Stevan Riley

Director

Biography

UK

Born in Northern Ireland to a Yugoslav mother and English father, Stevan Riley has lived, worked and travelled in over 50 countries. He set off to Bosnia in 2003 to direct his first documentary, Rave Against the Machine, uncovering a story of musical youth in war-torn Sarajevo. It has since won awards at 9 international festivals. His following feature, Blue Blood, premiered at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival and had its theatrical release in May of 2007, receiving fantastic reviews. Blue Blood was nominated for “Best Film” at the prestigious Evening Standard British Film Awards and Stevan was also nominated for “British Breakthrough for Film Making” at the Critics Circle Awards. His next film was the award-winning documentary Fire in Babylon, about the record-breaking West Indies cricket team of the 1970s and 1980s. Fire in Babylon was released in UK cinemas by Revolver Entertainment and aired on BBC Storyville and ESPN. It earned Riley a Grierson Award as well as nominations for Best Documentary at the British Independent Film Awards and Evening Standard Film Awards. Film critic Barry Norman listed it in his 'Top 10 Sports films of all time'.
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Filmography

Rave Against the Machine (2002)
Blue Blood (2006)
Fire in Babylon (2010)
Everything or Nothing (2012)
Listen to Me Marlon (2015)

Films Curated by AFF