Renny Rye
Renny Rye (born 2 December 1947) is a British television director known for his work in television drama.
Life and career[]
Rye was born in Cambridge.[1] In the 1970s, he was a producer for Blue Peter and directed The Box of Delights from the John Masefield novel, which was broadcast in the run-up to Christmas 1984.
Rye may be best known for directing the later work of Dennis Potter, Lipstick on Your Collar (1993) and two linked serials first shown in 1996, Karaoke and Cold Lazarus, two years after Potter died.[2]
Personal life[]
He lives in Chalfont Common in Chiltern District, a short distance down from the National Film and Television School. He married Ann Lynn in 1970 in Kent. The couple have a daughter (born 1974) and a son (born 1977).
References[]
- ^ "Renny Rye". BFI. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015.
- ^ Rees, Jasper; Cavendish, Dominic (24 April 1996). "Dennis Potter: the end game". The Independent. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
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