Dressed to the nines for the UK Premiere of his debut feature ‘Jackdaw’, Durham-born director Jamie Childs is beaming. At Teesside Showcase, mere miles from where the crime drama was filmed, he walks a metaphorical red carpet in a state of stupor. “Honestly, I haven’t even had the chance to look around yet, it’s kinda mad. Doing it on a weekday in Middlesbrough, you’d think no one would turn out, but they’ve sold out all the screens!”
Getting a premiere in the north-east is a rare occurrence but Childs hopes it will help mark out a future for the industry in the region: “We have so much to offer as an area and we’re going to rapidly see change. The north-east has this rich tapestry of untapped stories. It’s got a lot of interesting culture and history behind it. Our ‘Jackdaw’ crew who weren’t from here said it was really refreshing to be treated with so much fondness and respect.” Discussing plans around the FulwellCain movie studio in Sunderland, Childs says: “If we get the big studio built, I can help by perhaps bringing a big Netflix production up here. It only takes one big show to change everything.”
This was posted on January 27th 2024. Full interview linked below.
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