Martin bashir richard ayoade biography

Richard Ellef Ayoade was born on 23 May 1977, in Hammersmith, London England, the son of a Norwegian mother and a Nigerian father; the family later moved to Ipswich during his youth. At 15, he developed a passion for cinema beyond blockbusters such as “Back to the Future” and “Star Wars”, and delving into works by directors Woody Allen, Federico Fellini and Ingmar Bergman. Ayoade studied at St Joseph’s College in Ipswich, where he was engrossed in J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye”, and even adopted the clothing style of the book’s protagonist,