Iain mckell biography

This led to editorial and record companies commissions and photographed the new rising star Madonna for her first ever magazine cover for pop magazine Number One. In this event members of the public were invited to witness McKell at work, he photographed members of The Comic Strip and many of the visitors. McKell began to work on advertising campaigns for Smirnoff and Red Stripe and many others.

At the same time did various road projects abroad from Spain to Morocco, Africa and Italy. He has also spent over ten years befriending and photographing a group of New Age Gypsies. The result of this project was the publication of a book and various exhibitions, in New York, London, Paris and Milan. He also went on to collaborate with Kate Moss for V Magazine.

Kate Moss travelled with Mckell spending time with the travellers and journeying for two days together living and sleeping with them and taking photos ect. A dairy sketchbook, mirroring the work from his first projected in his home town Weymouth. This was followed in by an open workshop in The Photographers' Gallery , showing his work and a documentary film about the previous year.

McKell has specialized in photographing British subcultures since the s, producing photographic studies of Skinheads , [ 6 ] punks , Blitz Kids , and rockabillies. The result of this project was the publication of a book and various exhibitions. In he published his third book entitled Beautiful Britain, comprising a collection of his photographic work between and Contents move to sidebar hide.

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Acting credits [ edit ]. Main article: Ian McKellen on screen and stage. Accolades and honours [ edit ]. Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Ian McKellen. See also [ edit ]. References [ edit ]. Entertainment Weekly. British Council. Archived from the original on 14 November Retrieved 13 November The Telegraph.

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McKellen found mainstream success with his performance as Magneto in X-Men and its sequels. His largest mark on the big screen may be as Gandalf in "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy directed by Peter Jackson , which he reprised in "The Hobbit" trilogy. He also reprised the role of 'King Lear' with new artistic perspectives in National Theatre Live: King Lear offering an invaluable mesmerizing experience as a natural force of stage - and screen - of infinite generosity through his unsurpassable interpretation of the titanically vulnerable king.

Children No Children. Denis Murray McKellen. Margery Lois Sutcliffe. Jean McKellen Sibling. Rich and flawless voice, combined with Shakespearean bearing. Distinctively calm style of speaking. Deep, blue eyes. Began acting as a means of escape from mourning after his mother's death and constant bullying at school from fellow students. Before performing the role of Gandalf, he listened to a recording of J.

Tolkien reading Gandalf lines from the novel.