Shane Meadows (http://www.shanemeadows.co.uk/)Shane Meadows is a director and screen writer from Uttoxeter. He has been my favourite director ever since I first saw the film 'Dead Man's Shoes'. The way he creates atmosphere within a film and really sets the scene for the audience is why I was mainly drawn to him, along with great storylines and scriptwriting.
I like the way he uses simple landscapes within his films, the kind of landscapes you look at and can straight away connect with as they are generally of commonly seen sights and areas. I can also relate to him on a personal level as he is from an area very close to me, and many of his films have been filmed where I live and some of my friends have also featured in these films.
He has won several awards for his films and achieved some success with the release of his most famous film 'This is England'.
I am inspired by Meadows on a daily basis, when I see things around me which look similar to the images portrayed in his films. I can take inspiration from the way he has stuck to his roots and is able to connect with so many different people through simple imagery.
Creating things which people can relate to gives you a much greater chance of achieving success and I can try to bring this across in my work. By creating imagery which people are familiar with and like my work will be spread across a more wide audience.
