This is England

This is England - a film set in the 80's directed by shane meadows and produced by warp films.

Warp Films

-Was set up in 1999

-Employing 14 full-time staff

-Produced movies such as Dead mans shoes, This is england and This is England 86

-Joint company with warp records

Shane Meadows

-Born in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, UK on 26th December 1972

-He dropped out of school before his O-Levels

-In 1994 Meadows got his first taste of media industry when he volunteered his services for free in a deal that would allow him to borrow a camcorders 

-Using the camcorder Meadows put together a series of short films and after good reviews from friends he decided to arrange an event for local short film makers

-The event became popular and eventually became an international video festival called 'flip side'

-'Where's the money, Ronnie? was Meadows first short film too catch the attention of the media industry which lead to Meadows being given his first shot on a channel 4 series called 'Battered Britain' 

-From the money he made from the series he used to fund a film called 'smalltime'

-After smalltime many producing roles followed such as twenty four seven, Dead mans shoes, This is England, Somers town and many more