Shane Meadows ― Critical Essays

From his breakthrough short films in the early 1990s and feature debut TwentyFourSeven (1997) to his BAFTA-winning This Is England (2007) and hit television spin-off, director Shane Meadows has emerged as one of the most distinctive and influential voices in contemporary British cinema. Danny Perkins, CEO of StudioCanal UK, credits Meadows as the key figure in British film's contemporary renaissance, with This Is England "doing more than any other [film] to change British audiences' attitudes" to home-grown cinema.

This book explores the full range of Meadows' work, from its origins in local D.I.Y. media through to international festival acclaim. Throughout, the volume presents a comprehensive analysis of Meadows' oeuvre to date, situating it within the context of British cinema history as well as wider cultural changes.

Martin Fradley is Freelance film scholar at the Freelance film scholar Sarah Godfrey is Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of East Anglia Melanie Williams is Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of East Anglia Sarah Godfrey is Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of East Anglia Melanie Williams is Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of East Anglia