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Sean Mathias

Nacimiento : 1956-03-14, Swansea, Wales, UK

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sean Gerard Mathias (born 14 March 1956) is a British theatre director, film director, writer and actor. Mathias was born in Swansea, south Wales. He is known for directing the film, Bent, and for directing highly acclaimed theatre productions in London, New York, Cape Town, Los Angeles and Sydney. He has also had a notable professional and personal partnership with the actor, Sir Ian McKellen, since the late 1970s. He was named one of the 101 most influential gay and lesbian people in Britain by the Independent on Sunday in 2006. Description above from the Wikipedia article licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Quintessentially British

Self

This unique and cheeky documentary explores Britain and what makes our country great from our traditions to our self-deprecating sense of humour.

Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU

Director

Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU is a one-man stage performance by English stage and screen actor Sir Ian McKellen. The performance sees McKellen reprising roles over his career in the theatre (such as the works of William Shakespeare), on film (such as Gandalf in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings film series) while discussing anecdotes throughout his life and career.

National Theatre Live: No Man's Land

Stage Director

One summer's evening, two ageing writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead pub and continue their drinking into the night at Hirst's stately house nearby. As the pair become increasingly inebriated, and their stories increasingly unbelievable, the lively conversation soon turns into a revealing power game, further complicated by the return home of two sinister younger men.

Theatreland

Himself

8 part series behind the scenes at the famous Theatre Royal, Haymarket, with a focus on a production Waiting for Godot featuring Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Ronald Pickup and Simon Callow. Also covers the early stages of Breakfast at Tiffany's starring Anna Friel and Joseph Cross.

Bent

Co-Producer

Max (Clive Owen) es gay, y por ese motivo es enviado a Dachau, un campo de concentración bajo el régimen nazi. Max trata de negar su sexualidad y consigue una etiqueta amarilla, reservada para los judíos, en lugar de una rosa, la de los homosexuales. En el campo de concentración se enamora de Horst (Lothaire Bluteau), quien con orgullo lleva su etiqueta rosa.

Bent

Director

El lenguaje perdido de las grúas

Writer

R.U. /// Un joven hace pública su condición de homosexual, para lo cual contará con el apoyo y la comprensión de sus amigos. Sin embargo, la reacción con sus padres será más compleja y conflictiva.

La pimpinela escarlata

Dispatcher

Sir Pierce Blakeney es un noble inglés que se relaciona con las altas esferas de una sociedad que vive con preocupación los ajusticiamientos de ingleses en la Francia revolucionaria. Para combatir este mal, Blakeney adopta una personalidad secreta, 'La Pimpinela Escarlata', bajo la cual hará numerosas incursiones en tierra francesa para rescatar a sus compatriotas condenados a muerte.

Un puente lejano

Irish Guards Officer

En septiembre de 1944, alentados por el éxito de la invasión de Normandía, los aliados emprendieron con determinación la operación "Market Garden", un arriesgado plan para poner fin lo antes posible a la guerra, invadiendo Alemania y destruyendo la industria bélica de Hitler. La clave era conquistar varios puentes por los que pasarían las tropas. No obstante, las estrategias en el campo de batalla, combinadas con los errores del servicio de información, la mala suerte y un clima, si cabe, peor, condujeron la operación a un desenlace inesperado.