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Chris Bouchard

Chris Bouchard

British film producer and director

Chris Bouchard is a British film producer and director[1] of The Hunt for Gollum,[2][3][4][5] an independent Lord of the Rings fan film. The budget was kept to £3,000[6] using crowd-sourced visual effects. The film was released on streaming platforms in May 2009.[7] In its first week it was the ninety-fourth most watched film in lower Manhattan, NY. As of October 2022, it had been watched by 3.5 thousand people.[8]

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Bouchard went on to direct feature length crime drama Hackney’s Finest in 2014,[9] which was produced by London film studio Framestore.[10] In 2018 he co-directed The Little Mermaid which was released on Netflix. The film starred Shirley MacLaine, Poppy Drayton, William Moseley and Loreto Peralta.[11][12]

Awards and honours

Best Fiction Produced for the Web for The Hunt for Gollum at the 2009 Cinéma Tous Ecrans festival.[13]

References

  1. [1]
    Dollard, Emma (15 September 2009). "University of Chester - Interview with Chris Bouchard". Transformative Works and Cultures. 3. doi:10.3983/twc.2009.0168. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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    "NY Times - Hunt for Gollum Interview with Chris Bouchard". Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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    "Film Debate - Interview with Chris Bouchard". Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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    Rogers, Richard (2 May 2009). "Guardian - fan films Hunt for Gollum". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
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    "Hunt for Gollum". BBC News. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
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    "The Telegraph (UK) - Hunt for Gollum". Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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    "PR Web - Hunt for Gollum World Premiere". Retrieved 30 April 2020.
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    Steele, Francesca. "The Times - Gollum spearheads Hollywood fan film revolution". Retrieved 29 February 2020.
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    "Guardian - Week's New Films". TheGuardian.com. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
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    "Gravitas Acquires Londons Finest". Screen Daily. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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    "Review 'The Little Mermaid'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
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    "- The Little Mermaid". The Independent. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
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    "Telegraph (UK) - Short Film Success Stories". Retrieved 30 April 2020.
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