43-593: Arctic Blast is a 2010 Australian-Canadian science-fiction film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith . Filming took place over eighteen days in 2009 - sixteen in Hobart, Tasmania, plus two in Ottawa, Canada for scenes with Bruce Davison. Post production work was done in Canada. Trenchard-Smith later wrote "it was a challenge to make what looks like a bank of thick morning fog feel scary." According to Trenchard-Smith "I’m quite proud of
86-470: A Site of Special Scientific Interest , Wellington College Bog . In 2022, 84.2% of pupils scored A*-A or 7/6 for their A-Level or IB examinations, with 97.6% scoring A*-B or 7-5 grades. In the same year, 75% of pupils scored 9 or 8 grades in their GCSEs. The school had an average IB score of 41.3 in 2022, the highest recorded in the College's history. Wellington College was one of the 21 founding members of
129-511: A cult classic. It starred Grant Page and the US band Sorcery. He followed this with Day of the Assassin (1979), where he replaced the original director just before filming began. He later said making the movie was one of his craziest directing experiences: All directors, at some point in their career trajectory, find themselves hanging on to a runaway train; despite best efforts, things turn to custard on
172-581: A daily basis. More often than not, The Movie from Hell is a co-production. Foreign locale, fast money, giant egos, high pressure schedule – all make a volatile witches’ brew, even before you factor in deep rooted national resentments. Trenchard-Smith returned to cutting trailers for various Australian films. Producer Antony I. Ginnane hired him to cut together footage of films during production to raise additional finance. These included Harlequin and The Survivor . Ginnane then hired Trenchard-Smith to direct Turkey Shoot (1982). His work on that film got him
215-696: A junior writer/producer of feature film trailers at the National Screen Service . In 1970 he returned to Channel 9 as network promotions director, and made his directorial debut with a French TV special Christmas in Australia . He followed it with a series of other specials: Marty Feldman in Australia (1972), The Big Screen Scene (1972), For Valor (1972), Inside Alvin Purple (1972). After two years at Channel 9 Trenchard Smith formed his own production company, Trenchard Productions, borrowed $ 16,000 and made
258-421: A long-established practice because they were unaware that the law had changed." There are 18 houses at Wellington. The majority are composed of boarders with a small number of day pupils also, although two, Wellesley and Raglan, are day-pupil exclusive. Each house is either an 'in-house' or an 'out-house': in-houses are located within the main school buildings and quads while out-houses are located elsewhere on
301-458: A long-established procedure in sharing the information with each other, and were unaware of the change in the law (on which they had not been consulted). She wrote to John Vickers, the OFT director-general, saying, "They are not a group of businessmen meeting behind closed doors to fix the price of their products to the disadvantage of the consumer. They are schools that have quite openly continued to follow
344-453: A melodrama which he co-wrote, Jenny Kissed Me (1985), then another action film, Dead End Drive-In (1986). Neither was successful at the box office but the latter has developed a strong cult reputation. Trenchard-Smith was hired for another "rescue operation" when the decision was made to sack the director of Day of the Panther (1987) during filming. This film was shot back to back with
387-619: A minority of the children at the school now come from military families. On 6 September 2013, readers of The Week magazine voted Wellington College "The Most Forward-Thinking School in the UK", and four days later Tatler magazine chose Wellington College as the "Best Senior School in Britain", at its Schools Awards evening in London. In 2024, Wellington College was once again featured in Tatler magazine, with
430-561: A one-hour television special about stuntmen called The Stuntmen featuring Grant Page . This was a success. Trenchard-Smith was going to Hong Kong to make an $ 8,000 documentary on Bruce Lee called The World of Kung Fu but arrived on the day Lee died. He turned the documentary into a tribute on Lee, and in the course of making it met Raymond Chow . Trenchard-Smith made another TV special, Kung Fu Killers (1974), featuring Page and George Lazenby . Throughout this decade Trenchard-Smith also worked cutting trailers. Trenchard-Smith made
473-413: A sardine. My career goal is to become a dolphin, playfully cruising through a variety of genres on adequate budgets." ) He established himself by attaching himself "to as much material as possible. Sling enough mud at the wall, something will stick." He also earned a reputation for reliability. "Deliver the goods, above and beyond creative and fiscal expectations. Mr Reliable is a popular guy. Specialise in
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#1733085448696516-421: A sense of pace: trying to find where the joke is and trying to make the film look a lot bigger than it cost. He says his main advice for directing is: Be a good leader, kind father, energetic brigade commander to your cast and crew; no one gives their best in an atmosphere of blame and fear, as happens on big star driven movies; humour is much more effective in team management; try to make your own enthusiasm for
559-590: A sequel Strike of the Panther . Trenchard-Smith did a straight-to-video thriller, Out of the Body (1988) then travelled to the Philippines to make a Vietnam War film, The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989). In January 1990 Trenchard Smith moved to Hollywood. He has said that when he left Australia "I was possibly a medium-sized fish in one of cinema's smaller ponds" and when he arrived he "immediately became plankton." (In 2001 he wrote "I believe I have now evolved into
602-436: A writer and editor of film trailers , Trenchard-Smith made documentary films for Australian television, many of which focused on stunt performers and martial artists , including his frequent collaborator Grant Page . He made his directorial debut with The Man from Hong Kong (1975), the first film to be produced as an international co-production between Australia and Hong Kong . Many of Trenchard-Smith's films over
645-588: Is a registered charity and currently educates roughly 1,100 pupils aged between 13 and 18. The college was built as a national monument to the first Duke of Wellington , in whose honour it is named. Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone in 1856 and inaugurated the school's public opening on 29 January 1859. Many former Wellington pupils fought in the trenches during the First World War , many volunteering for military service immediately after leaving school. in all, 707 Wellington old boys lost their lives in
688-586: Is also partnered with Wellington College International Shanghai and Huili School Shanghai in the city of Shanghai , and Wellington College International Hangzhou and Huili School Hangzhou in the city of Hangzhou (also in mainland China), Wellington College International Bangkok in Thailand , and Wellington College International Pune in India . The college buildings were designed by John Shaw, Jr. , who had previously worked as an architect for Eton College . For its time,
731-867: The Rugby Football Union , and pupils at the school have historically played schoolboy rugby to the highest standard. In 2008, the College became the first school to win the Daily Mail Cup at both U15 and U18 level in the same year, beating Millfield School and St Benedict's School, Ealing in their respective finals at Twickenham on 2 April 2008. A number of Old Wellingtonians play professional rugby union, including: James Haskell (England), Paul Doran-Jones (England), Max Lahiff (Bath Rugby), Max Evans and Thom Evans (Scotland), Sam Aspland-Robinson (Harlequins), Rory Brand (London Irish), Max Lahiff (Bristol Bears), and Madison Hughes (USA 7s). The school has one of only around 20 racquets courts in
774-517: The Sixth Form in the 1970s, and the school became fully co-educational in 2005. A recent change to the scheme of reduced fees early in 2006 extended the privilege to the orphan children of deceased servicemen or servicewomen of His Majesty's Armed Forces irrespective of rank, and to the orphan children of persons who, in the sole opinion of the Governors, have died in acts of selfless bravery. However, only
817-526: The Body and The Siege of Firebase Gloria . They have two sons, Eric and Alexander, and live in Oregon , where they own pet deer . His hobbies include history and épée fencing , for which he has held a lifelong passion. Trenchard Smith once said this of his own films: There is something you always get in a Trenchard-Smith movie: pace, a strong visual sense, and what the movie is actually about told to you very persuasively. Whatever I do, I'll still be applying
860-783: The Demons 2 (1994), Leprechaun 3 (1995), Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996), Happy Face Murders (1999), Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001), DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2003), Aztec Rex (2007), Chemistry (2011), Absolute Deception (2013) and Drive Hard (2014). His debut novel , The Headsman's Daughter (later retitled Alice Through the Multiverse ), was self-published in 2016. Several of Trenchard-Smith's films have garnered cult followings and have been subject to critical re-evaluation, and he has also been cited as one of Quentin Tarantino 's favourite directors. Trenchard-Smith
903-585: The Master, James Dahl, being nominated for "Best Head of a Public School". Wellington has sponsored the founding of a new independent state school in Wiltshire, The Wellington Academy , which opened in 2009. Wellington is in partnership with Wellington College International Tianjin , in the city of Tianjin in mainland China , modelled on the buildings and ethos of the college, and which opened in August 2011. Wellington
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#1733085448696946-503: The Netflix series The Crown as a stand-in for Kensington Palace (designed by Sir Christopher Wren) in seasons 2, 3, 4 and 5 first as the home of Princess Margaret and then of Diana, Princess of Wales. One of the college's original mottos Heroum Filii is visible in a scene of the Queen arriving at the palace, and the college's official motto, Virtutis Fortuna Comes , is visible in a scene of
989-482: The Queen leaving the palace. Wellington College stands on a 400-acre (160 ha) estate in South-East England , near Reading and Sandhurst . The grounds of the college include a 9-hole golf course , extensive woodland, and many playing fields, particularly those for cricket and rugby . The woodland area of the college is listed as a local nature reserve called Edgbarrow Woods . The grounds also contain
1032-601: The UK, one of 27 real tennis courts in the UK and until recently three Eton Fives courts, now a café bar as part of the sports club. The school has been the subject of reports on bullying . In response to criticism, in 2006, it introduced 'well-being lessons' to the curriculum, in conjunction with a team at Cambridge University . In 2005 the school was one of fifty of the country's leading independent schools found guilty of running an illegal price-fixing cartel , exposed by The Times newspaper, which had allowed them to drive up fees for thousands of parents. Each school
1075-410: The box office. He spent nine months on a proposed film that never got up, The Siege of Sydney (aka Pillage Squad ). However he then made a dramatised short, Hospitals Don't Burn Down! , which won a number of awards and was highly successful. Trenchard-Smith then made a film in the US called Stunt Rock (1978) which he once called "probably the worst film I have made" although it has become
1118-587: The college grounds. Each house has aspects distinguishing it from other houses, such as its own colours, insignia, and crest (with the crest of each house being incorporated into one of each of the stained glass windows of the college chapel). Each house was named in honour of a significant figure in history, usually although not exclusively figures associated with the Duke of Wellington . The Orange, Combermere, Hopetoun, and Anglesey were all formerly boys' houses but converted to girls' houses between 2005 and 2011. The Talbot
1161-652: The conflict. A further 501 former pupils were killed in action in the Second World War . The school is a member of the Rugby Group of 18 British public schools and is also a member of the G20 Schools group. For the academic year 2023/24, Wellington charged boarders up to £18,310 per term, or £50,930 per annum. In March 2023, the school was awarded Artsmark Platinum by the Arts Council England . Since 2020,
1204-625: The countryside with a bayonet. He was commissioned to make a film about his school, Wellington College , for prospective parents. He showed this around once he left school, and it helped him get work as an editor's assistant and camera assistant with a French news company in London. However he was unable to get into the union so he moved to Australia in 1965 (his father was Australian). Trenchard-Smith worked at Channel Ten as an editor, doing news, documentaries and station promos. He moved over to Channel 9 to work as promotions director, then in 1968 he returned to England and went to work in London as
1247-523: The design of the College was unusual compared to the popular form, but Prince Albert , who assisted in choosing the architect, was more interested in Shaw's classical approach, having already seen the architect's design for the old Royal Naval School in New Cross , London. The main buildings were designed in a style loosely termed "French Grand Rococo ",. The chapel, notably only half its originally intended size,
1290-681: The difficult. No task too great, no budget too small. Work breeds work, particularly if you leave your producers smiling rather than unhappy. Low-budget genre film making does not mean you have to check your personality at the door." He returned to Australia to make Official Denial (1993) on the Gold Coast. Back in the US he did Night of the Demons 2 (1994) and Leprechaun 3 (1995). He went back to Australia to make Sahara (1995), then did Escape Clause (1996), Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996), Doomsday Rock (1997), Atomic Dog (1998), and Voyage of Terror (1998). Trenchard-Smith made
1333-621: The film was made for The Movie Company, a production company half owned by Trenchard-Smith and Greater Union , and Golden Harvest. The film sold well around the world and established Trenchard-Smith as an action director. Trenchard Smith then made the TV documentary Danger Freaks for the Movie Company before Greater Union pulled out of the organisation and it was wound up. Trenchard Smith then made another action feature film, Deathcheaters (1976), starring Grant Page, which performed disappointingly at
