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David Stephen Mitchell (born 12 January 1969) is an English novelist. He has written seven novels, two of which, number9dream (2001) and Cloud Atlas (2004), were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He has lived in Italy, Japan, and Ireland.
Mitchell was born in Southport in Lancashire (now Merseyside), England, and raised in Malvern, Worcestershire. He was educated at Hanley Castle High School and at the University of Kent, where he obtained a degree in English and American Literature followed by an M.A. in Comparative Literature.
Mitchell lived in Sicily for a year, then moved to Hiroshima, Japan, where he taught English to technical students for eight years, before returning to England, where he could live on his earnings as a writer and support his pregnant wife.
Mitchell's first novel, Ghostwritten (1999), moves around the globe, from Okinawa to Mongolia to pre-Millennial New York City, as nine narrators tell stories that interlock and intersect. The novel won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (for best work of British literature written by an author under 35) and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. His two subsequent novels, number9dream (2001) and Cloud Atlas (2004), were both shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. In 2003, he was selected as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists. In 2007, Mitchell was listed among Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in The World.
Actors: Ben Fransham (actor), Luke Hawker (actor), Dean Knowsley (actor), Nick Swinglehurst (editor), Alex Galvin (producer), Alex Galvin (editor), Alex Galvin (miscellaneous crew), Alex Galvin (director), Geraldine Brophy (actress), Alex Galvin (writer), Alex Galvin (actor), Michelle Scullion (composer), Michael Stephens (producer), Raquel Sims (actress), Rachel Clentworth (actress),
Plot: In the near future police detective, Richard Manning, is investigating the most difficult case of his career - the seemingly impossible locked room murder of a wealthy property investor. The more Richard investigates, the more complex the case seems to become. He soon realizes his own future and survival depend on him solving everything - and quickly.
Genres: Mystery, Sci-Fi,Actors: Tomas Adamec (actor), George Basten (actor), Alex Granger (actor), Rendy Scott (actor), Cley Ozzborn (actor), Korbin Bloom (actor), Timothy Nixon (actor), Sebastien Stiler (actor), Martin Corvin (actor), Larry Sims (actor), Michael Steel (producer), Richard O'Shea (writer), Richard O'Shea (director), Lady C. (actress), Jonathan Fox (producer),
Genres: Adult,Actors: David Jason (actor), Alison Steadman (actress), David Jason (producer), Jeff Pope (producer), Jeff Pope (writer), Miles Richardson (actor), Edmund Butt (composer), Brian Croucher (actor), David Reynolds (producer), David Reynolds (producer), David Drury (director), Simon Dutton (actor), Ben Hepworth (miscellaneous crew), Tudor George (costume designer), Shaun Evans (actor),
Plot: Retired docker Don and his wife Dora live cautiously within their means. Their daughter Joanne, a single parent, struggles to make ends meet but their property developer son David has a very high life style,mixing in circles far removed from his working class upbringing. However it is a lifestyle financed by credit and soon his world has crashed and burned. His wife takes a supermarket job and his son sells his computer games at school to raise cash as the trio move in with Don and Dora. But David persuades his father to mortgage his home and come up with fifty thousand pounds for a supposedly sound investment. It is no such thing and Don loses the lot. Aware at last that his son is a selfish wheeler dealer,cheating on his wife,Don ends up in hospital after suffering a coronary. Can the family pull together and teach David some humility in order to restore mutual trust?
Genres: Drama,Actors: Doris Roberts (actress), Hannah Cowley (actress), Andy Griffith (actor), Clint Howard (actor), Sherie Giehtbrock (miscellaneous crew), Rance Howard (actor), Rhett Giles (actor), Rae Sunshine Lee (actress), Liz Sheridan (actress), Rene Napoli (actor), Leigh Rose (actress), Jim Latham (composer), Bunny Levine (actress), Marla Sokoloff (actress), Thomas Crawford (actor),
Plot: David sells cars at his father's dealership and, from time to time, visits his grandpa, Joe, at a retirement home. David's a great salesman and he's successful attracting women, one after another. Joe, meanwhile, misses his deceased wife and is done with life. David gives Joe advice on how to get women's attention at the care center, and Joe gives David advice on how to find a lifelong companion. Each dismisses the other's words, then tries them out - David with Julie, a women he met playing football, and Joe with Edna and with Rose. Failures follow success. Can either figure out how to enjoy life and be themselves?
