birth_place article_title name occupation
guildford , surrey , united kingdom richard janes
 richard janes director
richard janes

richard janes -lrb- born 1978 in guildford , surrey -rrb- is an english actor , film and theatre director .
from the age of 11 , janes was brought up spending his summers at the cannizaro park open air theatre in wimbledon , london , where his parents ran the bar as an offshoot from their wimbledon-based café and catering business .
janes started as a child actor , working on a wide range of television programs such as `` the demon headmaster '' , `` kavanagh qc '' with john thaw and `` longitude '' , where he played opposite jeremy irons .
deciding he also wanted to work behind the camera , janes went back to school studying an intensive two-year degree at ravensbourne college of design and communication , the centre for excellence in professional broadcasting in the uk .
whilst studying and gaining experience in all areas of production , he worked under some of film 's top directors , from terry gilliam and tarsem to sharon maguire .
as part of his graduation , janes produced and directed his first film-based short film titled `` representative radio '' .
based on a radio dj who receives a phone call from a distressed man on the edge of suicide , the film dealt with cause and effect of media spin .
representative radio went on to receive a nomination for best student film in the non-factual category of the 2002 royal television society awards .
after leaving ravensbourne , janes was then approached to direct a three-week london run of r. c. sherriff 's classic `` journey 's end '' .
the play ran at the courtyard theatre , with some of the best attendance figures the venue had ever seen .
`` fakers '' , a sharp , fast-moving tale of blackmail and forgery set in the upper echelons of the international art society , marks janes ' feature-length directorial debut .
in 2007 he won a los angeles-area emmy for his work as director and co-producer on the documentary series `` behind the lyrics '' .
in 2008 janes launched film industry bloggers an online blogging community of film industry professionals from around the world .
