Ringan ledwidge biography of christopher
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The Work Post
Ale and Amiability: Rich and Ringan in SHOTS
Many thanks for this great feature from SHOTS about Rich and Ringan’s long and prosperous partnership!
Things rarely get tense between director Ringan Ledwidge and editor Rich Orrick, who have enjoyed 17 years of sharing beers, “talking bollocks” and making great commerials together, for clients such as Sainsbury’s, Lynx, Hovis, Stella and The Guardian. Full of trust, admiration and an unspoken understanding of tone, it’s a beautiful friendship from which beautiful work has flowed. But what if things do get a bit stressy in the editing suite, asks Iain Blair? Easy – they just go for a little beer break.
A long-time relationship between a director and an editor is eerily similar to that of an old married couple – at least the ones still talking to each other – who effortlessly finish each other’s sentences and thoughts, and are perfec
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I've come out the end of a personal storm - Fran Healy
BBC Scotland News
Fran Healy has had an emotional few years.
His marriage ended, one of his best friends died of cancer and his band Travis sacked their long-standing manager of more than two decades.
"It was like being in a storm and you think you might sink," says the singer.
"Then it clears, because that’s what life does, and coming out the other end is this record. When I say it’s the most personal record the band have done it’s because it’s imbued with all of this stuff in it.
"It’s like whisky. I’ve been soaked in all this mad stuff and I think it shows."
Healy is speaking while sipping tea rather than anything stronger. He's sitting in an upmarket Glasgow hotel, back in the city that birthed his band - a group now releasing their 10th album, L.A. Times.
The singer - currently sporting hair as orange as Irn Bru - is used
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Venue: Soho House
Interview type (one-on-two)
Question(Q): Where did the idea komma from? Was it based on any of your own mardröm backpacking experiences?
Ringan Ledwidge (RL): Well, the script was something that Working Title brought to me, so it didn’t originate with me, but funnily enough, I have had a slightly sort of obsessive American lock onto me when I’ve been travelling before and had to leave beneath cover of darkness one morning to shake him, only to bump into him igen two months later with another group that he’d locked onto. So, yeah, I know those guys that you just cannot get rid of and part of that fed into the script.
Amelia Warner (AW): inom haven’t actually had any back-packing experiences, I need to get out there and do it. inom kind of missed the gap where all my friends kind of did it. I’m going to try and do it soon, so maybe I’ll get some horrible stories then.
Q: How did you get involved in the film?
AW: inom just read the script and liked it and