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Shane Meadows

Shane Meadows

Film director · 5 films (1997–2008)

Shane Meadows is a director whose work here spans TwentyFourSeven (1997) to Somers Town (2008), across drama and comedy. 2 of those films were photographed by Ashley Rowe. The work runs daylit — 70% of frames across the 5 films indexed here, against 42% library-wide. All 280 frames from 5 films are indexed here, searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, colour and mood.

Shane Meadows is an English director, screenwriter and actor, known for his work in independent film, most notably the cult film This Is England (2006) and its three television sequels (2010–2015). Meadows' other films include Small Time (1996), Twenty Four Seven (1997), A Room for Romeo Brass (1999), Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002), Dead Man's Shoes (2004), Somers Town (2006), Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee (2009), and The Stone Roses: Made of Stone (2013).

Born 26 December 1972 · Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England, UK

Directing style

Shane Meadows anchors his gritty, naturalistic dramas at eye-level, capturing characters in medium and wide shots that emphasize their isolation and the mounting tension of their environments. Lighting relies heavily on natural day sources, with sunlight and window light illuminating a mix of interior and exterior spaces. The visual palette is defined by stark black-and-white presentation and cool, desaturated tones, utilizing a muddy color scheme of earthy browns, olive greens, and deep grays across both deep and shallow depths of field.

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Films directed by Shane Meadows

About Shane Meadows

When was Shane Meadows born?

Shane Meadows was born on 26 December 1972 in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England, UK.

What films has Shane Meadows directed?

FrameThrower holds stills from 5 of them: TwentyFourSeven (1997), A Room For Romeo Brass (1999), Dead Man’s Shoes (2004), This Is England (2006) and Somers Town (2008).

Search every frame of Shane Meadows’s films

All 280 indexed frames from 5 films directed by Shane Meadows — searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, mood or plain language.