Keywords: candlelight, car-salesman, chess, companionship, dating, doorman, father-son-relationship, football-game, friendship, geriatricActors: Jason Kistler (actor), Steve Knight (director), Steve Knight (writer), Nikki Hunter (actress), Kathy Cunningham (actress), Grace Henderson (actress), Jim Nichols (actor), René Ketterer (actress), Stephanie Reid (actress), Lauren Anderson (actress), Guy Grubbs (actor), Holly Sloan (actress), Dawn Yingling (actress), Jeff Chandler (actor), Kristi Heintzman (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: David Jean Thomas (actor), Mike Tristano (miscellaneous crew), Harold Cannon (actor), Jeff Rector (actor), Gabriella Hall (actress), Lobo Sebastian (actor), Larry Seymour (composer), Kevin Ula Christie (actor), Kevin Ula Christie (writer), Kevin Ula Christie (producer), Kevin Ula Christie (director), Carl Thibault (actor), Carl Thibault (writer), Carl Thibault (writer), Carl Thibault (producer),
Genres: Action,Actors: Robert M. Sertner (producer), Frank von Zerneck (producer), Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (actor), Steven Hilliard Stern (director), Fred Karlin (composer), Thomas F. Duffy (actor), Gregory Prange (editor), Ted Wass (actor), Herb Mitchell (actor), Mike Hill (editor), Eb Lottimer (actor), Jill Jacobson (actress), Phoebe Cates (actress), Pamela Bellwood (actress), Pilar Del Rey (actress),
Plot: Sultry college dropout Annie Burroughs moves in with her older sister Marsha and proceeds to break up the relationship between Marsha and her live-in boyfriend David Mitchell so Annie can begin a sensuous love affair and have David all for herself.
Keywords: adultery, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, dropout, extramarital-affair, family-relationships, femme-fatale, infidelity, love-triangle, melodrama, sister-sister-relationshipActors: Gene Coogan (actor), Jimmy Horan (actor), Michael Jeffers (actor), Clark Howat (actor), Don 'Red' Barry (actor), Richard Chamberlain (actor), Henry Beckman (actor), Dick Crockett (actor), James Bell (actor), Bert Freed (actor), Pat Buttram (actor), James Gregory (actor), Chuck Hamilton (actor), Sam Harris (actor), Kenner G. Kemp (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: George Kirby (actor), Holmes Herbert (actor), Lumsden Hare (actor), Roy Butler (actor), Trevor Bardette (actor), Edmund Breon (actor), Edmund Gwenn (actor), Billy Curtis (actor), Tom Dillon (actor), Tom Drake (actor), David Dunbar (actor), Frank Austin (actor), Donald Crisp (actor), James Finlayson (actor), James Logan (actor),
Plot: William McClure is the villlage doctor in a remote Scottish glen. Tricked into buying Lassie, a collie afraid of water, he sets about teaching her to swim. At the same time he has the bigger problem that he is getting older and must ensure the glen will have a new local doctor ready.
Keywords: dog, dog-actor, lassie, title-spoken-by-characterChart-topping English novelist and “word-nerd” David Mitchell, commended for the novel ‘Cloud Atlas’, here explains why he likes to experiment and strives to avoid repetition: “If my books are my children, then I want them to have distinct personalities.” Though it can be tempting to push the buttons that made his bestselling novel ‘Cloud Atlas’ (2004) such a success, Mitchell is very aware that repetition can be a cul-de-sac for a writer. He therefore tries to put some space between each of his books and seeks to be “omnivorous” in what he reads and what he writes. Books, he feels, are always evolved from several stem cells: “Stories have a number of beginnings.” Furthermore, Mitchell also attributes some of the success of ‘Cloud Atlas’ to the recklessness of his younger self, who was n...
David Mitchell is the acclaimed author of the novels Black Swan Green, which was selected as one of the 10 Best Books of the Year by Time; Cloud Atlas, which was a Man Booker Prize finalist; Number9Dream, which was short-listed for the Man Booker as well as the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; and Ghostwritten, awarded the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for best book by a writer under thirty-five and short-listed for the Guardian First Book Award. He chats to Booktopia's Andrew Cattanach. For more from David Mitchell go to - http://bit.ly/1IWMJLY
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David Mitchell, author of "The Bone Clocks", speaks at the BEA Librarian Breakfast 2014 at the Penguin Random House offices.
