13 Notable alumni of
Arts University Bournemouth
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Arts University Bournemouth is 1691st in the world, 585th in Europe, and 106th in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 13 notable alumni from Arts University Bournemouth sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Edgar Wright
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- television actormanufacturertelevision directoractorwriter
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Edgar Howard Wright is an English filmmaker. He is known for his fast-paced and kinetic, satirical genre films, which feature extensive use of expressive popular music, Steadicam tracking shots, dolly zooms and a signature editing style that includes transitions, whip pans and wipes. He first made independent short films before making his first feature film A Fistful of Fingers in 1995. Wright created and directed the comedy series Asylum in 1996, written with David Walliams. After directing several other television shows, Wright directed the sitcom Spaced (1999–2001), which aired for two series and starred frequent collaborators Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.
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Freya Allan
- Occupations
- actor
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Freya Allan is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Princess Cirilla of Cintra in the Netflix series The Witcher, for which she was nominated for two Saturn Awards, and as Mae in the 2024 action film Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. She has also appeared in the 2021 film Gunpowder Milkshake and the AMC series Into the Badlands.
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Nick Knight
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- fashion photographerfilm directordirectorphotographer
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Nicholas David Gordon Knight CBE is a British fashion photographer and founder and director of SHOWstudio.com. He is an honorary professor at University of the Arts London and was awarded an honorary Ph.D. by the same university. He has produced books of his work including retrospectives Nicknight (1994) and Nick Knight (2009). In 2016, Knight's 1992 campaign photograph for fashion brand Jil Sander was sold by Phillips auction house at the record-breaking price of HKD 2,360,000.
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Joe Cornish
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- executive producerfilm criticactorcomedianwriter
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Joseph Murray Cornish is an English comedian and filmmaker. With Adam Buxton, he forms the comedy duo Adam and Joe. In 2011, Cornish released his directorial debut Attack the Block. He also co-wrote The Adventures of Tintin with Steven Moffat and Edgar Wright, and Ant-Man, with Wright, Adam McKay, and Paul Rudd.
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Wolfgang Tillmans
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- artistphotographerprintmaker
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Wolfgang Tillmans is a German fine-art photographer. His diverse body of work is distinguished by observation of his surroundings and an ongoing investigation of the photographic medium's foundations.
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Harry Reid
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- actortelevision actor
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Harry Reid is an English actor. He is known for his role as Ben Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, from 2014 until 2018.
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Sinéad Harnett
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- singer
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Sinéad Monica Harnett is a British singer and songwriter of Irish and Thai descent.
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Peter Cook
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- writerteacheruniversity teacherarchitect
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Sir Peter Cook RA is an English architect, lecturer and writer on architectural subjects. He was a founder of Archigram, and was knighted in 2007 by Elizabeth II for his services to architecture and teaching. He is also a Royal Academician and a Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of the French Republic. His achievements with Archigram were recognised by the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2004, when the group was awarded the Royal Gold Medal.
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Adelle Tracey
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- athletics competitormiddle-distance runner
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Adelle Tracey is a middle-distance runner primarily in the 800 metres. Tracey has represented Jamaica since 2022 after formerly running for Great Britain.
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Giles Duley
- Years
- 1971-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- photographerphotojournalist
- Biography
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Giles Duley MBE is an English portrait and documentary photographer, chef, writer, CEO and presenter. Duley also cooks, and writes about food and food politics, under the moniker The One Armed Chef. He is best known for his work documenting the long term impact of war. He is the founder and CEO of the NGO Legacy of War Foundation.
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Peter Wilson
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- sport shooter
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Peter Robert Russell Wilson MBE is a retired English sport shooter who specialises in the double trap. He is the current world record holder for the event, having scored 198 out of 200 at a World Cup event in Arizona during 2012. A member of the British team for the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was the youngest competitor in the men's double trap event, where he won the gold medal.
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Máret Ánne Sara
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- visual artistpainterjournalistwriter
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Máret Ánne Sara is a Sámi-Norwegian artist and author. Her work explores political and ecological issues affecting the Sámi and Indigenous communities of northern Norway.
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Julian Richards
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- film producerscreenwriterfilm director
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Julian Richards is a Welsh film director. He is associated with the Cool Cymru era of culture and arts in Wales.
