Kenneth Hope(1949-2017)
- Director
Kenneth was born in Hereford in the United Kingdom.
Having attended the local boys' school and after a short tenure at Hereford School of Art Kenneth moved to London in order to pursue a career in photography. He quickly established himself in the area of editorial and advertising and in 1974 moved to Amsterdam where he collaborated with the internationally renowned magazine "Avenue". Since then his work has been published in many leading European journals including Vogue, Esquire, The Sunday Times and so on. Despite this commercial success he has always worked on projects of a more personal nature. Examples of his work reside in museums and private collections both in Europe and the United States. From 1989 until 1991 he was a lecturer in photography at the Royal Academy for Fine Arts in The Hague, The Netherlands. In the early 90's he began to direct television commercials and later established his own production company L'Avventura Film. He has directed over 100 commercials and music videos. The year 2001 saw the release of his first feature film "Superstition". He lives in France.
Having attended the local boys' school and after a short tenure at Hereford School of Art Kenneth moved to London in order to pursue a career in photography. He quickly established himself in the area of editorial and advertising and in 1974 moved to Amsterdam where he collaborated with the internationally renowned magazine "Avenue". Since then his work has been published in many leading European journals including Vogue, Esquire, The Sunday Times and so on. Despite this commercial success he has always worked on projects of a more personal nature. Examples of his work reside in museums and private collections both in Europe and the United States. From 1989 until 1991 he was a lecturer in photography at the Royal Academy for Fine Arts in The Hague, The Netherlands. In the early 90's he began to direct television commercials and later established his own production company L'Avventura Film. He has directed over 100 commercials and music videos. The year 2001 saw the release of his first feature film "Superstition". He lives in France.
