Shane Meadows

Shane Meadows is the real thing, a genuine author of cinema. Rather than chasing Hollywood, he turned his camera on the working-class England he knew, and This Is England captured the pain and tenderness of 1980s youth with raw, unflinching honesty. His commitment to extending that world across television sequels shows a rare devotion to his characters. What moves me most is his refusal to look down on ordinary lives; he elevates them into something mythic. Directors who can draw poetry from the everyday are precious, and Meadows feels like the soul of British independent film.

Name (English)

Shane Meadows

Name (Japanese)

シェーン・メドウズ

Reading

しぇーん・めどうず

Born

December 26, 1972 (age 53)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rat

Origin

Uttoxeter, United Kingdom

Occupation

film director / screenwriter / actor / film editor / director

University

Nottingham Trent University

• Official sitehttp://www.shanemeadows.co.uk/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane%20Meadows
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%89%E3%82%A6%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1372134

Tags

• film director
• screenwriter
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.