Peter Chelsom

Peter Chelsom earns my affection partly through geography: a filmmaker out of Blackpool, that boisterous English seaside resort, carries a certain working-class warmth into his work. Serendipity, Shall We Dance? and Hector and the Search for Happiness all chase the same gentle target, the small ache of human longing and the comfort of finding it answered. Having begun as a stage actor, he frames people with a performer's empathy rather than a technician's coldness. The British and American academies, the Directors and Writers Guilds all claim him. He is not a flashy auteur, but he leaves a lingering, kindly afterglow, and I am glad he exists.

Name (English)

Peter Chelsom

Name (Japanese)

ピーター・チェルソム

Reading

ぴーたー・ちぇるそむ

Born

April 20, 1956 (age 70)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Monkey

Origin

Blackpool, United Kingdom

Occupation

film director / screenwriter / stage actor / film actor / actor

University

Wrekin College

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%A0

Tags

• film director
• screenwriter
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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