Alastair Reid (director)
Alastair Reid | |
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| Born | 21 July 1939 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 17 August 2011 (aged 72) Somerset, England |
| Alma mater | Edinburgh College of Art Bristol Old Vic Theatre School |
| Occupation | Writer, director |
Alastair Reid (21 July 1939 – 17 August 2011) was a British television director whose credits include the TV series Selling Hitler (1991) based on the Hitler diaries, and Traffik and Tales of the City and Shout at the Devil.[1][2][3]
Reid studied at Edinburgh College of Art before studying directing at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. In 1964 he directed episodes of Emergency-Ward 10 for ATV and worked regularly in television for over thirty years. One of his later works was directing the 1997 TV adaptation of Joseph Conrad's Nostromo.
Filmography[]
- Baby Love (1969)
- The Night Digger (1971)
- Something to Hide (1972)
- Six Faces (1972)
- South Riding (1974)
- Shades of Greene (1975)
- The Flight of The Heron (1976)
- Shout at the Devil (1976)
- Gangsters (1976–77)
- Curriculee Curricula (1978)
- Hazell (1979)
- Artemis 81 (1981)
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1980)
- Traffik (1989)
- Selling Hitler (1991)
- Tales of the City (1993)
- Nostromo (1996)
References[]
- ^ Eder, Richard (25 November 1976), "Shout Whispers on Screen", The New York Times
- ^ Obituary in The Independent
- ^ Obituary in The Guardian
External links[]
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Categories:
- 1939 births
- 2011 deaths
- Alumni of the Edinburgh College of Art
- Alumni of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
- Scottish television directors
- Scottish screenwriters
- 20th-century British dramatists and playwrights