About

Born: Halifax, West Yorkshire. Lives: Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Favourite TV series: Twin Peaks, 24, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Parks and Recreation, Ted Lasso, The Mighty Boosh, Upstart Crow, Bottom and Schitts Creek.

Favourite Films: Poor Things (2023), Metropolis (1928), One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (1975), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), The Exorcist (1973), A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and The Devils (1971).

Favourite Actors: Jack Nicholson, Emma Stone, Robert De Niro, Nicola Walker, Timothy Spall, Udo Kier, Willem Dafoe, Jamie Lee Curtis and Michelle Yeoh.

Favourite Directors: Stanley Kubrick, Wes Anderson, Agnes Varda, Lindsay Anderson, Michelangelo Antonioni, Jean-Luc Godard, Federico Fellini, Leos Carax, David Lean, Yargos Lanthimos, Christopher Nolan, Lucio Fulci, George A. Romero, Dario Argento and John Carpenter.

Favourite Musicians and Bands David Bowie, Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground, Neil Young, Iggy Pop, John Cale, Nico, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, OMD, XTC, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The March Violets, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, The Beatles, The Kinks and John Barry.