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Rupert Clague

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Rupert Clague
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Clague filming in the Amazon jungle
Born (1990-10-23) 23 October 1990 (age 34)
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
💼 Occupation
Director, producer, writer
🌐 Websiterupertclague.com

Rupert Clague (born 23 October 1990) is a Canadian-British filmmaker and writer. In recent years his film career has taken him into the Amazon rainforest with Director Werner Herzog; on the road with Formula E; in search of shaman performances in South East Asia; on ride alongs with homicide detectives in the Southern United States; into secretive Amish communities in Pennsylvania; into the sanctum of Sunderland A.F.C.; train hopping across the United States; and down a waterslide with Jeff Goldblum.[1][2]

Early life[edit]

Rupert Clague was born on 23 October 1990 in Thunder Bay, Canada and raised in both Dundas, Ontario, Canada and the Isle of Man.[2]

He graduated from King William's College in the Isle of Man in 2009 and was educated at both the University of California, Berkeley and King's College London.[3]

Career[edit]

TV work[edit]

Clague has worked on documentaries all over the world, including Emmy nominated The World According to Jeff Goldblum (Disney+), Stories of a Generation with Pope Francis (Netflix) for which he interviewed anthropologist Jane Goodall, Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father (Netflix), Sunderland 'Til I Die (Netflix), The Culture Show (BBC), and The Secret Life of Books (BBC).[4][5]

In 2021, Clague Series Directed Change Accelerated, a twelve part series exploring the world surrounding Formula E for the BBC.[6][7]

Film work[edit]

In May 2018, Clague joined Director Werner Herzog in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest for a filmmaking expedition with Black Factory Cinema. Under Herzog's guidance, Rupert produced, directed, shot, and edited Jacob's Ladder in the jungle.[8][9]

In November 2018, with support from Shure, Rupert directed Sounds of the Sunset with adventurer Leon McCarron, a film about the Sunset Limited train that runs from New Orleans, Louisiana to Los Angeles, California in the United States.[10]

In April 2020, he launched Tell Me in collaboration with a group of international filmmakers. Setting up a series of voicemail boxes around the world, the collective encouraged people to call and leave messages with thoughts they were having during the COVID-19 pandemic. These calls were brought together as a documentary film to create a unique portrait of humanity in isolation. The film had a successful festival run in 2021.[11]

Clague co-wrote and co-directed Pawsea (or: The Melancholy Ruminations of a Solitary French Bulldog) with Tom Gentle, an adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre's La Nausée (Nausea) from the perspective of a dog. The film premiered at Flickerfest and played at festivals around the world, including Riverrun.[12][13] Clague previously collaborated with Gentle on an adaptation of Canadian author Alistair MacLeod's In the Fall from Island: The Collected Stories.[3][14][15]

In 2020, Clague began work on his next feature film, Cathedral of the Hands about the pianist and pioneer of Continuous Music Lubomyr Melnyk.[16]

In 2022, Clague launched filmmaking game PlayGonzo with frequent collaborator Eugene Konash.

Writing[edit]

He is the author of 'For a single moment my voice is everything: David Berman's Actual Air and the experience of time stopping', a long form essay exploring the poetry of Silver Jews founder and poet David Berman. All proceeds were donated to MusiCares.[17]

His work has also appeared in No Film School and The Guardian.[18]

References[edit]

  1. "Handsome Beast". www.handsomebeast.tv. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Rupert Clague – Battle of Ideas 2018".
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Rupert looks for funds to make movie | News | Isle of Man". iomtoday.co.im. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  4. "Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father (TV Series 2017– )". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  5. "IMDB". IMDb.
  6. "Change Accelerated".
  7. "Change Accelerated Behind the Scenes".
  8. "Filmando en Perú con Werner Herzog – 5º taller práctico de autores en las selvas del amazonas peruano". blackfactorycinema.com. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  9. "Wooden Camera". 16 January 2019.
  10. "In tumultuous times, the oldest railroad in America still brings people together". Adventure.com. March 1, 2019.
  11. Galton, Bridget (April 21, 2020). "Call the 'voicemail confessional' and say how you feel about pandemic". Hampstead Highgate Express.
  12. "Flickerfest | Pawsea (Or: The Melancholy Ruminations Of A Solitary French Bulldog".
  13. "Pawsea".
  14. "Alistair MacLeod short story to be filmed in Scotland | CBC News". cbc.ca. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  15. "Glasgow-based filmmakers wrap shooting in Hoy - The Orcadian Online". orcadian.co.uk. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  16. "Cathedral of the Hands".
  17. "For a Single Moment — Rupert Clague - Handsome Beast". www.handsomebeast.tv.
  18. Clague, Rupert (July 3, 2020). "Wanted dead or archive: how film-makers repurpose old footage". the Guardian.

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