Luke Dormehl

Luke Dormehl is a journalist, author and filmmaker.
Career
Dormehl graduated with a BA (Hons) in theatre from Dartington College of Arts in Devon. His writing has appeared in publications including The Chap, SFX, Fighting Spirit, Blues & Rhythm, Crikey!, Art South Africa, Inventor's Digest, HYPE, and The End Is Nigh. He has conducted numerous interviews with people for both print and television, including the likes of Simon Callow, Sir Ian McKellen, Alain de Botton, Lord Bath, John Carpenter and Hardeep Singh Kohli.
Dormehl has directed several documentary films, most recently The Pantomime (2009): a look at behind-the-scenes turmoil in a small village panto. The film, narrated by actor Simon Callow, was described by director Terence Davies as 'touching and compassionate', while Film4 awarded it 4.5/5.
Dormehl also directed The Wrestling (2008), a film about British professional wrestling featuring Kendo Nagasaki, Robbie Brookside, Mal Sanders and Sir Jimmy Savile. The documentary has been praised by Beyond The Mat director Barry Blaustein, Ken Loach and Louis Theroux. In the same year Dormehl directed Roy (2008), a short film about comic football hero Roy of the Rovers which won 'best documentary' at the End of the Pier International Film Festival and screened at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. It also played in conjunction with The Damned United in selected cinemas. Roy was nominated for 'best documentary' at the Soho Rushes film festival.
In 2009 Dormehl directed a series of documentaries for Channel 4, filmed across four different countries. His book A Journey through Documentary Film is due to be published in 2012 by Kamera Books. He is currently writing a book about the personal computer revolution for Virgin Books.
Dormehl's work was profiled in the December 2008 issue of Bizarre Magazine. His name appeared in the credits of the BBC documentary, Orson Welles Over Europe (2009), on which he was employed as an advisor on Orson Welles. He was the subject of an anecdote in the book, The Art of Self-Publicity.
Luke Dormehl is the great grandson of Bishop Mandell Creighton.

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