Sam Peter Jackson

Sam Peter Jackson (born 17 March 1978) is a writer/director and actor best known for writing the play "Public Property",[1] which ran at the Trafalgar Studios in London's West End in 2009[2] starring Nigel Harman, Robert Daws and Steven Webb and was nominated for a 2010 WhatsOnStage Theatregoers' Choice Award [3] as Best New Comedy. The play was published by Oberon Books.[4]

As a filmmaker he wrote and co-directed the short film "Charity", which won Best Comedy at the 2012 Crystal Palace International Film Festival.[5] And in 2013 he wrote/directed the short film "The Bathroom", starring double Laurence Olivier Award winning actress Janie Dee and acclaimed young actor Reece Noi, with music by Grammy Award winning composer David Arnold.[6]

Jackson's other plays include "Minor Irritations", which was the first play to receive the Pleasance Theatre's Charlie Hartill Special Reserve[7] and was nominated for the 2006 Oscar Wilde Award for Writing,[8] and the short plays "Charity"and "Where I Used To Live",[9] produced by The Factory Theatre Company in London,[10] and "Icarus", produced by Mind The Gap Theatre in New York.[11]

As an actor, he has most notably appeared in Channel 4's BAFTA-winning "Nuremberg - Goering's Last Stand" and the BBC TV film "D-Day".[12]

Jackson also co-wrote and presented the 2010 Channel 4 documentary "The Other Michael Jackson: Battle of the Boogie"[13] about his father singer/songwriter Mick Jackson (singer), who wrote the song "Blame It On The Boogie".[14] To promote the film Sam appeared on BBC Breakfast with his father.[15]

Jackson has been described as "a writing talent to watch" by Variety (magazine).[16] He is represented by Berlin Associates in London.[17]

References

  1. ↑ Public Property Website Archived 2009-11-19 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Trafalgar Studios Public Property
  3. ↑ WOS Awards Nominees 2010
  4. ↑ Jackson, Sam Peter (2009). Public Property (1st ed.). London: Oberon Books. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-84002-977-2.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ Pleasance Theatre
  8. ↑ Oscar Wilde Awards 2006
  9. ↑ Sam Peter Jackson editorial WhatsOnStage
  10. ↑ Factory Round One
  11. ↑ Mind the Gap Homepage
  12. ↑ IMDB
  13. ↑ Channel 4 documentary
  14. ↑ Mick Jackson Biography
  15. ↑ Mick Jackson interview on BBC Breakfast
  16. ↑ Variety on Public Property
  17. ↑ Sam on Berlin Associates website
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