Andrew Haigh

Director

“Films are so over-edited nowadays. Nobody gives things the space to just exist. You don’t need to be chopping back and forwards. People like Antonioni were happy to just let things exist.”

Biography

After working in editing on films as diverse as Gladiator and Mister Lonely, Andrew has concentrated on directing. Andrew’s fourth short film premiered at Berlinale in Feb 2009 and his first feature Greek Pete was released in UK cinemas in 2009. In 2008 he was named a ‘Stars of Tomorrow’ in Screen International. –SXSW