Richard Sandling

Richard Sandling

History

Richard Sandling is a British comedian, film reviewer, presenter, writer, director, actor and musician from South Benfleet. He won So You Think You're Funny in 2007. Sandling has said that he sought a career in comedy, and has performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe a number of times, both as a solo act and as part of duo with Stuart Goldsmith. He is also the alter ego of Spak Whitman and has performed comedy all over the UK as well as America and Canada Sandling runs Perfect Movie in London, a stand up and sketch comedy night all about films featuring recreations of top comedians. He also occasionally runs the Squat Betty comedy night in Southend. He was the Myspace.com/comedy film reviewer for a time and is featured in the documentary The People vs. George Lucas. He can also be seen in Peep Show series 7, Trinny & Susannah: From Boom to Bust and Miranda series 2. He is a regular performer at Robin Ince's Book Club and School for Gifted Children shows in London and at Latitude Festival and in 2008 was part of the Montreal Just For Laughs Britcom Show.

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Richard Sandling

Movies

Graphic Desires
Hipster Barman
When reclusive Franklin cheats on his partner with a mysterious girl he meets on a dating app, it becomes the start of a deadly obsession.
The Nan Movie
Colin
Catherine Tate's iconic character Nan hits the big screen as she goes on a wild road trip from London to Ireland with her grandson Jamie to make amends with her estranged sister Nell. Militant vegan arsonists, raucous rugby teams, all night raves and crazed cops on motorbikes all make for a proper day out. An origin story that mixes Nan's present with her past where we finally find out what's made her the cantankerous old bastard she is today.
BLONDE. Purple
Ant
An out-of-his-depth criminal is stuck in a bank after a heist goes wrong. With only a gun and a 16 year old girl as a hostage, how will he get out?
Doll Factory: The Musical
Gavin
Faced with numerous obstacles and pressure to exceed her Mums expectations, 12-year-old Liverpudlian tomboy Aliza tries her best to raise money to save her fathers dance studio from permanent closure. While adapting to new London inner-city life, Aliza finds comfort in Teon, a shy, charming boy who lives in her block of flats and finds a new rival in national sweetheart and triple threat, Sophie Wallis. This coming of age tale depicts the story of being more than your surroundings with song, dance and grit taking centre stage.
A Fistful of Lead
Writer
Four of the West's most infamous outlaws carry out a daring bank heist in the gold-rush town, Bath Water. As the posse takes chase, things take a turn for the worse, as the bandits realize they've been double-crossed - but by who?
Nightshooters
Tarker
A film crew led by stuntman Donnie come to witness a Gangland hit, and have to fight for their lives to survive the night.
Wyrdoes
WYRDOES is a comedy inspired by 'Macbeth', written and directed by Nat Luurtsema and produced by Jennifer Eriksson and Iona Westlake. Three sisters - Elsab, Magrit and Merope - battle through poverty and rumours that they're witches just because they're a little 'wyrd'. Through accidental tragedy, murder and war, the downtrodden Wyrdoes finally fight back
The Comedian's Guide to Survival
Richard
One man's journey around the world to discover the secret of comedy.
Nina Forever
Bus Passenger
Holly loves Rob and tries to help him through his grief – even if it means contending with his dead girlfriend Nina, who comes back, bloody and broken, every time they make love
Catherine Tate's Nan
Steve
Catherine Tate returns with one of her most beloved characters in a full comedy series following the life and hilarious antics of a potty-mouthed granny.
Ashens and the Quest for the Gamechild
Richard
Ashens goes on a quest to find the legendary and elusive piece of electronic tech known only as the GameChild.
The Last Summer on Earth
Big Guy
Feel the tension. Feel the heat. Listen to the beat! Join the Ginger Goofball in 50s America as he struggles with love, friendship, and the rebelliousness of youth.
The People vs. George Lucas
Himself
The passion the original Star Wars trilogy inspires in its fans is unparalleled; but when it comes to George Lucas himself, many have found their ardor has cooled into a complicated love-hate relationship. This hilarious, heartfelt documentary delves deep into Lucas’s cultural legacy, asking all the tough questions. Has Lucas betrayed his masterwork? Should he just have left the original trilogy alone? Is The Phantom Menace so bad it should carry a health warning? Utilizing interviews taken from over 600 hours of footage, and peppered with extraordinary Star Wars and Indiana Jones recreations lovingly immortalized in song, needlepoint, Lego, claymation, puppets and paper-mâché, above all this film asks the question: who truly owns that galaxy far, far away—the man who created it, or the fans who worship it?
Godless
The Scientist
Trapped in their office by a baying crowd from all religious backgrounds, a group of filmmakers contemplate a fictional short film they have made disproving the existence of God. As the crowd outside intensifies they wonder if it is just a film or maybe something much more important.