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Phil Hawkins (born December 26, 1984) is an award-winning commercials, television and independent film director from Manchester, United Kingdom. His work in feature film includes "The Women Of Troy" (2006) and Philip Pullman's ''The Butterfly Tattoo'' (2008). He is also known for appearing in the Fox/DreamWorks reality television show ''On The Lot''.〔http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1014959/〕 ==Biography== Hawkins directed his first short film when he was 13 and admits himself that it wasn't very good. He had no formal education in film and is entirely self-taught. He learnt the film-making trade by taking part in a lot of 48 hour film challenges.〔(Interview with Phil Hawkins by Fast Cheap Movie Thoughts )〕 When he was 17 he gained a place on the BBC's Mentor Project. and with a £1000 fund he made a short called The Dotted Line which got him noticed by a TV advertising production company. His first feature "The Women Of Troy" won Best Director at the New York Independent Film Festival in 2006 and is on sale internationally on DVD. In late 2006, Hawkins was signed by the Dutch production company Dynamic Entertainment to direct the film version of Philip Pullman's novel The Butterfly Tattoo,〔(PR Newswire report on the making of the Butterfly Tattoo )〕 the author of The Golden Compass. The independent film won three awards at international festivals including Best Director at the New York Independent Film Festival in 2008 - the second time Hawkins has won the same award. In mid 2010, Hawkins shot the film 'Being Sold' in just two days. The film went onto win Best Film and Best Actor for its lead Christopher Dane at the London Independent Film Festival.〔(Philm Company profile of Being Sold )〕 In 2013 Hawkins Directed the horror film "The Last Showing" starring Robert Englund. The film had a budget of £2m and was shot in the North West of England. It had its world premier in 2014 at Frightfest before being released on DVD and VOD.〔(Yahoo News Interview with Phil Hawkins )〕 Talking about working with Phil Hawkins, Englund commented that: "You know, it’s so great to work for someone as gifted as Phil Hawkins. After a day and a half of working with him. I was like, “Where’s he been all my life?”"〔(Den of Geek Interview with Robert Englund )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Phil Hawkins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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