Matthew Vaughn
Matthew Vaughn | |
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 Vaughn in March 2010 | |
| Born | Matthew Allard Robert Vaughn 7 March 1971 |
| Citizenship | British |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
Matthew Allard de Vere Drummond[1] (born Matthew Allard Robert Vaughn; 7 March 1971) is an English film producer, director, and screenwriter.[2] He is best known for producing such films as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000) and directing the films Layer Cake (2004), Stardust (2007), Kick-Ass (2010), X-Men: First Class (2011), and Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015).
Early life
Vaughn was born in Kingston Jamica. He had thought that he was the child of an affair between his mother, Kathy Ceaton (died 20 July 2013), and American actor Robert Vaughn. A paternity investigation[3] subsequently identified his father as George Albert Harley de Vere Drummond,[4][5] an English aristocrat who is a godson of King George VI.
Early in Vaughn's life, before the paternity investigation, Robert Vaughn asked for the child's surname to be Vaughn, and it continues today as Vaughn's professional name, though he now uses de Vere Drummond in his personal life.[6]
Vaughn was educated at Stowe School in Buckingham. Taking a gap year between Stowe and university, he travelled around the world on a Hard Rock Cafe tour. After arriving in Los Angeles he began working as an assistant to a film director. He later returned to London, and attended University College London studying anthropology and ancient history. He dropped out after a few weeks.
Career
Aged 25, Vaughn produced a low-budget thriller, The Innocent Sleep (1995), starring Annabella Sciorra and Michael Gambon.[7] He continued as a producer on close friend Guy Ritchie's film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. The film was a critical, popular and financial success, earning Vaughn and Ritchie £9 million each. Vaughn would later produce Ritchie's Snatch and Swept Away.
Vaughn made his directorial debut in 2004 with Layer Cake. The film was well received and its success led to Vaughn being tapped to direct X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), but he dropped out only two weeks before filming began. Subsequently, he was very critical of Brett Ratner's direction of the film. For his next project he co-wrote and directed Stardust, followed by a movie adaptation of Mark Millar's Kick-Ass in 2010. Vaughn directed and co-wrote the first film in the prequel trilogy of the X-Men film universe titled, X-Men: First Class (2011).[8] Vaughn was signed to return to the series as director of the sequel, X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), but dropped out in favour of Bryan Singer who had directed the first two films in the original trilogy, X-Men and X2: X-Men United. Vaughn remained attached to the film by co-writing the script.[9] Vaughn's next directorial project, was Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015), an adaptation of Mark Millar and David Gibbons's comic book The Secret Service. The film was scripted by Vaughn and Jane Goldman, and produced by Vaughn's production company Marv Films.[10][11][12][13][14][15]
Vaughn returned to direct, produce, and co-write the Kingsman sequel titled, Kingsman: The Golden Circle which will be released in theaters in September 2017.
Personal life
On 25 May 2002, Vaughn married German model Claudia Schiffer in Suffolk.[16] The couple have three children: son Caspar Matthew de Vere (born 30 January 2003) and daughters Clementine Poppy (born 11 November 2004) and Cosima Violet (born 14 May 2010).[17][18] The couple have homes in Notting Hill,[19] and own Coldham Hall, Stanningfield, Suffolk.[20]
Filmography
Film
Television
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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| 2000 | Lock, Stock... | Yes | Executive producer | ||
| 2003 | Swag | Yes | Executive producer | ||
| 2003 | Make My Day | Yes | Documentary Executive producer |
Video game
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Kick-Ass: The Game | Yes |
Frequent collaborators
- Actors and actresses
| Collaborator | Layer Cake (2004) |
Stardust (2007) |
Kick-Ass (2010) |
X-Men: First Class (2011) |
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) |
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) |
Total |
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| Randall Batinkoff | 
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| Geoff Bell |
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| Sophie Cookson |
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| Taron Egerton |
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| Colin Firth |
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| Jason Flemyng |
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4 | ||
| Dexter Fletcher |
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3 | |||
| Tamer Hassan |
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2 | ||||
| Edward Holcroft |
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2 | ||||
| Corey Johnson |
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| Sienna Miller |
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| Mark Strong |
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4 | ||
| Samantha Womack |
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2 |
- Film crew
| Collaborator | Stardust (2007) |
Kick-Ass (2010) |
X-Men: First Class (2011) |
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) |
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) |
Total |
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| Jane Goldman |
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5 |
| Take That |
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3 | ||
| Henry Jackman |
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4 | |
| Eddie Hamilton |
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4 |
References
- ^ "MATTHEW ALLARD DE VERE DRUMMOND - LONDON".
- ^ "Vaughn hits out at fame obsession".
- ^ Hockney, Karen (25 April 2002). "Vaughn's truth about son Matthew". Standard.co.uk.
- ^ "CLAUDIA GETS A 'C' ON HER LABOR DAY".
- ^ "Matthew Vaughn: The director's cut". 3 October 2004.
- ^ Norman, Neil (3 October 2004). "Matthew Vaughn: The director's cut". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- ^ "Movies – Interviews: Matthew Vaughn", bbc.co.uk; retrieved 22 June 2012.
- ^ Fleming, Mike (4 May 2010). "Fox Signs Vaughn To Direct 'X-Men: First Class'". Deadline.com. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ^ Child, Ben (31 January 2012). "Matthew Vaughn to direct sequel to X-Men: First Class". The Guardian. London.
- ^ Fleming, Mike, Jr. (27 March 2013). "Update: Fox Wins Rights To Matthew Vaughn's Next Pic 'The Secret Service', Sets November 2014 Release Date". Deadline.com. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Matthew Vaughn Eyes Newcomer Taron Egerton for 'Secret Service' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.com. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Who Will Team Up With Colin Firth in Matthew Vaughn's 'Secret Service'?". Variety.com. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Samuel L. Jackson to Play Villain in Matthew Vaughn's 'Secret Service' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.com. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Sophie Cookson Lands Female Lead in Matthew Vaughn's 'Secret Service' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.com. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ Fleming, Mike. "Matthew Vaughn's 'The Secret Service' Gets A Femme Fatale In Sofia Boutella". Deadline.com. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "[1]". Vogue. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- ^ Michaud, Sarah (15 January 2010). "Claudia Schiffer Expecting Third Child". People.
- ^ "Claudia Schiffer names new baby daughter".
- ^ "Jonathan Ross' wife Jane Goldman lets it all hang out as she leads revellers at Kick-Ass premiere party". Daily Mail. London. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Celebrity couple's love for Suffolk". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
External links
- Matthew Vaughn at IMDb
- Template:IMDb company
- Interview, Superherohype.com; accessed 28 February 2015
