Sean Mathias

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

História

​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.

Filmes

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
Na Alemanha nazista, no período que antecedeu a guerra, Max (Clive Owen), um gay, é enviado para o campo de concentração de Dachau. Ele tenta esconder sua homossexualidade usando uma estrela amarela, que era a forma de identificar judeus, em vez do triângulo rosa usado para "marcar" os homossexuais. No campo se apaixona por Horst (Lothaire Blutheau), um prisioneiro homossexual que usa com orgulho seu triângulo rosa.
Bent
Director
Na Alemanha nazista, no período que antecedeu a guerra, Max (Clive Owen), um gay, é enviado para o campo de concentração de Dachau. Ele tenta esconder sua homossexualidade usando uma estrela amarela, que era a forma de identificar judeus, em vez do triângulo rosa usado para "marcar" os homossexuais. No campo se apaixona por Horst (Lothaire Blutheau), um prisioneiro homossexual que usa com orgulho seu triângulo rosa.
The Lost Language of Cranes
Writer
When a young gay man comes out of the closet, his friends support him, but when he comes out to his parents, he stirs up a wealth of hidden feelings and secrets in their relationship.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Dispatcher
Assassinato, falsidade, intriga e paixão... Scarlet Pimpernel se encontra no meio disto tudo. No calor da Revolução Francesa, Robespierre e o chefe da Polícia Secreta, Chauvelin estão mantendo as guilhotinas ocupadas.
Uma Ponte Longe Demais
Irish Guards Officer
Setembro de 1944, os Aliados confidencialmente mandam para a Normandia um grande grupo de soldados para a operação Market Garden, cuja intenção era dar um fim para a Segunda Guerra Mundial, invadindo a Alemanha e destruindo as indústrias de guerra do 3º Reich. Durante a operação, disparidades políticas no campo de batalha, mó sorte nas condições meteorológicas e falhas na inteligência levam ao desastre da missão. A história do mais trágico erro tático da Segunda Guerra Mundial, que custou a vida de muitos soldados.