Mark Herman

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Mark Herman born 1954 in Bridlington East Riding of Yorkshire England is an English film director and screenwriter notable for writing amp directing the 2008 film The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Mark Herman was educated at Woodleigh School North Yorkshire He was late entering the film industry Aged 27 he was drawing cartoons at art college before becoming involved in drama when he began studying film at Leeds Polytechnic now the Metropolitan University of Leeds He then trained as an animator at the National Film School in London He moved away from animation and continued to study directing He also wrote lyrics for The Christians Hermans first featurelength project was Blame It on the Bellboy 1992 a comedy of mistaken identity starring Dudley Moore and Bryan Brown Next Herman wrote and directed the critically acclaimed Brassed Off 1996 following the members of a colliery brass band still struggling to survive a decade after the miners strike In Little Voice 1998 adapted by Herman from Jim Cartwrights play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice Jane Horrocks reprises the title role of a harried young woman whose only escape lies in the memory of her father and in imitating the singers he admired This film gave Michael Caine the opportunity for his best performance to date Purely Belter 2000 adapted by Herman from Jonathan Tullochs novel The Season Ticket is the story of two teenage boys trying to get together enough money for a couple of Newcastle United FC season tickets Hope Springs 2003 is an adaptation of New Cardiff His most recent work is the adaptation of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas It was produced by David Heyman and stars David Thewlis Vera Farmiga Sheila Hancock and Rupert Friend Herman directed and adapted the work Mark Herman is a fellow of Film and Television Production York St John University York England Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Herman licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia