Alastair Reid (director)
| Alastair Reid | |
|---|---|
| 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 (born 21 July 1939 in Edinburgh — died 17 August 2011 in Stoke St Gregory, Somerset) was a British television director whose credits include the TV series 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 (1968)
- 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)
- 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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