Michael Knowles(IV)
- Producer
- Music Department
- Writer
Michael Knowles has produced 9 feature length films in since 2009. Book of Love was released in 2022 winning the Imagen Award, gaining global success and getting to number 2 on Amazon US, The drama Away starring Timothy Spall & Juno Temple was released in 2017. It premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival, was nominated for the Michael Powell Award & was selected for Best of the Fest. Away won a 'Hitchcock' Award in October 2016 at the prestigious Dinard Film Festival.
The mystery/ horror The Messenger starring Robert Sheehan, Lily Cole and Joely Richardson was released through Metrodome in the UK.
Michael's prior producing projects include Birthday, starring Stephen Mangan, directed by Roger Michell that aired on Sky Arts in 2015 and won the FIPA d'Or; Best Laid Plans starring Stephen Graham & Maxine Peake was released through Sony Pictures in 2012 and 2009's A Boy Called Dad starring Ian Hart was selected for the Rome Film Festival & received its TV premiere on BBC 1 .
Michael's project Snodgrass starring Ian Hart imagines a 50 year-old John Lennon on the dole having left the Beatles in 1963. Aired as part of Sky's 2013 Playhouse series, the project was hailed by London's Time Out as a 'mini masterpiece.' Michael is developing a feature length version.
Michael is proud to acknowledge his early support from Andrew Eaton through the UK's Guiding Lights scheme & is grateful to have had the opportunity to work with actor Pete Postlethwaite on one of his last films, Waving at Trains.
Michael was nominated for a BAFTA for Talking with Angels. Michael is also a musician with the band Wintergreen and has written several songs for features including for Book of Love.
The mystery/ horror The Messenger starring Robert Sheehan, Lily Cole and Joely Richardson was released through Metrodome in the UK.
Michael's prior producing projects include Birthday, starring Stephen Mangan, directed by Roger Michell that aired on Sky Arts in 2015 and won the FIPA d'Or; Best Laid Plans starring Stephen Graham & Maxine Peake was released through Sony Pictures in 2012 and 2009's A Boy Called Dad starring Ian Hart was selected for the Rome Film Festival & received its TV premiere on BBC 1 .
Michael's project Snodgrass starring Ian Hart imagines a 50 year-old John Lennon on the dole having left the Beatles in 1963. Aired as part of Sky's 2013 Playhouse series, the project was hailed by London's Time Out as a 'mini masterpiece.' Michael is developing a feature length version.
Michael is proud to acknowledge his early support from Andrew Eaton through the UK's Guiding Lights scheme & is grateful to have had the opportunity to work with actor Pete Postlethwaite on one of his last films, Waving at Trains.
Michael was nominated for a BAFTA for Talking with Angels. Michael is also a musician with the band Wintergreen and has written several songs for features including for Book of Love.
