Chris Newby

Christopher Newby (born 1957, Leeds, England) is a British film director and screenwriter.

He studied at Leeds Polytechnic and The Royal College of Art in London. He has made several short films, including ''The Old Man and the Sea'', an evocative juxtaposition of marine, religious and body imagery, and ''Relax'' (a short film about a gay man awaiting the results of an HIV test, drifting into moments of fantasy). It won the Teddy Award in 1991.

He directed ''Anchoress'' (1993), a tale of paganism versus matriarchal Christianity set in a Surrey village in the early fourteenth century. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. In 1995, he directed ''Madagascar Skin'', which starred John Hannah and Bernard Hill. He has continued to make short films, including ''Stromboli'' (1997) and ''Flicker'' (2001). Provided by Wikipedia