SGWRS ARTIST TALK #2 RUSSELL OWEN

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Y cyfarwyddwr a scriptiwr Russell Owen yn trafod ei yrfa mewn ffilm a hysbysebu masnachol bydd testyn yr ail siaradwr gwadd yn gyfres o sgyrsiau a drefnwyd gan fyfyrwyr Cwrs Sylfaen Celf Bangor. Ganwyd a magwyd Russell yn sir Conwy, Gogledd Cymru lle cychwynnodd ei ysbrydoliaeth ar cofnodi straeon. Astudiodd ddarlunio a sgriptio ffilm yn UCA ac ar ôl graddio symudodd i Lundain, gan weithio fel cynorthwyydd cynhyrchydd ar y ffilm arswyd An American Haunting gyda’r diweddar Donald Sutherland a Sissy Spacek. Dilynodd hyn gyda gyrfa fel artist ‘storyboard’ a dyluniwr chysyniad, gan weithio ar ail-lansiadau y cyfres deledu Doctor Who a gemau Tomb Raider, cyn dod yn dyluniwr setiau a chyfarwyddwr celf ar gyfer sioeau teledu poblogaidd yn y DU. Wedi gweithio i gwmnïau cyfryngol fel Nickelodeon, ITV, BBC a Channel 4, cyfarwyddodd Russell ei ffilm fer gyntaf Anglesey Road yn 2010, a enillodd nifer o wobrau ac a nododd dechrau gyrfa ysgrifennu/cyfarwyddo amser llawn. Rhwng cyfarwyddo ffilmiau mae Russell wedi gwneud cannoedd o hysbysebion teledu i frandiau amlwg fel American Express, Armani, L'Oreal, Specsavers a Diageo. Mlith y gwaith masnachol yma cyfarwyddodd Love In The Asylum, ffilm fer seiliedig ar gerdd Dylan Thomas o'r un enw gyda’r actores Gaia Weiss yn y brif ran. Mae ei ffilm, 'Shepherd', wedi'i derbyn clod aruthrol dangos am y tro cyntaf yn ŵyl ffilmiau BFI Llundain 2021 ac yn cael canmoliaeth feirniadol o nifer o cylchgronau a cyfryngau (Dewis Beirniaid New York Times, Ffilm yr Wythnos gan Mark Kermode BBC) ar ôl ei arddangosiad yn y sinema, roedd wedi ffeindio gynulleidfa newydd ar wasanaethau ffrydio hefo Shepherd yn dod ir frig ar rhestr iTunes yn y ffilmiau arswyd annibynnol. Sêr y ffilm oedd Tom Hughes, Kate Dickie, Gaia Weiss a Greta Scacchi .

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In the second in a series of talks curated by the students of Bangor’s Art Foundation Course, director and screenwriter Russell Owen will discuss his career in film and commercial advertising.

Born and raised in the county of Conwy, North Wales Russell’s inspiration for story telling began. He studied illustration and screenwriting at UCA and upon graduating he moved to London, working as the producers assistant on horror film An American Haunting starring the late Donald Sutherland and Sissy Spacek. A career as a storyboard and concept artist followed, working on Doctor Who reboots and Tomb Raider games before becoming a set decorator and art director for popular TV shows in the UK. Having worked for Nickelodeon, ITV, BBC and Channel 4 , Russell directed his first short film Anglesey Road in 2010 , which went on to win several awards and signaled the start of a full time writing/directing career. Russell has made hundreds of TV commercials and content films for brands such as American Express, Armani, L'Oreal, Specsavers and Diageo. He also directed Love In The Asylum, a short film based on the Dylan Thomas poem of the same name starring Gaia Weiss. His latest, award winning feature 'Shepherd' premiered at the 2021 BFI London Film festival to critical acclaim (New York Times Critics Pick, BBC's Mark Kermode's Film of the Week) after its theatrical run and becoming the number one movie on iTunes in horror and independent genres. It stars Tom Hughes, Kate Dickie, Gaia Weiss and Greta Scacchi.

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