For their first meeting ever, two heavyweights of the literature world, Neil Gaiman and David Mitchell, join forces in conversation for 5x15. In this video, see the authors give insightful responses to questions from some of their biggest fans. Topics range from philosophy and politics, to which tree they most identify with, in an hour and a quarter of dazzling discussion and readings. Chaired by Erica Wagner, literary editor of The Times.
You asked author David Mitchell questions via Twitter and we have his answers on video! David Mitchell's upcoming novel is The Bone Clocks coming in September 2015. "The novelist who's been showing us the future of fiction" (The Washington Post), David Mitchell delivers a kaleidoscopic, serpentine masterpiece that navigates between characters, eras, and realms of possibility to weave its astonishing spell. An eloquent conjurer of intricate, interconnected tales, a genre-bending daredevil, and a master prose stylist—David Mitchell has outdone himself. The Bone Clocks is a hypnotic Rubik's cube of a novel that begs to be taken apart and put back together long after the final piece is fit into place. Following a scalding row with her mother, fifteen year-old Holly Sykes slams the d...
The British Council has been busy introducing more young and acclaimed UK writers to Moscow readers. Among their guests this time is David Mitchell, a Man Booker nominated novelist most known for his epic novel Cloud Atlas, a series of interconnected stories spanning several centuries, from Victorian England to North Korea of the future. Even before the book got major exposure - thanks to a Hollywood adaptation, Mitchell was famous in his own right. In 2007 he was included in Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people. Elmira Kuznetsova talked to him about the secrets of choosing the right words and articulating timeless problems. Get more of PTR on our website http://rt.com/programs/prime-time-russia FOLLOW us on Twitter http://twitter.com/PrimeTimeRussia LIKE us on Facebook ht...
Cloud Atlas (2013) - in Australian cinemas February 28 Follow Roadshow Films online : Film news and releases to you first: http://facebook.com/roadshowfilms Weekly competitions and trending film buzz: http://twitter.com/roadshowfilms Exclusive Behind The Scenes Images: http://instagram.com/roadshowfilms Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Directed by Tom Tykwer and Andy Wachowski, starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving and Hugh Grant.
David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas and The Bone Clocks, joins us to discuss his new novel Slade House.
We ask David Mitchell, bestselling author of The Bone Clocks, 'how did you get into writing?'
Part One of our Interview with David Mitchell. This segment was screened at our November 3rd Cloud Atlas event at the Vintage Village Cinema in Coronado, California. Topics include differences between the book and the film, the challenges of adaptation and Mr. Mitchell's star turn as an extra in the film. More excerpts from our interview will be posted soon. For full details visit www.thebookcatapult.com.
http://sydneywriterscentre.com.au Sydney Writers' Centre interviews acclaimed author David Mitchell. His latest book is The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, set in Japan in 1799. It is about a young clerk, Jacob de Zoet, who leaves Holland and his fiancee to go to Japan where he meets the daughter of a Samurai. David is also author of the novel Black Swan Green, which was selected as one of the 10 Best Books of the Year by Time and Cloud Atlas, which was a Man Booker Prize finalist.
The acclaimed author of Cloud Atlas and The Bone Clocks returns with another thoroughly original page-turner about a haunted house that is guaranteed to get under your skin. Spanning five decades, this intricately woven story about what happens to the each of the five people who enter Slade House 9 years apart unfolds in chilling, unexpected ways. Equal mixture fantasy, horror and science fiction, Mitchell proves again he can skillfully manipulate every genre. Join him at his only New York appearance to introduce and read from this new novel. Subscribe for more videos like this: http://bit.ly/1GpwawV Facebook: http://facebook.com/92ndStreetY Twitter: https://twitter.com/92Y Tumblr: http://92y.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://Instagram.com/92ndStreetY Vine: https://vine.co/92Y On Demand: htt...
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My first feeble attempt at learning this hard song right playing staccato and speed blocking on pedal steel guitar. I find it difficult. I need lots and lots of practice. Played on my Carter Starter pedal steel guitar straight in to the computers Lexicon preamp/convertor.
