Take a look at some of these famous names that are amongst our Raindance alumni. How many do you recognise? Take a look at some of our Raindance courses and, who knows, soon this could be you!
Sacha Baron Cohen
Actor, Writer, Producer
Borat, Ali G show, Madagascar 2, Bruno.
Jeremy Bolt
Producer
Resident Evil, Dead or Alive, Death Race.
Clive Bradley
Writer
BAFTA Children’s Award best drama for ‘That Summer Day’ TV series, Waking the Dead, City of Vice.
Philippa Braithwaite
Producer
1998 British Film Awards: Producer of the Year, Doc Martin TV series, Sliding Doors.
James Breese
Director, Writer, Producer
Benjamin’s Struggle.
Paul Brooks
Producer
My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Myanna Buring.
Arabella Cecil
Producer, Writer
Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs.
Mark Ezra
Writer, Director, Producer
Riders, Savage Hearts, Blind Justice, Slaughter High.
Julian Fellowes
Actor, Writer, Producer, Director
Oscar Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for Gosford Park.
Sadie Frost
Actor, Producer
Set the Thames on Fire, Love Honour Obey.
Roland Gift
Actor, Writer, Soundtrack
Saturday Night Live music, Hitch soundtrack, Highlander (TV).
Richard Holmes
Producer, Writer
Waking Ned, BAFTA Scotland award Best Film for Soft Top Hard Shoulder.
Nick Hornby
Writer, Director, Actor
“High Fidelity” novel, “About a Boy” novel, “Fever Pitch” novel.
Vadim Jean
Director, Writer, Producer
Leon the Pig Farmer, Clockwork Mice, Beyond Bedlam.
Kirk Jones
Director, Writer, Soundtrack
Waking Ned, Nanny McPhee.
Emily Lloyd
Actress
Wish You Were Here: nominated for Best Actress, BAFTA.
Ken Marshall
Producer
London to Brighton, Filth.
Ben Miller
Actor, Producer, Writer
The Armstrong and Miller Show.
Christopher Nolan
Writer, Director, Producer
Interstellar, Inception, The Dark Knight, Memento, The Prestige, Batman Begins, Insomnia.
Alison Owen
Producer
Brick Lane, Shaun of the Dead, BAFTA award for Elizabeth.
Guy Ritchie
Writer, Director, Producer, Actor
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch.
Tom Skankland
Director, Writer
Award-winning short films: Bait, Going Down.
Charles Steel
Producer
BAFTA award for The Last King of Scotland.
Matthew Vaughn
Producer, Writer, Director
Stardust, Snatch, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
Jake West
Writer, Director, Producer
Razor Blade Smile, Doghouse.
Edgar Wright
Director, Writer, Actor
Shaun of The Dead, Hot Fuzz.
David Yates
Director, Writer, Producer
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Toby Young
Writer, Producer, Actor
Top Chef judge, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People.
Sean McConville
Director, Writer, Producer, SFX
Deadline, Star Wars: Episode 1 special effects technician.
Gavin Hood
Writer, Director, Producer
Oscar-winning Tsotsi, The Storekeeper.
Russell Howard
Writer, Director, Comedian
Tom Hooper
Director
The King’s Speech, The Danish Girl.
Raindance promotes and supports independent filmmaking and filmmakers.
From new and emerging to industry pros, Raindance connects, trains, supports, and promotes visual storytellers through every step of their career.
The Raindance Film Festival runs each Summer in London’s Leicester Square.
Raindance has been delivering film training since 1992. A wide range of Open Classes to a 2 year HND Level 5 BTEC in Moving Images to a Postgraduate Film Degree are delivered to students on five continents, both in person and online.
