Thomas McNaught (born 26 July 1993) is an English filmmaker from Liverpool, England.[1] His first notable project is his BBC Three Fresh featured[2] short documentary Alice: Ignorance is Bliss, which follows the relationship between his 84-year-old dementia suffering grandmother and himself. It was nominated for Best British Short Film at the 28th Leeds International Film Festival,[3] where it received a special mention.[4]

Thomas McNaught
Thomas McNaught
Born
Thomas Anthony McNaught

(1993-07-26) 26 July 1993 (age 30)
Stoneycroft, Merseyside, England, UK
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, writer, director, editor
Years active2014–present
Notable work
Websitethomasmcnaught.co.uk

Since 2011, McNaught has twice collaborated with Mark Gill and Baldwin Li of Honlodge Productions, providing unit videography for their BAFTA and Oscar-nominated short film The Voorman Problem as well as their first feature film England is Mine, a biopic following the early life of Steven Patrick Morrissey, frontman of The Smiths.

Filmography

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Year Film Director Role(s)
2011 The Voorman Problem (short film) Mark Gill Unit Videographer
2014 Alice: Ignorance is Bliss (documentary short) Thomas McNaught Cinematographer, Editor
2015 Surgery (short) George Clemens, Samuel Clemens Second Assistant Camera
2015 Wonder Boy (short) Ben Molyneux-Chan Cinematographer, Colorist
2016 Where The Devil Says Goodnight(short) David Short, Jonathan Tyler Cinematographer, Colorist
2016 Never Land (short) Anna Hoghton Title Production
2016 Circular Cellular (documentary short) Edward Scott-Clarke Colorist
2017 England is Mine Mark Gill Unit Videographer, Title Production
2017 The Stroke Morgane Polanski Second Assistant Camera
2017 Greener Pastures Alexandria Doyle Cinematographer, Colorist

References

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  1. ^ "Thomas McNaught at Twitter".
  2. ^ "BBC FRESH Profile: Thomas McNaught".
  3. ^ "Alice, Leeds International Film Festival". Archived from the original on 6 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Winning Short Films, Leeds International Film Festival".
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