Tony Lundon

Anthony "Tony" William James Lundon (born 13 April 1979) is an Irish cinematographer, director, producer and former singer plus actor. He is best known as a member of Liberty X (2001–2007). Since 2010 Lundon has focused on producing and directing career and established his own film and TV production company, The Cell Productions.

Tony Lundon
Born
Anthony William James Lundon

(1979-04-13) 13 April 1979
Galway, Ireland
Occupations
  • Cinematographer
  • director
  • producer
Years active2001–present
Spouse
Kelly Ann Leatham
​
(m. 2010)​
Children3

Career

2001–2007: Liberty X

In 2001, Lundon auditioned for the ITV reality television music competition Popstars, a show intended to form a new group from individual contestants, becoming one of the finalist. While the five winning contestants formed Hear'Say, the five runner-up contestants – Lundon, Michelle Heaton, Kevin Simm, Jessica Taylor and Kelli Young – formed the group Liberty and signed a multimillion-pound record contract with Richard Branson and V2 Records. Liberty X released three studio albums and enjoyed seven Top 10 singles from 2001 to 2005: Their biggest hit, "Just a Little", reached number one in May 2002; "Thinking It Over", "Got to Have Your Love", "Song 4 Lovers", and "Holding on for You" all reached the top 5 in the UK Singles Chart. They split up in 2007 after selling over 3 million records worldwide.

2008–present: Director and producer career

From 2008 to 2009, Lundon presented a quiz show called Toast on Irish channel RTÉ Two on saturday mornings. In 2010 he moved to New York City to study cinema and returned to the UK in 2012 to establish a film and TV production company, The Cell Productions. From 2013 to 2014 he returned briefly with Liberty X for a greatest hits tour.[1][2][3][4][5] Since 2013 Lundon produced and directed various television commercials, Discovery Network's short film and television shows.[6]

Personal life

Tony married his long-term girlfriend Kelly Ann Leatham in December 2010 at Ballintubber Abbey in County Mayo. They have three children – Leo, born in April 2012, and twins Rioghan and Max, born in February 2013.[7] He is the great grand nephew of William Lundon and the grand nephew of Thomas Lundon.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Cinema
tographer		 Director Producer Notes
2011 Hit & Miss Yes No No Short film
2011 The Basis of All Good Relationships No Yes Yes Short film
2012 12:26 – 12:31 Yes No No Short film
2012 One Square Mile: London No Yes No Short film
2013 Wayland's Song Yes No No
2014 The Chef Yes No No Short film
2016 One Born Every Minute No Yes Yes Short film
2018 Shamed: You Are What You Tweet No Yes No Short film

Television
Year Title Cinema
tographer		 Director Producer
2016–2017 Trigger Happy TV No No Yes
2019–2023 The Stand Up Sketch Show Yes No Yes

As himself
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1997 Lord of the Dance Himself TV documentary
2001 Popstars Contestant Series 1
2008–2009 Toast Presenter
2013 The Big Reunion Himself

Discography
Guest appearances
Title Year Other artists Album
"The Fields of Athenry" 2002 Charlie Boyle and
The Celtic Chorus		 The Ultimate Celtic Album[8]

References
  1. "Atomic Kitten, 5ive, B*Witched, 911, more to reunite for ITV2 show". Digital Spy. 18 October 2012.
  2. "Atomic Kitten, 5ive, Liberty X, 911, B*Witched and The Honeyz are all to reunite for ITV2 show The Big Reunion". Daily Mirror. 18 October 2012.
  3. "5ive, Atomic Kitten, 911 and B*Witched to Reunite For ITV Show". Channelhopping.onthebox.com. 18 October 2012.
  4. "Atomic Kitten and 5ive set to reform for ITV2's The Big Reunion". Metro. UK. 18 October 2012.
  5. Rigby, Sam (29 March 2013). "Liberty X Michelle Heaton defends Blue over 'Big Reunion' tour". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  6. Discovery Ed (16 July 2012). "Scouting For Adventure". discoveryuk.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013.
  7. "Liberty X's Tony Lundon introduces beautiful twin boys in exclusive baby pictures". OK!. Northern & Shell. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  8. "The Ultimate Celtic Album". iTunes. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
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