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			\| name = John Hay
			\| birth_date = 1964
			\| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[India]]
			\| nationality = British
			\| occupation = Director, writer, producer
			}}

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	'''John Hay''' (born 1964) is an English [[film director]], [[Screenwriter\|writer]] and [[Film producer\|producer]] who was born in [[Kolkata]] in India where his mother, Elizabeth Partridge, worked as a foreign correspondent for the ''[[News Chronicle]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|title=StackPath\|url=https://www.thehollywoodnews.com/2020/11/13/true-story-to-olivia-sets-february-2021-release/\|access-date=2021-03-22\|website=www.thehollywoodnews.com}}</ref> He returned to England and was raised in Sussex, where he started making films at the age of twelve.		'''John Hay''' (born 1964) is an English [[film director]], [[Screenwriter\|writer]] and [[Film producer\|producer]] who was born in [[Kolkata]] in India where his mother, Elizabeth Partridge, worked as a foreign correspondent for the ''[[News Chronicle]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|title=StackPath\|url=https://www.thehollywoodnews.com/2020/11/13/true-story-to-olivia-sets-february-2021-release/\|access-date=2021-03-22\|website=www.thehollywoodnews.com}}</ref> He returned to England and was raised in Sussex, where he started making films at the age of twelve.

			== Career ==
	He studied film and drama at the Bulmershe College, Reading, where he was awarded a First for his quirky, comedic short about [[Bertrand Russell]]'s meditative essay on a table.		He studied film and drama at the Bulmershe College, Reading, where he was awarded a First for his quirky, comedic short about [[Bertrand Russell]]'s meditative essay on a table.

	After leaving university, he began directing for UK television, making dramas such as ''Looking Back'' and two adaptations of [[Heathcote Williams]]' epic poems, ''[[Falling for a Dolphin]]'' and ''[[Autogeddon]]'', which starred [[Academy Award]]-winner [[Jeremy Irons]]. ''[[Autogeddon]]'' was critically revered and won the Jury Prize at Shanghai, which led to Hay's working with [[Al Pacino]] on ''Every Time I Cross the Tamar I Get into Trouble'', a short about [[Al Pacino\|Pacino]]’s personally-financed feature ''[[The Local Stigmatic]]'', which was based on a stage play by Heathcote Williams. He worked again with Pacino in 1996 on ''[[Looking for Richard]]'', starring [[Kevin Spacey]] and [[Alec Baldwin]].		After leaving university, he began directing for UK television, making dramas such as ''Looking Back'' and two adaptations of [[Heathcote Williams]]' epic poems, ''Falling for a Dolphin'' and ''[[Autogeddon]]'', which starred [[Academy Award]]-winner [[Jeremy Irons]]. ''[[Autogeddon]]'' was critically revered and won the Jury Prize at Shanghai, which led to Hay's working with [[Al Pacino]] on ''Every Time I Cross the Tamar I Get into Trouble'', a short about [[Al Pacino\|Pacino]]’s personally-financed feature ''[[The Local Stigmatic]]'', which was based on a stage play by Heathcote Williams. He worked again with Pacino in 1996 on ''[[Looking for Richard]]'', starring [[Kevin Spacey]] and [[Alec Baldwin]].

	With his writing partner, Rik Carmichael, he co-wrote and directed a critically acclaimed adaptation of a [[Jim Corbett]] story, ''The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag'' which starred [[Jason Flemyng]] and [[Jodhi May]]. He also directed an adaptation of the ~~children’s~~ classic, ''[[Stig of the Dump]]'' for the [[BBC]] which won a [[BAFTA]] and an [[Emmy Award\|EMMY]].		With his writing partner, Rik Carmichael, he co-wrote and directed a critically acclaimed adaptation of a [[Jim Corbett]] story, ''The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag'' which starred [[Jason Flemyng]] and [[Jodhi May]]. He also directed an adaptation of the children's classic, ''[[Stig of the Dump]]'' for the [[BBC]] which won a [[BAFTA]] and an [[Emmy Award\|EMMY]].

