Julian Jarrold | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1961 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Trinity & All Saints College,Leeds |
| Occupation(s) | Film director,producer |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Parent | Peter JarroldDL (1933–2019) |
Julian Edward Peter Jarrold (born 1961,Norwich) is aBAFTA-nominated Britishfilm andtelevision director.[1]
A scion of theHuguenot family originally from nearLyon inFrance, which foundedJarrolds ofNorwich in 1823, he is the only son of Peter JarroldDL[2] and Julietnée Pollard.
He attendedGresham's School,Holt,[3] before studying atTrinity & All Saints College,Leeds.[4]
Jarrold married Jo Higgins in 2005, and lives inPrimrose Hill, London NW1.
Jarrold directedGreat Expectations, starringIoan Gruffudd, in 1999.The Boston Globe felt that Jarrold helped distinguish it from the many other adaptations by "keeping the reins in on his characters, emotionally and morally. They are unromanticized and low-key performances that only rarely spill over into the maudlin and righteous."[5] In 2006, Jarrold directedKinky Boots which has proven hugely popular with audiences in its numerous showing on TV. TheChicago Tribune called the film "quite enjoyable, effortlessly well-done on every level, even moving at times, but relatively lightweight."[6] In 2007,Becoming Jane was released.The Washington Times stated that Jarrold's direction "has made a witty, beautiful film. His technical achievement is no small matter, with nice, long tracking shots and clever focus tricks."[7]
The following year, Jarrold directed the first film adaptation ofEvelyn Waugh's iconic storyBrideshead Revisited, "one of the great English novels which has never been filmed," according to producerKevin Loader.[8] It starredHayley Atwell,Matthew Goode,Emma Thompson, andMichael Gambon. About the novel's status as an unchangeable classic, Jarrold stated that "there are people who are obsessive and obviously that's going to be daunting when they come and judge us. I've had a few people who have said, 'Why are you doing it?' But I think there is a generation who know nothing aboutBrideshead Revisited, who haven't read the book or who are only dimly aware of theTV series because it's been repeated on ITV4 or something."[9]The Daily Telegraph felt that Jarrold's "scenes are filled with grand period detail – huge Rolls-Royces, ice sculptures, vast fireplaces of sculptured marble – but he stops it from becoming an overblown, glossy spectacle by making the world around the characters feel like a dream."[8]
Jarrold directed theHBOfilmThe Girl in 2013, receiving his firstEmmy nomination for his work.[10]Mandalay Vision hired Jarrold to direct the serial killer filmExit 147, with a script written by Travis Milloy.[11] ProducerCathy Schulman andMatthew Rhodes produced the film for Mandalay.[12] In February 2013,Taylor Kitsch joined the film to play lead as a sadistic sheriff.[13] Then Jarrold directedA Royal Night Out forEcosse Films, a movie released in May 2015.[14]
His Emmy-nominatedRed Riding 1974 was highly acclaimed withAndrew Garfield,Sean Bean, andRebecca Hall giving great performances.Film Noir at its best according to the critics: the trilogy affords a fairly familiar immersion in contemporary British cinematic miserablism, where men and terror run wild, and beauty exists only in the cinematography and some of the performances. All else is horror. Certainly, that’s true in the trilogy, which, starting withRed Riding 1974, leaps into the void when a young Yorkshire journalist, "Eddie Dunford" (Andrew Garfield, not up to the leading-man task), realizes that the murder of a girl might be connected to a few earlier deaths, an insight that finds him first chasing after clues and then being chased in turn. Jarrold shot the film inSuper 16 millimeter, which gives the images atmospheric grit and swirling grain that, with the almost comically ubiquitous cigarette smoke, nicely thickens the air (The New York Times).
In 2023 Jarrold'sThe Good Mothers won the best series at theBerlin International Festival.
Jarrold served as ajudge at theNorwich Film Festival in 2016, being appointed itspatron in 2017.[15]
