birth_place birth_date image article_title name occupation
london , united kingdom yes 1972 9 1 swtfinkels2686photo nick wall.jpg jonathan newman
 jonathan newman film director , scriptwriter
jonathan newman

jonathan newman is a british filmmaker and writer .
newman owns a film company called serendipity .
newman made his first feature film at the age of 25 .
`` being considered '' starred james dreyfus and david tennant .
his recent movies include the action adventure film mariah mundi and the midas box , starring sam neill , michael sheen , lena headey and keeley hawes , with the lead of mariah mundi played by welsh actor aneurin barnard .
mariah mundi -lrb- retitled `` the adventurer : curse of the midas box '' -rrb- was released theatrically in us cinemas on 10 january , 2014 .
in 2012 newman wrote and directed the critically acclaimed film foster , starring toni collette , ioan gruffudd , richard e. grant , anne reid and hayley mills , as well as `` swinging with the finkels '' , which stars martin freeman , singer/actress mandy moore , melissa george , jonathan silverman , angus deayton and jerry stiller .
foster , aka `` angel in the house ' -lrb- us title -rrb- won best feature film at the rhode island film festival 2013 as voted for by the youth jury .
in 2008 and 2013 , newman was longlisted for the hospital club 100 media hotlist .
newman is credited as an assistant author of the `` the guerilla film makers movie blueprint '' .
