227274. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
- ^ "'Exlusive Interview: Mike Le Han'". Napiers News. http://www.napiersnews.com/2010/12/exclusive-interview-mike-le-han-writer.html. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
- ^ "'Beautiful first trailer - Mike Le Han". Quiet Earth. http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2010/09/22/Beautiful-first-trailer-Mike-Le-Hans-MRS-PEPPERCORNS-MAGICAL-READING-ROOM-soon-to-be-a-feature-film. Retrieved 2010-22-09.
- ^ "'Awesome Trailer for Mrs Peppercorn's Magical Reading Room'". Sight On Sound. http://www.soundonsight.org/awesome-trailer-for-mrs-peppercorns-magical-reading-room/. Retrieved 2010-22-09.
- ^ "'Mike Le Han - director of Mrs. Peppercorn". Atypical Tales. http://atypicaltales.com/feature/interview/mike-le-han/. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ^ "'Short Film Review: Mrs Peppercorn's Magical Reading Room by Mike Le Han". Screen/Read. http://www.screenread.de/mrs-peppercorns-magical-reading-room-mike-le-han-short-film-review/. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
- ^ "'Peppercorn' short film picks up steam". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118035497?refCatId=13. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
- ^ "Mrs Peppercorn: From short to feature". screen/read. http://www.screenread.de/mike-le-han-interview-mrs-peppercorn-english/. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
- ^ "Peppercorn wins Best Short Film". HollyShorts. http://hollyshorts.com/main/?page_id=134. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ "HollyShorts Winner: Downtempo Fairy Tale Takes Top Prize". IndieWire. http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/2011/08/19/hollyshorts_winner_a_downtempo_fairy_tale_takes_the_prize/. Retrieved 2011-19-08.
External links
Categories:- English film directors
- English screenwriters
- 1972 births
- Living people
- People from Marston Green
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