James Watkins
1973 (51 год)He wrote and directed the critically acclaimed thriller "Eden Lake," starring Michael Fassbender and Kelly Reilly. The film won Best Horror Film at the 2009 Empire Awards, the Jury Prize at the Sitges Fantasy Festival, and Best Director at Fantasporto. Watkins was also nominated for the Douglas Hickox Award at the 2008 British Independent Film Awards.
He has written scripts for major companies such as Warner Bros., Working Title, Film4, and BBC Films.
Black Mirror
Owen Harris, Carl Tibbetts
Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on every desk; in every palm - a plasma screen; a monitor; a smartphone - a black mirror of our 21st Century existence.
Black Mirror
Speak No Evil
James Watkins
James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis
On vacation in Italy, American couple Louise and Ben Dalton and their daughter Agnes befriend British couple Paddy and Ciara and their son Ant. After receiving an invitation to the couple's remote farmhouse, they hope to resolve their issues back home, especially Agnes's anxiety. Upon arrival, the Daltons feel uneasy due to odd incidents and Paddy and Ciara's troubling behavior toward Ant, who has communication difficulties. As tensions rise, Ant reveals that his parents are serial killers who lure families to their farmhouse. Realizing they're in danger, the Daltons plan to escape while alerting the police. When their plan is discovered, a tense confrontation ensues, forcing the family to fight for their survival against their sinister hosts.
Speak No Evil
Eden Lake
James Watkins
Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender
Eden Lake is a relentlessly tense and immaculately paced horror-thriller about modern youth gone wild. When a young couple goes to a remote wooded lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is shattered by an aggressive group of local kids. Rowdiness quickly turns to rage as the teens terrorize the couple in unimaginable ways, and a weekend outing becomes a bloody battle for survival.
Eden Lake
The Woman in Black
James Watkins
Daniel Radcliffe, Киаран Хиндс
The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease growing when he glimpses a mysterious woman dressed only in black. Receiving only silence from the locals, Kipps is forced to uncover the true identity of the Woman in Black on his own, leading to a desperate race against time when he discovers her true identity.
The Woman in Black
Bastille Day
James Watkins
Idris Elba, Richard Madden
Michael Mason is an American pickpocket living in Paris who finds himself hunted by the CIA when he steals a bag that contains more than just a wallet. Sean Briar, the field agent on the case, soon realises that Michael is just a pawn in a much bigger game and is also his best asset to uncover a large-scale conspiracy.
Bastille Day
