Steve McQueen
Sir Steve MᶜQueen･Sir Steve Rodney McQueen CBE･Steve MᶜQueen･Steve McQueen (III)･Стів МакКуін
Sir Steve Rodney McQueen CBE (born 9 October 1969) is a British film director, film producer, screenwriter, and video artist. He has received an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards and the BFI Fellowship, and is the first black filmmaker to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, winning for 12 Years a Slave (2013). For services to the visual arts, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2011, and in 2014 he was included in Time magazine's annual Time 100 list of the "most influential people in the world".
| Known for | Directing |
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| Born | 9 Oct 1969 |
| Place of birth | London, England, UK |
Favorite films
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I love, love, love Gene Kelly. The exuberance. Even in the title. … Life is about singing in the rain, and this movie articulated that in such a spectacular way.
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It’s a meditation, and it’s undeniable on its own terms. You have to tune yourself into it, almost like a radio, into that frequency.
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The music in this movie and the whole idea of the slow breakup of the couple played by Michel Piccoli and Brigitte Bardot made a huge impression on me: as did its pace and way of looking and the use of time. It’s one of Godard’s best movies.
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A film about time and regret. … I lost sense of time, and I was living within the film. It was fantastic.
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This movie is such a great example of what cinema can do. Going beyond entertainment and actually crossing over into the everyday. … I remember seeing the owner in the front row swigging back vodka. I was in tears.
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… how Tokyo Story depicts the life of a family was extremely familiar … That happens sometimes: you see things through other people’s eyes, and it’s so intimate, so close. It’s like, how do they know?
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It was one of the most exciting things I’d seen. When I saw it, we were living it. … it was electrifying.
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This was one of those movies that’s stuck with me from when I was young and getting into cinema. It was all about liberation and freedom.
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It’s about the state of play: the haves, the have nots. It’s all about the game, and I think it’s so beautifully done.
