Philip Saville

Directing·Oct 28, 1930·London, UK

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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.

Film	Credit
Return of the Unknown2014 · Actor	Actor
Discovering Hamlet2011 · Director	Director
Pinter's Progress2009 · Director	Director
The Gospel of John2003 · Director	Director
The Biographer2002 · Director	Director
Little White Lies1998 · Director	Director
Metroland1997 · Director	Director
Deacon Brodie1997 · Director	Director
Wall of Silence1993 · Director	Director
Angels1992 · Director	Director
The Cloning of Joanna May1992 · Director	Director
Crash: The Mystery of Flight 15011990 · Director	Director
Max and Helen1990 · Director	Director
Fellow Traveller1989 · Director	Director
The Fruit Machine1988 · Director	Director
First Born1988 · Director	Director
Mandela1987 · Director	Director
Shadey1985 · Director	Director
Those Glory Glory Days1983 · Director	Director
The Journal of Bridget Hitler1981 · Self, Director, Writer	Self, Director, Writer
Design for Living1979 · Director	Director
SSam's Song1979 · Director	Director
Rotten1978 · Director	Director
Count Dracula1977 · Director	Director
CCork and Bottle1977 · Director	Director
Meriel the Ghost Girl1976 · Director	Director
Shuttlecock1976 · Director	Director
Moss1975 · Director	Director
AA Dream of Living1975 · Director	Director
Gangsters1975 · Director	Director
The Actual Woman1974 · Director	Director
Access to the Children1973 · Director	Director
The Creditors1972 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
In the Beautiful Caribbean1972 · Director	Director
O Fat White Woman1971 · Director	Director
Secrets1971 · Director	Director
The Fox Trot1971 · Director	Director
The Rainbirds1971 · Director	Director
The Long Distance Piano Player1970 · Director	Director
The Best House in London1969 · Director	Director
Oedipus the King1968 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
The Machine Stops1966 · Director	Director
Exit 191966 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Stop the World: I Want to Get Off1966 · Director	Director
TThe Logic Game1965 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
In Camera1964 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Hamlet at Elsinore1964 · Director	Director
PPrisoner and Escort1964 · Director	Director