Dictynna Hood
Dictynna Hood, sometimes credited as D.R. Hood, is a British film director and screenwriter.[1][2][3] She leads a module on film production for the University of Warwick at the London Film School.[4]
Biography[edit]
Hood grew up in Great Milton, Oxfordshire, and attended Oxford High School for Girls.[5]
Her first feature film Wreckers (2011) premiered at the London Film Festival. It starred Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy as a couple returning to a rural village.[5][4] Her second feature film, Us Among the Stones (2019), stars Laurence Fox and Anna Calder-Marshall: The Guardian's critic called it a "somewhat oddball family reunion drama".[6][7][8]
Her 2006 film The Other Man won the UK Film Council Kodak Award for Best British Short Film.[9]
She is the founder and director of "likely story" film and television production company.[10]
Selected filmography[edit]
- A Marriage Made in Heaven (1992)[11]
- Small War (1995)[12]
- Journey Man (2002)[13]
- The Other Man (2006)[14]
- Wreckers (2011, starring Benedict Cumberbatch): writer and director
- Us Among the Stones (2019)[15][16]
References[edit]
- ^ "Dictynna Hood". BFI. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "about us: d r hood - writer/director". www.likelystory.co.uk. likely story. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "Interview: Dictynna Hood". thefriend.org. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ a b "London Film School". warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Countryside inspiration behind film". Oxford Mail. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Bradshaw, Peter (8 December 2020). "Us Among the Stones review – thoughtful Laurence Fox stars in heartfelt indie drama". The Guardian.
- ^ Katz, David (16 December 2019). "Review: Us Among the Stones". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ Barker, Darren (17 October 2018). "D.R. Hood on her new indie feature Us Among The Stones". exit-6-film-festival. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ "Hood takes best British short prize at Edinburgh". Screen. 25 August 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "likely story: about us". www.likelystory.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ "A Marriage Made in Heaven (1992)". BFI. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "Small War (1995)". BFI. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ French, Philip (15 December 2002). "Frears finds the heart of London's underground". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "British Council Film: The Other Man". film-directory.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "British Council Film: Us Among The Stones". film-directory.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "Us Among the Stones". Social Screen. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
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