The 25th Galway Film Fleadh, in association with Screen Training Ireland, is delighted to announce that Julien Temple will be the subject of this year’s Directors Masterclass.
Born in London, England, in 1953, Julien Temple grew up with little interest in film until, when a student at Cambridge, he discovered the works of French anarchist director Jean Vigo. This, along with his interest in the early punk scene in London in 1976, led to his friendship with The
Sex Pistols. It was this friendship that later resulted in the controversial documentary The Great
Rock and Roll Swindle (1980), which tells the rise of the band from the viewpoint of their manager,
Malcolm McLaren. Weaving together interviews, live music, animation and other spectacular footage, Swindle proved to be a critical success despite the controversy surrounding it. The documentary became a cult hit and helped launch Temple into a phenomenally successful career making music videos. He quickly became a wanted man among rock's elite and in the 1980s, helped pioneer the use of the music video, directing projects for The Rolling Stones, The Kinks,
David Bowie, Neil Young and Janet Jackson among others. His early work was (and still is) considered groundbreaking.
Temple worked on a variety of projects, Jazzin’ for Blue Jean (1984), The Comic Strip (1981),
Absolute Beginners (1986), Earth Girls Are Easy (1988), and many others before returning to his punk roots with a new documentary about the Sex Pistols, The Filth and the Fury (2000), which was told from the band’s perspective. In 2006 he returned to the punk rock scene once again with Joe
Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007), a documentary about his longtime friend and Clash frontman. One of his more recent projects came at the request of BBC Arts, which commissioned
Temple to produce a documentary about the city of London. The film, This Is London (2012), reflects Temple's reverence for his home city and shows how the city has changed and adapted since the early 20th century. It concludes with the metropolis preparing to welcome the Olympic
Games. The film is a part of a series of city-based music documentaries Temple is directing.
The masterclass costs €50 and will take place on Thursday the 11 th of July from 3.30pm – 6.30pm
(tbc) in the Radisson Hotel, Galway. To apply for a place, log onto: www.screentrainingireland.ie
with your CV and register your details.
Please email your contact details to masterclasses@galwayfilmfleadh.com
For further information on all masterclasses and workshops, please contact Brónagh Keys at 091-
562200 or email: masterclasses@galwayfilmfleadh.com
The closing date for applications is: 1pm Thursday the 27 th of June 2013