After directing Bad Blood, Mike Newell went on to direct what BAFTA award winning film?
Bad Blood (1982 film) Bad Blood is a 1982 British-New Zealand thriller film set during World War II in the small town of Koiterangi (now "Kowhitirangi") on the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand, and is based on the factual manhunt for mass-murderer Stanley Graham. The film was directed by English director Mike Newell, who went on to direct "Four Weddings and a Funeral". Much of the film was shot at the original locations. The script was based upon "Manhunt: The Story of Stanley Graham", by H. A. Willis (Whitcoulls, 1979) and adapted by New Zealand-born Andrew Brown.
Nick Meyer Nick Meyer is an American film producer and CEO of Sierra/Affinity. Meyer was the president of Paramount Vantage until December 2008. In 2007, with Meyer as co-head of Paramount, the Studio received 19 Academy Award nominations. Four of the Studio's 2007 feature films were honored: "There Will Be Blood", a Paramount Vantage and Miramax co-production, received eight nominations, winning Best Picture among others; "No Country for Old Men", also a Miramax and Paramount Vantage co-production, received eight nominations; "Into the Wild" earned two nominations; "The Kite Runner" garnered one nomination. At the 80th Academy Awards, Blood and No Country won a combined six awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture for No Country, the Academy Award for Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis in Blood, and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Javier Bardem in No Country.