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Harry Macqueen is an English actor, writer and director. He trained at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London.

Harry Macqueen
Born	Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Education	The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Occupation	Actor Writer Director

Career

His professional acting debut was in Richard Linklater's 2008 film, Me and Orson Welles[1] playing 1930's Broadway star John Willard. Other credits include Jed Quinn in EastEnders,[2] for BBC and Peter in the feature film Provenance, for which he won Best Supporting Actor at the 2017 Madrid Film Festival.

Hinterland[3] was his debut feature film as a writer and director.[4] It was nominated Best British Feature at Raindance Film Festival 2014[5] and in three categories including Best Debut Film at the Beijing International Film Festival 2015. Hinterland was the UK's first fully carbon-neutral feature film.

His second feature as writer and director titled Supernova, starred Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci. It had its world premiere at San Sebastian Film Festival in 2020 and played as one of only 12 physical screenings at the 2020 London Film Festival. It was the opening film of The Dublin International Film Festival in 2021. The film was released by Studio Canal in the UK and Bleecker Street in the USA.

Supernova received rave reviews on its release. In the US it was 'Critic's Pick' in the New York Times with Glenn Kenny calling it 'spectacularly moving'. It received four stars out of four in The Washington Post. The LA Times' Justin Chang said the film "shouldn't be missed". It is 'Certified Fresh' on Rotten Tomatoes with a Tomatometer rating of 91%. The film was long-listed for three BAFTA Awards including Best British Film in 2021 and short-listed for Best Film at the European Film Award in the same year. In 2022 Supernova appeared on the 'Best British Films of the 21st Century' list - a poll by UK film critics.

Filmography

As actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Me and Orson Welles	John Willard
2010	The Dark Room	Dan	Short film
2010	The Drift	Andrew	Short film
2010	Matchmaker	Danny	Short film
2011	Sit in Silence	Man	Short film
2012	EastEnders	Jed Quinn	Episode from 5 July 2012
2013	Blackbird	Stanley	Short film
2014	Hinterland	Harvey	also director, writer and producer
2014	A Tale of Two Thieves	Gordon Goody	Documentary
2017	Loose Ends	Danny	Short film
2017	Provenance	Peter	Won Best Supporting Actor Madrid Film Festival
2018	Lambeth Lights		Short film

As filmmaker

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
2014	Hinterland	Yes	Yes	Yes
2020	Supernova	Yes	Yes	No

References

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