The Knife That Killed Me (film)

The Knife That Killed Me
Directed byKit Monkman
Marcus Romer
Screenplay byMarcus Romer
Kit Monkman
Based onThe Knife That Killed Me
by Anthony McGowan
Produced byThomas Mattinson
Alan Latham
StarringJack McMullen
Reece Dinsdale
Haruka Abe
Andrew Dunn
Oliver Lee
Charles Mnene
Josh Brown
Thomas Teago
Rosie Goddard
Andrew Ellis
Alfie Stewart
Reece Douglas
Richard Crehan
Distributed byUniversal Pictures (UK)
Focus Features (US)
Release date
  • 24 October 2014 (2014-10-24)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£3 million

The Knife That Killed Me is a 2014 British drama film that was funded as a Kickstarter project.[1] The story about a teenage boy who becomes involved in knife crime was adapted from the novel by Anthony McGowan.[2] It was filmed in York, North Yorkshire in a purpose-built green screen stage at GSP Studios (at the former ARTTS International film school) at Bubwith,[3] entirely on green screens.[2] Production began in mid-February 2012[3] and filming began in mid-April.[4] The film was released on 24 October 2014.

A casting call for the role of Paul was posted on 26 October 2011[5] and another for 'Yorkshire-based teenagers' was posted on 9 January 2012;[6] the latter also states that Jeremy Zimmerman was the casting director.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Felperin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Feature Adaptation of 'The Knife That Killed Me' Underway". Retrieved 2012-04-13.
  3. ^ a b "Universal Pictures Film to be Produced in York". Retrieved 2012-02-04.
  4. ^ "Filming starts on The Knife That Killed Me". Retrieved 2012-04-18.
  5. ^ "Feature film casting call". Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  6. ^ "Feature film casting call for Yorkshire-based teenagers". Retrieved 2012-01-09.