Philip Saville
Directing
Philip Saville (sometimes credited as Philip Savile, born 28 October 1930, London) is a British actor who turned to television direction and screenwriting in the late 1950s. During the 1960s he directed several important television plays, such as Harold Pinter's A Night Out (1960) for ABC's Armchair Theatre anthology series, and the lost Madhouse on Castle Street (1963) for the BBC. The later production became famous as the first acting appearance of the American folk singer Bob Dylan, whom Saville had flown over to the UK specifically to take part in the play. Other notable programmes on which Saville worked included Out of the Unknown (1965) and the Boys from the Blackstuff (1982) for which Saville received a BAFTA to add to his earlier BAFTA for Hamlet. In film Saville directed The Fruit Machine (1988, released as Wonderland in the USA), Metroland (1997) and The Gospel of John (2003). Saville has been called one of the UK's top 100 directors of all time. He is active in film and television as of 2006, and has a masterclass studio in London specializing in dramatic improvisation. Philip Saville has recently completed a special documentary on Harold Pinter Pinter's Progress for Sundance international television channels and UK's Sky Arts. Saville is currently developing further arts programming with Sundance and British TV company 3DD Productions including Discovering Hamlet now in production. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nina Axelrod, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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movieDiscovering Hamlet
2011
Director
moviePinter's Progress
2009
Director
movieThe Gospel of John
2003
Director
movieThe Biographer
2002
Director
tvMy Uncle Silas
2001
Director
movieLittle White Lies
1998
Director
movieMetroland
1997
Director
movieDeacon Brodie
1997
Director
tvThe Buccaneers
1995
Director
movieWall of Silence
1993
Director
tvFamily Pictures
1993
Director
movieAngels
1992
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tvThe Cloning of Joanna May
1992
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movieMax and Helen
1990
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movieFellow Traveller
1989
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tvScreen One
1989
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movieThe Fruit Machine
1988
Director
movieFirst Born
1988
Director
tvFirst Born
1988
Director
movieMandela
1987
Director
movieShadey
1985
Director
tvScreen Two
1985
Director
movieThose Glory Glory Days
1983
Director
tvBoys from the Blackstuff
1982
Director
movieDesign for Living
1979
Director
Sam's Song
1979
Director
movieRotten
1978
Director
movieCount Dracula
1977
Director
tvCount Dracula
1977
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movieMeriel the Ghost Girl
1976
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movieShuttlecock
1976
Director
tvPlays for Britain
1976
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movieMoss
1975
Director
tvShades of Greene
1975
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movieGangsters
1975
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tvChurchill's People
1974
Director
tvPlayhouse
1974
Director
movieThe Actual Woman
1974
Director
movieAccess to the Children
1973
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movieThe Creditors
1972
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movieO Fat White Woman
1971
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movieSecrets
1971
Director
movieThe Fox Trot
1971
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movieThe Rainbirds
1971
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tvPlay for Today
1970
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tvITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
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movieOedipus the King
1968
Director
tvITV Playhouse
1967
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movieThe Machine Stops
1966
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movieExit 19
1966
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tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Director
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Director
tvOut of the Unknown
1965
Director
Six
1964
Director
movieIn Camera
1964
Director
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964
Director
movieHamlet at Elsinore
1964
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movieLiving Image
1963
Director
movieAfternoon of a Nymph
1962
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movieNight Conspirators
1962
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movieA Night Out
1960
Director
tvArmchair Theatre
1956
Director
Acting17
On the Run
1958
Driscoll
movieThe Betrayal
1957
Bartel
movieContraband Spain
1955
Martin Scott
movieBang! You're Dead
1954
Ben Jones
movieThe Mirror and Markheim
1954
Markheim
movieThe Straw Man
1953
Link Hunter
movieMurder at 3am
1953
Edward "Teddy" King / Jim King
movieA Piece of Cake
1948
Dinner Guest
movieThe Blind Goddess
1948
Mainwaring's Junior
movieTo the Public Danger
1948
Man in pub watching billiards game (uncredited)
moviePenny and the Pownall Case
1948
Slim, Police Car Driver
Writing11
tvPlayhouse
1974
Teleplay
movieThe Creditors
1972
Writer
movieSecrets
1971
Story
movieOedipus the King
1968
Screenplay
movieExit 19
1966
Writer
Six
1964
Writer
movieIn Camera
1964
Writer
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964
Adaptation
tvArmchair Theatre
1956
Writer