Career
His work in feature film includes "The Women Of Troy" (2006) and Philip Pullman"s The Butterfly Tattoo (2008). He is also known for appearing in the Fox/DreamWorks reality television show Hawkins directed his first short film when he was 13 and admits himself that it wasn"t very good. He had no formal education in film and is entirely self-taught.
He learnt the film-making trade by taking part in a lot of 48 hour film challenges.
When he was 17 he gained a place on the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Mentor Project. and with a £1000 fund he made a short called The Dotted Lincolnshire which got him noticed by a television advertising production company. In late 2006, Hawkins was signed by the Dutch production company Dynamic Entertainment to direct the film version of Philip Pullman"s novel The Butterfly Tattoo, the author of The Golden Compass.
In mid 2010, Hawkins shot the film "Being Sold" in just two days. In 2013 Hawkins Directed the horror film "The Last Showing" starring Robert Englund.
The film had a budget of £2m and was shot in the North West of England.
lieutenant had its world premier in 2014 at Frightfest before being released on Digital Video Disc and VOD. Talking about working with Philosophy Hawkins, Englund commented that: "You know, it’s so great to work for someone as gifted as Philosophy Hawkins. After a day and a half of working with him. I was like, “Where’s he been all my life?”" In 2007, Hawkins was the only filmmaker from the United Kingdom selected to appear on Fox/DreamWorks reality television show for filmmakers.
He was selected to appear on the show after watching his short film "Commandeered".
Philosophy was controversially voted off the show to the surprise of the show"s critics. Foreign his work, Steven Spielberg called him "one of the best new and upcoming directors".
Carrie Fisher (Actress Star Wars and writer) said his work "was the most visual they have seen" whereas fellow judge and director Brett Ratner said he was "a big fan". Since the show, Philosophy has signed up to United States based manager Seth Lockhart for features development.
