Philip Saville

2 films · 1989 to 2003
Born 28 October 1930, London · Died 22 December 2016

Philip Saville was an English television and film director, screenwriter and actor whose career lasted half a century. His work included 45 contributions to Armchair Theatre (1956–72), and he won two BAFTA Awards for Best Drama Series, for Boys from the Blackstuff (1982) and The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1986). The British Film Institute's Screenonline website described Saville as "one of Britain's most prolific and pioneering television and film directors".

Biography adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Philip Saville

Photo: CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons.

Films

More from United Kingdom