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About Julian

I am a writer and director of film, TV and radio. Recent credits include "Spooks", "Hustle" and "New Tricks". I'm currently swamped with writing work and using this site as a form of procrastination. For more info, please see the two "About" pages listed above.

Words Fail Me…

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Julian

I haven’t written anything on here for quite a while. I suspect that’s because I’ve been writing so much professionally over the last couple of months that the idea of more words just doesn’t appeal. I have, as mentioned before, … Continue reading →

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Some HDR pictures…

Posted on December 24, 2009 by Julian

I’m starting to get the hang of making HDR (High Dynamic Range) pictures. It involves taking the same shot at different exposures and then putting the resulting images together. Here are the results so far… (better resolution versions can be … Continue reading →

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Read this…

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Julian

A fantastic and frightening behind-the-scenes glimpse at the Copenhagen fiasco: How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room | Mark Lynas | Environment | The Guardian: “” There’s also a very interesting sideways look … Continue reading →

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What have I been doing?

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Julian

I’m back in the director’s chair (on a couple of episodes of New Tricks, one of which I’ve written) as of January 12th 2010 and I’ve got a bunch of stuff to write before then. … To whit, my first attempt at an HDR (high-dynamic range) image… HDR street comp.jpg You can see a larger version of this and more of my pics at http://juliansimpson.smugmug.com More later… Continue reading →

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House Industries

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Julian

This is a very short post. I have just spent the last three hours absorbed in the House Industries website. It is a thing of rare beauty. Go now and check it out. Beware: you can spend a LOT of … Continue reading →

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Stupid TV for stupid people…

Posted on November 28, 2009 by Julian

I haven’t posted anything for a while (so sorry, busy, don’t you know?) but I thought I’d link to a couple of articles today celebrating the demise of GMTV. There’s a lot of cretinous bilge on the box these days … Continue reading →

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Proper Blogs…

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Julian

A brief note to let you know about a couple of great blog-posts that demand your immediate attention: Michael Marshall Smith’s latest laments the passing of The Astoria here while Sarah Pinborough laments the passing of her sanity here. As … Continue reading →

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Showreel clips online

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Julian

For those of you who are interested, I’ve finally got myself organised and put a bunch of clips of my recent(ish) directing work up on YouTube. Subscribe to the channel and you’ll get a notification when any new clips are … Continue reading →

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