- Born
- A graduate of The National Film School, Julian Richards wrote and directed three short films; Pirates (1987) (The Starting Out Award at The Celtic Film Festival), Queen Sacrifice (1988) (Best Film at the British Short Film Festival) and Bad Company (1992) (AFI Film Festival official selection). Their success led to employment at the BBC where Richards directed doc-drama A Mutter of Voices (1994) about genocide in Rwanda and Channel 4 Television where he directed twelve episodes of Liverpool soap Brookside (1982). In 1994 Richards was hired by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment to adapt the novel "Calling All Monsters" to screenplay. Two years later he returned to the UK to write and direct his debut feature Darklands (1996), a conspiracy horror about paganism and human sacrifice (Melies D'Argent for Best European Fantasy Film 1997). Richards second feature, conspiracy thriller Silent Cry (2002) was awarded The Gold Remi at Worldfest Houston and his third feature The Last Horror Movie (2003) won The Melies D'Argent for Best European Fantasy Film 2005 . Richards followed up with coming-of-age thriller Summer Scars (2007) which won two BAFTA Cymru Awards and Charles Dickens's England (2009) starring Sir Derek Jacobi in a documentary about the life of iconic British author Charles Dickens. In 2011 Richards returned to the US to direct Shiver (2012), a psychological thriller starring Danielle Harris and John Jarratt for Image Entertainment. In 2017 Richards directed psychological horror Daddy's Girl (2018) starring Costas Mandylor and Jemma Dallender which won Best Director at Fantasporto, and in 2018 he directed paranormal horror Reborn (2018) starring Barbara Crampton, Michael Pare and Chaz Bono which won 15 awards including Best Sci-Fi Feature at Another Hole In The Head. In 2019 Richards directed the Bad Santa segment in Christmas horror anthology Deathcember (2019)- IMDb Mini Biography By: nymus 30/09/12
- Inspired to go into the movies by the short-lived career of his uncle Rex Richards, a former Welsh rugby international who played King of Wongo in The Wild Women of Wongo (1959)
- In 1990, he received The Thames Telvision Award for Best Fiction Film at the BP Expo - British Short Film Festival for "Queen Sacrifice".
- In 1984, "The Girl That Cried Wolf", an 8mm short he directed aged 17, was televised network in the BBC program "16 & Up Video Showcase".
- In 1988 he was awarded a Special Mention Of The Jury at Tel Aviv Student Film Festival for "Queen Sacrifice". The award was presented by Robert Wise.
- Was hired to direct Panic Button (2011) but left the project in preproduction to direct Shiver (2012).
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