George Clarke (filmmaker)
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George Clarke | |
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| Born | July 1977 (age 48) Ireland |
| Occupation | Film director |
George Clarke is a film director from Northern Ireland and the founder of Yellow Fever Productions.[1] He is known for creating low-budget horror films; his 2011 film The Last Light was filmed on a budget of £200.
In October 2007 Clarke launched Yellow Fever Productions. The following year Clarke released his first film, Battle of the Bone, about a zombie attack on Belfast.[2] The movie won the Audience Choice award at the Freak Show Film Festival in Orlando, Florida.[3] Clarke released his second zombie film, The Knackery, in 2009 and in 2011, released The Last Light, which centered upon a maintenance man who must seal up a haunted abandoned old peoples home. The film's lead actor, Robert Render, won the award for Best Actor at the 2011 Freak Show Horror Film Festival.[4] Per Clarke, the film had a budget of £200.[5]
The following year Clarke released the horror-comedy film Splash Area, which was awarded Best SFX and the Jury's Choice Awards at the 2012 Freak Show Horror Film Festival.[6] Clarke followed this up with the release of the 2013 thriller film Onus and the 2015 film The Blood Harvest.[citation needed]