Shane Meadows was born in 1972, on the 26th of December. He's 37 years old right now, and in 2006 wrote This Is England for Channel 4.
He grew up in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, in the Westlands Road area. That area is a single road which used to be full of council houses. His mother worked in a fish and chip shop, and his father was a lorry driver. His father was once considered a suspect during a murder case after finding the body of 11 year old Susan Maxwell, which in turn led to Meadows being bullied during his childhood. On weekends, he sold fruit and vegetables and in Uttoxeter Market. His love of cinema showed at that young age through regular trips to the Elite Cinema.
Shane Meadows began making independent short films in 1994, and his first feature length film was made in 1996, called 'Small Time'. His 2006 film 'This Is England' had a great reception, with Metacritic reporting it scored on average 86 out of 100, based on around 23 reviews, and recently a new 4 part drama series has been made, set about 3 years after the film and still starring the same characters, called 'This is England '86'.
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