![]() ![]() ![]() Official Selection–Tribeca Film Festival.Jury Award (feature)–Malibu Film Festival.Narrative Feature Audience-SXSW Film Festival.Narrative Jury Prize-SXSW Film Festival.His first full-length feature, the Hollywood funded Green Street starring Elijah Wood, was released in September 2005 and has won numerous awards including: In 2003 Brimson made the move into screenwriting with the short film "It's a Casual Life", a 15-minute film looking at the world of football violence from a Casuals perspective. He has subsequently written a further 14 books in a variety of genres including fiction thriller and fiction comedy. After 18 years service with the Royal Air Force, including both the Falklands War and the first Gulf War, the ex-Sergeant engineer’s literary career began in 1996 when he co-wrote a book exploring the culture of football hooliganism entitled, Everywhere We Go: Behind the Matchday Madness. ![]()
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