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Johnny Melville(I)

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John was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. After graduating from Edinburgh University with a B.Sc., he moved to London and worked with a variety of theatre groups and directors including Nancy Meckler and Pam Brighton. His solo performances "Come Again," began in 1978 then followed "Troubleshooter," "Members Only," "Dirty Money" and more recently "European Blues" all regarded across the globe as modern-physical-theatre-comedy classics. He has performed for every possible audience imaginable: the Queen of Denmark, African Bushmen, Russian spies, German riot-police, Japanese businessmen, Chiapas Indians, prisoners, pensioners, children. His first movie was the main part in Vana Paoli's 'Lungo il Fiume' (1989) and since then, has appeared in both features and shorts as much as his busy theatre schedule has allowed him. In 2001 at the Brooklyn Film Festival he won best actor award for Harley in No Man's Land (Nina Rosenmeier). in 2009 he starred as Quenzel in Blindspot which he also wrote with director Ad Bol: this won 5 prizes in various international festivals. More recently Johnny has been working making his own shorts in Spain and in workshop situations. In 2011 his short Backtracker won him best director & best actor at Girona Film Festival, Spain. He then appeared in Javier Llamazares half hour short and for this he again won a series of prizes for the portrayal of his character Oleg. He played that role in Russian. In 2018 he played in the magnificent Fishbone and played a small role in Paradise Hills with Emma Roberts.
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Johnny Melville (middle) with Dieter Meier ( director, right) and Ed Oleschak (producer) on the set of LIGHTMAKER
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Known for

Backtracker (2004)
Backtracker
7.4
TV Short
  • The Rider
  • 2004
No Man's Land (2000)
No Man's Land
7.2
  • Denis (Harley) Davidson
  • 2000
Paradise Tours (2010)
Paradise Tours
Short
  • The Alien vagrant
  • 2010
It's a Woman's World (2007)
It's a Woman's World
  • Sir Jeffrey Flence
  • 2007

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Actor

  • Welcome
    • Completed
  • A vulture's story
    • Completed
  • The Solutionist
    • Completed
  • Styx
    • In Production
  • Kim Bodnia in Nefarious (2023)
    Nefarious
  • Childhood never really ends
  • Amparo Larrañaga, Pepón Nieto, Paco Tous, Amaia Sagasti, Carlos Santos, Neus Sanz, and Juan Grandinetti in Los hombres de Paco (2005)
    Los hombres de Paco
  • Eduard Fernández, Manolo Solo, Macarena Gómez, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, and Megan Montaner in 30 Coins (2020)
    30 Coins
  • Stanbrook (2020)
    Stanbrook
  • La petite mort (2020)
    La petite mort
  • California
  • Treasure Trekkers (2019)
    Treasure Trekkers
  • Nick Cheung, Louis Koo, and Francis Ng in Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy (2019)
    Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy
  • Imanol Arias, Ana Duato, María Galiana, Pablo Rivero, Irene Visedo, and Carmen Climent in Cuéntame (2001)
    Cuéntame
  • Johnny Melville in Primates (2019)
    Primates
  • Milla Jovovich, Emma Roberts, Arnaud Valois, Eiza González, Jeremy Irvine, Danielle Macdonald, and Awkwafina in Paradise Hills (2019)
    Paradise Hills
  • Tempesta
  • Saida Benzal in Fishbone (2018)
    Fishbone
  • Johnny Melville in The Apricot Tree (2018)
    The Apricot Tree

Writer

  • Upstairs Neighbours (2017)
    Upstairs Neighbours
  • Windows (2017)
    Windows
  • Introducing the New A-iPhone (2017)
    Introducing the New A-iPhone
  • Kiuye Uye: The Magic Come Back (2014)
    Kiuye Uye: The Magic Come Back
  • Bubblebath (2014)
    Bubblebath
  • Cell-Primates (2014)
    Cell-Primates
  • Clip from Troubleshooter (2014)
    Clip from Troubleshooter
  • Johnny and the Clits (2014)
    Johnny and the Clits
  • Johnny Melville and Jordi Romero Guerrero in Bitxos y Roses (2013)
    Bitxos y Roses
  • Paradise Tours (2010)
    Paradise Tours
  • Blindspot (2008)
    Blindspot
  • The God of Messages Raps the SMS (2007)
    The God of Messages Raps the SMS
  • The Alien (2007)
    The Alien
  • Watch This Space (2007)
    Watch This Space
  • Beware the Dangers of EMF Waves in Your Mobile Phone (2007)
    Beware the Dangers of EMF Waves in Your Mobile Phone

Director

  • Upstairs Neighbours (2017)
    Upstairs Neighbours
  • Windows (2017)
    Windows
  • 2nd Best Romance (2017)
    2nd Best Romance
  • Introducing the New A-iPhone (2017)
    Introducing the New A-iPhone
  • Bubblebath (2014)
    Bubblebath
  • Cell-Primates (2014)
    Cell-Primates
  • Clip from Troubleshooter (2014)
    Clip from Troubleshooter
  • Johnny and the Clits (2014)
    Johnny and the Clits
  • Johnny Melville and Jordi Romero Guerrero in Bitxos y Roses (2013)
    Bitxos y Roses
  • Paradise Tours (2010)
    Paradise Tours
  • The Alien (2007)
    The Alien
  • Watch This Space (2007)
    Watch This Space
  • Beware the Dangers of EMF Waves in Your Mobile Phone (2007)
    Beware the Dangers of EMF Waves in Your Mobile Phone
  • Dead Ringer (2007)
    Dead Ringer
  • Difficult Moments to Get a Phone Call No. 268 (2007)
    Difficult Moments to Get a Phone Call No. 268
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    • Carolina FeliuFebruary 5, 2015 - present

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