	He is perhaps best known for his film, ''[[There's Only One Jimmy Grimble]]'' starring [[Robert Carlyle]] and [[Ray Winstone]], which won the Crystal Bear for Best Film at the Berlin Film Festival in 2001 and ten other first prizes including the Golden Griffin for best feature at [[Giffoni Film Festival]].		He is perhaps best known for his film, ''[[There's Only One Jimmy Grimble]]'' starring [[Robert Carlyle]] and [[Ray Winstone]], which won the Crystal Bear for Best Film at the Berlin Film Festival in 2001 and ten other first prizes including the Golden Griffin for best feature at [[Giffoni Film Festival]].
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	*''[[There's Only One Jimmy Grimble]]'' (2000)		*''[[There's Only One Jimmy Grimble]]'' (2000)
	*''[[Stig of the Dump]]'' (2002)		*''[[Stig of the Dump]]'' (2002)<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Stig of the Dump\|url=https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=john&p=670&item=T:73536\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-10-09\|website=www.paleycenter.org}}</ref>
	*''[[The Truth About Love (film)\|The Truth About Love]]'' (2004)		*''[[The Truth About Love (film)\|The Truth About Love]]'' (2004)<ref>{{Citation\|title=The Truth About Love\|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/truth_about_love\|language=en\|access-date=2021-10-09}}</ref>
	*''The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag'' (2005)		*''The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag'' (2005)
	*''[[Lost Christmas]]'' (2011)<ref name=":0" />		*''[[Lost Christmas]]'' (2011)<ref name=":0" />

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'''John Hay''' (born 1964) is an English [[film director]], [[Screenwriter|writer]] and [[Film producer|producer]] who was born in [[Kolkata]] in India where his mother, Elizabeth Partridge, worked as a foreign correspondent for the ''[[News Chronicle]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=StackPath|url=https://www.thehollywoodnews.com/2020/11/13/true-story-to-olivia-sets-february-2021-release/|access-date=2021-03-22|website=www.thehollywoodnews.com}}</ref> He returned to England and was raised in Sussex, where he started making films at the age of twelve.

He studied film and drama at the Bulmershe College, Reading, where he was awarded a First for his quirky, comedic short about [[Bertrand Russell]]'s meditative essay on a table.

After leaving university, he began directing for UK television, making dramas such as ''Looking Back'' and two adaptations of [[Heathcote Williams]]' epic poems, ''[[Falling for a Dolphin]]'' and ''[[Autogeddon]]'', which starred [[Academy Award]]-winner [[Jeremy Irons]]. ''[[Autogeddon]]'' was critically revered and won the Jury Prize at Shanghai, which led to Hay's working with [[Al Pacino]] on ''Every Time I Cross the Tamar I Get into Trouble'', a short about [[Al Pacino|Pacino]]’s personally-financed feature ''[[The Local Stigmatic]]'', which was based on a stage play by Heathcote Williams. He worked again with Pacino in 1996 on ''[[Looking for Richard]]'', starring [[Kevin Spacey]] and [[Alec Baldwin]].

With his writing partner, Rik Carmichael, he co-wrote and directed a critically acclaimed adaptation of a [[Jim Corbett]] story, ''The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag'' which starred [[Jason Flemyng]] and [[Jodhi May]]. He also directed an adaptation of the children’s classic, ''[[Stig of the Dump]]'' for the [[BBC]] which won a [[BAFTA]] and an [[Emmy Award|EMMY]].

He is perhaps best known for his film, ''[[There's Only One Jimmy Grimble]]'' starring [[Robert Carlyle]] and [[Ray Winstone]], which won the Crystal Bear for Best Film at the Berlin Film Festival in 2001 and ten other first prizes including the Golden Griffin for best feature at [[Giffoni Film Festival]].

He has just completed ''[[To Olivia]]'', a film about a tumultuous year in the life of Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal. It stars [[Hugh Bonneville]], [[Keeley Hawes]], [[Sam Heughan]] and [[Geoffrey Palmer (actor)|Geoffrey Palmer]] in his last film role.

He is also attached to a live-action version of ''[[Captain Pugwash]]'' and a Second World War spy drama, Lives in Secret, based on [[Sarah Helm]]'s book, A Life in Secrets.

== Major works ==

=== As Director ===
*[[40 Minutes|Minutes]] (1991)
*[[The Steal (film)|The Steal]] (1995)
*[[Q.E.D. (British TV series)|Q.E.D]] (1997)
*''[[There's Only One Jimmy Grimble]]'' (2000)
*''[[Stig of the Dump]]'' (2002)
*''[[The Truth About Love (film)|The Truth About Love]]'' (2004)
*''The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag'' (2005)
*''[[Lost Christmas]]'' (2011)<ref name=":0" />
*''[[To Olivia]]'' (2021)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Film review: To Olivia|url=https://www.thejc.com/culture/film/film-review-to-olivia-1.512352|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-22|website=www.thejc.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-17|title=Sam Heughan's film To Olivia will be released in February 2021|url=https://claireandjamie.com/2020/12/17/sam-heughan-to-olivia-released-february/|access-date=2021-03-22|website=Claire and Jamie|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== As Producer ===

* [[Lost Christmas]] (2011)
*[[Girl Power (TV series)|Girl Power]] (2014)
*[[Babes in the Wood (TV series)|Babes in the Wood]] (2019)

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0370510|name=John Hay}}

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