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Naples International Film Festival (programme), November 2009
 Feature Film:The Baker England ~ 2009 ~ 89 Minutes ~ HDCam ~ English ~ Gareth Lewis, Director Naples International Film Festival (programme), November 2009 The Baker (www.thebakermovie.co.uk) stars Damian Lewis (NBC's Life) and Michael Gambon (Harry Potter) in a romantic comedy about a hit man who tries to quit by going to a small Irish village. He's mistaken for the new town baker and falls in love with the town veterinarian. When his true identity is revealed the town, in their own quirky way, saves him. Gareth Lewis Born in 1973 to a Welsh father, Watcyn, and English mother, Charlotte, Gareth grew up in northwest London, the youngest of four children. He started writing while at school and soon realized this was a far better way to pass the time than actually working. Soon, general creative writing had been distilled into screen writing and it was while working in Mexico in 1994 as third Assistant Director for a soap opera he started writing his first feature screenplay, based on his experiences there (it's tucked in a drawer somewhere). After returning to England he found work as a runner on the feature film MOJO, and then continued to work as a runner and script reader for the next couple of years until realizing that he would rather be writing and directing scripts than reading them. He worked in a pub while he set about writing the screenplay for The Baker, initially called Shakespeare's Cake. He then went to work as a contract cleaner, a food deliverer, a telesales agent, a financial services salesman and a chicken sexer. He had also been working on a short film script with a view to directing, and after completing his first draft of The Baker, he directed the ten minute script called Tears Of A Clown. At about the same time, director Stephen Daldry, based at Working Title, optioned The Baker and so began the development period there, which was to last until Stephen left to direct Billy Elliot. During this time, Gareth started writing for Carlton television and developing ideas with the BBC, finally enabling him to quit his job at the pub. When Working Title's option on The Baker lapsed, Gareth decided to take control of the project and optioned it to his own company Picture Farm, and continued to develop it with his brother, actor Damian Lewis, and producer Adrian Sturges. He then made another short film, Normal For Norfolk, with director of photography Sean Bobbitt, with whom he later worked on The Baker, and producers Adrian and Damian. The film premiered at the 2006 Edinburgh Film Festival and is currently touring the festival circuit. It wasn't long before Grandville Pictures came on board as co-producer and financier of The Baker and the rest is history. Gareth is currently in discussion with several companies in the UK and America about his next project, a comedy. He is married to Kate, and is the father of two girls, Malika and Clementine. They reside in northwest London. Showtimes Friday, November 6th Friday, November 6th Sunday, November 8th Starring Damian Lewis Crew Gareth Lewis, Director, Writer |
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