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| Members of the British film industry have paid tribute to Joseph Lang, who has died in Vietnam at the age of 33. The writer and producer was found dead on Monday outside a medical centre in Ho Chi Minh City. The cause of death is not yet known and Lang's Sussex-based family are awaiting the results of a post-mortem examination. | Members of the British film industry have paid tribute to Joseph Lang, who has died in Vietnam at the age of 33. The writer and producer was found dead on Monday outside a medical centre in Ho Chi Minh City. The cause of death is not yet known and Lang's Sussex-based family are awaiting the results of a post-mortem examination. |
| Lang's credits include the 2008 film Soi Cowboy, directed by Thomas Clay, described by the Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw as "a thoughtful and disquieting poetic meditation on the Thai experience of globalisation and its complex relationship with foreigners". | Lang's credits include the 2008 film Soi Cowboy, directed by Thomas Clay, described by the Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw as "a thoughtful and disquieting poetic meditation on the Thai experience of globalisation and its complex relationship with foreigners". |
| He also co-wrote and produced Clay's controversial 2005 feature The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael, which starred Danny Dyer and Lesley Manville. The film, about three teenagers' drug-fuelled descent into violence in the seaside town of Newhaven, prompted an audience walkout at the Cannes film festival in 2005. | He also co-wrote and produced Clay's controversial 2005 feature The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael, which starred Danny Dyer and Lesley Manville. The film, about three teenagers' drug-fuelled descent into violence in the seaside town of Newhaven, prompted an audience walkout at the Cannes film festival in 2005. |
| Born in 1979, Lang grew up in London, Lewes and Brighton, developing a passion for cinema from an early age. He graduated from London South Bank University with a first-class degree in politics and media before working briefly as a journalist and, more recently, as an assistant to a special adviser at the Department of Energy and Climate Change under Ed Miliband, then secretary of state. | Born in 1979, Lang grew up in London, Lewes and Brighton, developing a passion for cinema from an early age. He graduated from London South Bank University with a first-class degree in politics and media before working briefly as a journalist and, more recently, as an assistant to a special adviser at the Department of Energy and Climate Change under Ed Miliband, then secretary of state. |
| The first film Lang worked on was Motion (2001), also directed by Clay, about a homeless man in Brighton, which was made over a period of 18 months on a budget of just £3,000. He subsequently fitted in other work around his film-making and had been in Vietnam for four months teaching English. | The first film Lang worked on was Motion (2001), also directed by Clay, about a homeless man in Brighton, which was made over a period of 18 months on a budget of just £3,000. He subsequently fitted in other work around his film-making and had been in Vietnam for four months teaching English. |
| Clay, who worked with Lang for 16 years and was developing a third feature with him at the time of his death, said: "Joe was my closest colleague and best friend. That he was able to get our truly independent films into Cannes and distributed in so many countries around the world I believe to be a unique achievement in the British film industry." | Clay, who worked with Lang for 16 years and was developing a third feature with him at the time of his death, said: "Joe was my closest colleague and best friend. That he was able to get our truly independent films into Cannes and distributed in so many countries around the world I believe to be a unique achievement in the British film industry." |
| The film critic Agnès Poirier said: "The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael was daring, beautiful and uncompromising. Every film critic dreams of such a moment: the discovery of raw and pure talent. I was particularly delighted to get [Lang's] second film with Clay, Soi Cowboy, selected in Cannes again, in 2008." | The film critic Agnès Poirier said: "The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael was daring, beautiful and uncompromising. Every film critic dreams of such a moment: the discovery of raw and pure talent. I was particularly delighted to get [Lang's] second film with Clay, Soi Cowboy, selected in Cannes again, in 2008." |
| Nik Powell, director of the National Film and Television School, said: "Joseph was a terrific producer, making highly original and hard-edged, extreme films. It is a great tragedy that he is no longer with us to make more unique films." | Nik Powell, director of the National Film and Television School, said: "Joseph was a terrific producer, making highly original and hard-edged, extreme films. It is a great tragedy that he is no longer with us to make more unique films." |
| A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We can confirm the death of a British national in Ho Chi Minh City. We are providing consular assistance to the family at this difficult time." |