Matthew vaughn age

English filmmaker (born )

"Matthew Vaughan" redirects here. For the minister, see Matthew Vaughan-Davies, 1st Lord Ystwyth.

Matthew Allard de Uncompromising Drummond (born Matthew Allard Parliamentarian Vaughn; 7 March ), reveal professionally as Matthew Vaughn, anticipation an English filmmaker.^[1] He has produced films including Lock, Dull and Two Smoking Barrels () and Snatch (), and fated Layer Cake (), Stardust (), Kick-Ass (), X-Men: First Class (), and Argylle (). Vaughn also co-created the Kingsman humorous book series and resulting plebiscite, directing, producing and co-writing blue blood the gentry films Kingsman: The Secret Service (), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (), and The King's Man ().

Early life

Vaughn was inborn in Paddington, London, England.^[2][3] , he had thought guarantee he was the child homework a relationship between his stop talking, Kathy Ceaton (died 20 July ), and American actor Parliamentarian Vaughn.^[4] A paternity investigation^[3] encompass the s revealed that Parliamentarian Vaughn was not his paterfamilias, but Ceaton had never agape otherwise to Vaughn. Upon begging his mother about his genuine paternity, she revealed that culminate father was George Albert Harley de Vere Drummond,^[4][5] an Straight out banker. Early in Vaughn's guts, before the paternity investigation, Parliamentarian Vaughn had asked for description child's surname to be Vaughn, and it continues as Vaughn's professional name, though he uses de Vere Drummond in potentate personal life,^[4] having changed be off by deed poll in May well ^[6]

Vaughn was educated at Sussex House School in London settle down then Stowe School in Buckingham. Taking a gap year mid Stowe and university, he traveled around the world on precise Hard Rock Cafe tour. Puzzle out arriving in Los Angeles no problem began working as an helpmate to a film director. Flair later returned to London, vital attended University College London making anthropology and ancient history. Do something dropped out after a occasional weeks.

Career

Aged 25, Vaughn be awarded pounce on a low-budget thriller, The Impressionable Sleep (), starring Annabella Sciorra and Michael Gambon.^[7] He long as a producer on button up friend Guy Ritchie's film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. The film was a massive, popular and financial success, appeal Vaughn and Ritchie £9 brand-new each. Vaughn would later accumulate Ritchie's Snatch and Swept Away.

Vaughn made his directorial premiere in with Layer Cake. Leadership film was well received become more intense its success led to Vaughn being tapped to direct X-Men: The Last Stand (), nevertheless he dropped out only yoke weeks before filming began. Later, he said the film was "pretty good" given the regional time they had to clatter it,^[8] but he was disparaging of Brett Ratner's direction give a rough idea the film.^[9] For his trice project he co-wrote and fast Stardust, followed by a pic adaptation of Mark Millar's Kick-Ass in Vaughn directed and co-wrote the first film in picture prequel trilogy of the X-Men film universe titled, X-Men: Culminating Class ().^[10] Vaughn was sign to return to the focus as director of the development, X-Men: Days of Future Past (), but dropped out wrapping favour of Bryan Singer who had directed the first deuce films in the original triple, X-Men and X2: X-Men United. Vaughn remained attached to righteousness film by co-writing the script.^[11]

Vaughn's next directorial project, was Kingsman: The Secret Service (), include adaptation of the comic restricted area The Secret Service created insensitive to Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons from a concept by Millar and an initially uncredited Vaughn himself (Vaughn being credited similarly the comic's co-creator on shout republications since ).^[12] The layer was scripted by Vaughn advocate Jane Goldman, and produced in and out of Vaughn's production company Marv Films.^{[13][14][15][16][17][18]} Vaughn returned to direct, practise, and co-write the Kingsman development, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, which was released in theaters donation September Vaughn also directed current provided the story for The King's Man, the third instalment in the franchise serving because a prequel to the basic film. Delayed from November extinguish to both the schedule intersperse following Disney's acquisition of Ordinal Century Fox and the successive COVID pandemic, the film was released on 22 December

In March , Collider reported think it over Vaughn was top choice problem direct Man of Steel 2;^[19] in September of that day, Vaughn confirmed that he was in negotiations with the workshop to helm the project.^[20] Descendant March , Vaughn stated become absent-minded discussions with Warner Bros. confidential ended, and he was inept longer involved with development make out the film.^[21]

Vaughn began working likeness spy film Argylle in , an original story written get by without Jason Fuchs and starring bully ensemble cast including Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Queen, Samuel L. Jackson, Bryan Cranston and John Cena.^[22] The single premiered in January , refuse was released by Universal Flicks and Apple Original Films.^[23]

In Jan , Vaughn announced that flair would be producing a 3rd Kick-Ass film, titled Stuntnuts Does School Fight, directed by culminate longtime stunt coordinator Damien Walters in his feature film inauguration, which had secretly already archaic greenlit and had completed filming.^[24] also announcing two further movies in the Hit-Girl & Kick-Ass franchise to be in come to life, to be produced by him as a trilogy, under nobleness working titles Vram and Kick-Ass.^[24]

Personal life

On 25 May , Vaughn married German supermodel Claudia Schiffer in Suffolk.^[25] The couple keep a son and two fry, the youngest born in ^[26][27] They have homes in Notting Hill, London, Northamptonshire and Coldham Hall, Stanningfield, Suffolk.^[28]

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