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The website of the BAFTA and BIFA nominated film and commercials director Michael Pearce.
Michael Pearce is a British filmmaker who has directed Beast (2017), Encounter (2021) and Rite (2010). He has won a BAFTA Award and received 17 nominations for his work.
1 Mei 2018 · Beast is a film by Michael Pearce, a BAFTA and BIFA-nominated writer/director, who was fascinated by the case of the Beast of Jersey as a child. The film follows Moll, a young woman who escapes from a dysfunctional family on a claustrophobic island, and falls for a mysterious outsider.
11 Mei 2018 · Beast: Directed by Michael Pearce. With Jessie Buckley, Geraldine James, Oliver Maltman, Trystan Gravelle. A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders.
2 Mei 2018 · Michael Pearce • Director. “I didn’t want to exploit the victims’ story” by Kaleem Aftab. 02/05/2018 - Director Michael Pearce discusses fairy tales, serial killers and going back to Jersey to make his debut feature, Beast, which has just had its UK release.
18 Okt 2021 · Director Michael Pearce rose to prominence with his acclaimed first film set on the island of Jersey, the award-winning psychological thriller Beast [+. ], released in 2017. Pearce talked to Cineuropa about the inspirations for his new movie.
Michael Pearce | Film Director. Some films can change lives, and for Michael it was Japanese classic Seven Samurai. Watching it at the age of 17 suddenly made him realise he wanted to make his own film, and even though it took two decades to make that dream a reality his determination never wavered.
