And in 1994, those twin professional loves led him to Oscar victory, as he was part of a tie for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film with his comedy Franz Kafka’s It’s A Wonderful Life.
Whether you know him as The Doctor from Doctor Who or Malcolm Tucker from The Thick Of It, Peter Capaldi is primarily known as a fixture of British television and pop culture.
But hidden within that legendary career is some work that Capaldi has done with his other passions: writing and directing!
The title says it all, as the short that gave him his golden trophy mixes the Christmas classic with a case of writer’s block, leading to some problems for our main character.