Nick Hewer: "Possession: This is a hat from my hat collection. I wear one whenever I throw a dinner party." Season 5 Unseen Bits. David Mitchell is joined by Rebecca Front and Jack Whitehall, and Lee Mack is joined by Nick Hewer and Miranda Hart. I'm a huge fan of the show so if you have a specific clip in mind, leave a comment below and I'll upload it. - Jon. (If you need certain videos closed captioned [CC], please let me know and I will try my best to accommodate these requests.)
David Mitchell: "I once got stuck in a cave for an hour after getting the hood of my cagoule caught on the stalactite in a way I couldn't untwizzle." Season 7 Unseen Bits. In this episode, David Mitchell is joined by Sarah Millican and Jon Richardson, and Lee Mack is joined by David Harewood and Bob Mortimer. I'm a huge fan of the show so if you have a specific clip in mind, leave a comment below and I'll upload it. - Jon. (If you need certain videos closed captioned [CC], please let me know and I will try my best to accommodate these requests.)
David O'Doherty: "I looked after a neighbour's pet for five days before I realised it was dead." Season 7 Unseen Bits. In this episode, David Mitchell is joined by Susan Calman and Richard Osman, and Lee Mack is joined by Carol Kirkwood and David O'Doherty. I'm a huge fan of the show so if you have a specific clip in mind, leave a comment below and I'll upload it. - Jon. (If you need certain videos closed captioned [CC], please let me know and I will try my best to accommodate these requests.)
From That Mitchell and Webb Look - Series 3 Episode 4 All rights belong to the BBC, this video will never be monetized. Full Series available here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/That-Mitchell-Webb-Look-DVD/dp/B001UHO4R2
Rob Brydon hosts the comedy panel show. Joining team captains David Mitchell and Lee Mack are Kevin Bishop, Brian Blessed, Josh Widdicombe and Professor Kate Williams.
Bumming C3PO Richard talks briefly to a semi-retired postman and considers bumping his guest to chat with him more, but instead introduces perhaps the perfect RHLSTP guest David Mitchell. It’s David’s second time in the hot seat (though the chairs have got nicer since he was last here) and Richard is determined not to be as childish and rude to him as he was last time. But will he be able to keep a lid on the simmering mayonnaise vat of bitterness? Find out if David swears during sex, if he would allow himself to be raped by a ghost, why he’s so obsessed with war that he’s apparently wearing a poppy in January and if he enjoyed working the cloakroom for TFI Friday. There are also some more serious chats about the mindset of someone who paps a couple going for a walk with their baby an...
Comedian, actor and writer David Mitchell discusses Back Story - his frank and funny memoir in which he reveals how to become a comedian, how to buy underpants, the danger of lobsters, and much more. Back Story - http://amzn.to/1DLS7Rt
David Mitchell sets out on a polite but firm inquiry into the confusing world of manners. Copyright BBC and David Mitchell
Have I Got News For You Series 50 Episode 10, hosted by David Mitchell. Joining Ian Hislop and Paul Merton are Kirsty Wark and Andy Hamilton. First broadcast on 11 December 2015. (No Copyright Intended)
Have I Got 'A Bit More' News For You series 50 episode 10, hosted by David Mitchell. Joining Ian Hislop and Paul Merton in this extended version of the satrical news quiz are Kirsty Wark and Andy Hamilton. First broadcast on 11 December 2015. (No Copyright Intended)
Have I Got News For You Series 38 Episode 2, hosted by David Mitchell. Joining Ian Hislop and Paul Merton are Ed Byrne and Grayson Perry. First broadcast on 23 October 2009. (No Copyright Intended)
Have I Got News For You Series 36 Episode 7, hosted by David Mitchell. Joining Ian Hislop is Sarah Millican & joining Paul Merton is Andy Hamilton. First broadcast on 5 December 2008. (No Copyright intended)
Charlie Brooker's Radio 4 comedy panel show in which guests compete to supply the best 'wrong' answers and stories.
David Mitchell hosts the comedy panel show, with team captains Micky Flanagan and Richard Ayoade joined by guests Jason Manford and Romesh Ranganathan in a battle of words, answering questions based on quotes, tweets and autobiographies. Mariella Frostrup is tonight's narrator.