Top Boy production biogs and cast and production credits

13 October 2011

PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES

 

Ronan Bennett (writer, creator and co-producer)

Ronan Bennett was born in Belfast and is now based in London. He is a critically-acclaimed novelist and screenwriter for film and television.

His films include Public Enemies (directed by Michael Mann and starring Johnny Depp), Lucky Break and Face. His hugely distinctive television dramas include The Hamburg Cell (Channel 4), Fields of Gold, Love Lies Bleeding and Rebel Heart. His most recent serial for television, Hidden, is currently screening on BBC ONE.

He is the co-author of Stolen Years: Before and After Guildford, the highly-praised account of Paul Hill's trial and imprisonment in the aftermath of the Guildford bombings. His first novel, The Second Prison, was shortlisted for the Irish Times/Aer Lingus First Fiction Award. His other novels include HAVOC in its Third Year, Overthrown by Strangers and The Catastrophist, shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award. He has also contributed regularly to the London Review of Books, The Guardian, The Observer, Time Out and the Times Literary Supplement.

 

Yann Demange (director)

BAFTA-nominated director Yann Demange was born in Paris and grew up in London, where he is now based.

He began his career focusing on music promos, commercials and filming live concerts before going on to study film at the London College of Printing. His 2001 graduation film, Joe, was accepted by the British Film Council as part of its festival programme and screened internationally. After producing a range of documentaries he went on to garner an MA from the National Film & Television School, graduating five years ago and moving directly into television comedy drama with Channel 4's Man in a Box.

More recently he directed Charlie Brooker's reality TV drama/zombie romp Dead Set, which received both a British Comedy Award nomination and a BAFTA nomination for Best Drama Serial. And in addition last year he was BAFTA nominated (Best Director, Fiction/Entertainment) for the critically-acclaimed five-part drama Criminal Justice.

 

Cowboy Films

Cowboy Films is run by producing partners Charles Steel and Alasdair Flind. Previous films include The Last King of Scotland, which won an Oscar for Best Actor and a BAFTA for best British film, Goodbye Charlie Bright and the cinema documentary Fire in Babylon.

Previous TV productions include Poppy Shakespeare, which won the BAFTA for Best Actress. Cowboy also produces short films including the Oscar-winning Wasp (Andrea Arnold) and the BAFTA-winning I-DopAir (Martina Amati). Currently in post-production is Marley, a cinema documentary on Bob Marley, directed by Kevin McDonald, to be released in 2012.

 

 

 

 

CAST LIST

Dushane                         ASHLEY WALTERS

Sully                               KANE ROBINSON (‘KANO')

Dris                                 SHONE ROMULUS

Ra'Nell                           MALCOLM KAMULETE

Lisa                                 SHARON DUNCAN-BREWSTER

Gem                                GIACOMO MANCINI

Leon                                NICHOLAS PINNOCK

Heather                           KIERSTON WAREING

Lee Greene                     CYRUS DESIR                      

Bobby Raikes                 GEOFF BELL

Joe                                  DAVID HAYMAN

Vincent                           BENEDICT WONG

Nurse Kerry                   RACHEL WARREN

Tareek                            SEAN SAGAR

Chantelle                        LETITIA WRIGHT

Kamale                           TAYO JARRETT (‘SCORCHER')

Ninja                               CHIEFER APPIAH

Precious                          OLIVIA MUSANGI

Chris                               RICHIE CAMPBELL

Pat                                   MARSHA MILLAR

Natalie                            CAMILLA MARIE BEEPUT

Shaun                             ANTHONY WELSH

Michael                          XAVIEN RUSSELL

Andre                             GEORGE WOOD

Femi                               ARNOLD OCENG

Camilla                           JULIET OLDFIELD

Jenny Northam               POOKY QUESNEL

Sophie                            ELARICA GALLACHER

Dombosco                      TYRICK OPPONG

Ross Rosten                   DEREK DaSAFO (‘SWAY')

Wendell                         CORNELL JOHN

Yolanda                         YOLANDA VAZQUEZ

Taylor                            CLARE-HOPE ASHITEY

Susan Campbell             LYNETTE CLARKE

Burly white man            ANDY BECKWITH

Maternity nurse             SARAH FLIND

Minister                         EWART JAMES WALTERS  

Barber                            CLINTON BLAKE

Male teacher                                    DAVOOD GHADAMI

Tareek's girl                                      NATHASHA STOLES

Man in gym                                       JOHN MALONEY

Natasha                                              OLIVIA JOHN BAPTISTE

Giggs                                                    HIMSELF

Man with baseball bat                 ANDY BECKWITH

 

 

PRODUCTION CREDITS

 

Writer & creator                                             RONAN BENNETT

Director                                                               YANN DEMANGE

Producers                                                          CHARLES STEEL

                                                                                ALASDAIR FLIND

                                                                                RONAN BENNETT

Line Producer                                                   YVONNE ISIMEME IBAZEBO

Director of Photography                             TAT RADCLIFFE

Editor                                                                   CHRIS WYATT

Production Designer                                    JACQUELINE ABRAHAMS

Original Music                                                 BRIAN ENO

Casting Director                                             DES HAMILTON

Costume Designer                                        JANE PETRIE

Make-Up Designer                                        MARELLA SHEARER

Script Editor                                                      SARA MURRAY