Yann Demange

Background

Born in Paris to a French mother and an Algerian father, Demange moved to west London with his mother and two older brothers when he was two years old.

Career

He began his career at age 18 as a runner on the set of music videos, before enrolling at an arts foundation at the London College of Printing. He later made observational documentaries for General Electric. In his late 20s, Demange attended the National and School on a scholarship from Disney.

He secured a deal with ICM Partners on the basis of his graduation film, which led to him directing several episodes of the television series.

He next directed the zombie horror series, which was nominated for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Drama Serial. Demange made his directorial film debut with, which stars Jack O"Connell as a soldier deployed to Belfast at the height of political violence in Northern Ireland.

"71 premiered in competition at the Berlin International Festival and went on to receive critical acclaim. Demange has also been hailed as a promising new voice in British filmmaking.

Achievements

• After directing the well-received television series Dead Secretariat (2008) and Top Boy (2011), he made his directorial film debut with the critically acclaimed independent film "71 (2014), for which he received the British Independent Film Award for Best Director. Foreign his direction of Channel 4"s Top Boy (2011), a gang drama set in Hackney, Demange received a nomination for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts Television Award for Best Director, while the serial was nominated in the category Best Mini-Series. Demange won the British Independent Film Award for Best Director and was nominated for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.