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1376-565: The film. It’s a strong example of its micro-genre, and I had a good time making it." Brian Trenchard-Smith Brian Medwin Trenchard-Smith (born 1946) is an English-Australian filmmaker and author, known for his idiosyncratic and satirical low-budget genre films . His filmography covers action , science fiction , martial arts , dystopian fiction , comedy , war , family , thriller , romance and erotica , and his works tend to be cross-genre pieces. After gaining experience as
1419-427: The job of rewriting and directing the children's film, BMX Bandits (1983), which starred Nicole Kidman . He was announced as director of Blowing Hot and Cold but did not make it in the end. Trenchard-Smith began directing episodes of Australian TV shows such as Five Mile Creek . He was hired by the producers of Frog Dreaming (1985) to replace the original director during the shoot. He followed it with
1462-483: The late 60s and 1970s, Trenchard Smith was one of the leading makers of film trailers in England and Australia. Among the films whose trailers he edited are: Brian Trenchard-Smith had cast certain actors in more than one of his films. Wellington College, Berkshire Wellington College is a private (English fee-charging ) boarding and day school in the village of Crowthorne , Berkshire, England. Wellington
1505-505: The next decade became notable examples of the Ozploitation cycle, including Deathcheaters (1976), Stunt Rock (1978), Turkey Shoot (1982), BMX Bandits (1983), Frog Dreaming (1986) and Dead End Drive-In (1986). Trenchard-Smith moved to Hollywood in 1990, and has since primarily directed made-for-television and direct-to-video films. His other notable works include The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989), Night of
1548-518: The project contagious to everybody. Then pick locations that have natural production value... Plan well. Shot list. Make every hour of shooting count. His favourite among his own movies are The Man From Hong Kong , BMX Bandits , Dead End Drive In , The Siege Of Firebase Gloria , Night Of The Demons 2 and Happy Face Murders . His main influences growing up were Alfred Hitchcock , Henry Hathaway , Anthony Mann , J. Lee Thompson , Robert Aldrich , Raoul Walsh , King Vidor and John Ford. Dring
1591-510: The school has continuously been listed by The Schools Index as one of the world's leading 150 schools and one of the top 30 UK senior schools. Wellington College was granted a royal charter in 1853 as The Royal and Religious Foundation of the Wellington College , and was opened in 1859. Its first Master, which is the title of the headmaster, was Edward White Benson , who later became Archbishop of Canterbury . The college's Visitor
1634-400: The sex-orientated semi-documentary The Love Epidemic (1975) which was made for $ 33,000. It was theatrically released and made a small profit. Trenchard-Smith's Hong Kong connections enabled him to make his dramatic feature film debut with the action movie The Man from Hong Kong (1975), the first Australian-Hong Kong co production. Starring Jimmy Wang Yu , George Lazenby and Grant Page,
1677-457: The true crime film Happy Face Murders (1999), which is one of his favourite movies. In 2011, Trenchard Smith said his passion project is to do a revisionist history of Richard III . Since 1975, Trenchard-Smith has been married to Dr. Margaret Gerard Trenchard-Smith (née Enger), an American Byzantine historian and retired actress whom he had cast in Deathcheaters , Stunt Rock , Out of
1720-579: Was Queen Elizabeth II . Originally, the school educated sons of deceased officers who had held commissions in the Army. In 1952 a Supplementary Royal Charter extended the privilege of eligibility to the orphan sons of deceased officers of the Royal Navy , Royal Marines and Royal Air Force . By the 1960s, the school was considering becoming co-educational, but for some years the lack of financial resources prevented it from doing so. The first girls were admitted into
1763-504: Was born in England, the son of a senior officer of the Royal Air Force (RAF), and lived for a time in Libya, where his father was stationed. His family moved to RAF Odiham , Hampshire and he made his first film at the age of 15 on 8mm , a 2-minute short called The Duel . The following year he made the ten-minute The Chase about a lunatic who escapes from an asylum and chases a boy around
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1806-551: Was designed by Sir Gilbert Scott . There have been several modern buildings, the best of which follow Shaw's grand rococo style: for example, the new Nicholson modern foreign-languages building. In 2019 the GWA Performing Arts Centre was opened, housing an auditorium with 900 seats for use by pupils and to raise funds for the Wellington College Arts Fund. The college was used as a filming location for
1849-499: Was required to pay a nominal penalty of £10,000 and all agreed to make ex-gratia payments totalling three million pounds into a trust designed to benefit pupils who attended the schools during the period in respect of which fee information was shared. Mrs Jean Scott, the head of the Independent Schools Council, said that independent schools had always been exempt from anti-cartel rules applied to business, were following
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