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Jamie Thraves

Known for

Directing

Born

June 2, 1969 (age 57)

Birthplace

Romford, Essex, England, UK

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jamie Thraves (born James Thraves, 1969) is a British film writer and director.

Thraves studied art at Hull University in 1989 and here he began making his early short films. His graduation film Scratch, made in 1991, went on to win numerous awards at short film festivals around the world. He made another award winning film under the BFI New Directors scheme, The Take-Out (1993). He then joined the Royal College Of Art, where he made another award winning film, The Hackney Downs (1994). After leaving the RCA he joined Oil Factory, a leading music video company. There he made his groundbreaking video for Radiohead for their song Just, where a man lies...

Best known work

The Cry of the Owl
The Cry of the Owl
2009
The Low Down
The Low Down
2001
7 Television Commercials
7 Television Commercials
1998
Treacle Jr.
Treacle Jr.
2010
blur | The Best Of
blur | The Best Of
2000
I Just Want to Kiss You
I Just Want to Kiss You
1998
Scratch
Scratch
1991
The Projectionist
The Projectionist
2012
Fingers & Thumbs
Fingers & Thumbs
2014
Pickups
Pickups
2017

Filmography

  1. 2017

    Pickups

    Director

  2. 2014

    Fingers & Thumbs

    Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography

  3. 2012

    The Projectionist

    Director, Writer

  4. 2010

    Treacle Jr.

    Writer, Director, Producer

  5. 2009

    The Cry of the Owl

    Director, Writer

  6. 2008

  7. 2001

    The Low Down

    Director, Writer

  8. 2000

  9. 1998

  10. 1998

    I Just Want to Kiss You

    Director, Writer

  11. 1995

  12. 1991

    Scratch

    as Narrator, Director, Writer

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