Julian Amyes Explained

Julian Charles Becket Amyes (9 August 1917 – 26 April 1992), known as Julian Amyes, was a British film and television director and producer.[1] [2]

Although primarily director and producer, Amyes also had acting roles in High Treason (1951) and Mandy (1952).[3] [4]

Amyes made his directorial début with a BBC Sunday Night Theatre version of Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor in 1952 and also directed a number of other productions for BBC before joining Granada Television in the early 1960s, where he was head of drama from 1963 until 1977.[5]

Film credits (as director) include A Hill in Korea (1956), and the Emeric Pressburger-written Miracle in Soho (1957).[3]

After 1977, he returned to directing predominantly in television directing (amongst other works) adaptations of The Old Curiosity Shop (1979), Great Expectations (1981) and Jane Eyre (1983) for the BBC.[1] Amyes also worked on a number of independent productions, before acting as director on episodes of The Bill (1990) and Rumpole of the Bailey (1989–91) for Thames Television.[6] [7]

He was married to the actress/writer Anne Allan. They had two children; Sebastian a Professor at the University of Edinburgh and Isabelle, an Actress. Julian Amyes died of a stroke in 1992.

Selected filmography

Director

References

  1. Web site: Julian Amyes. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043028/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba11b0bb1. dead. 1 December 2017.
  2. Web site: LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress). The Library of. Congress. id.loc.gov.
  3. Web site: Julian Amyes - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie. AllMovie.
  4. Web site: High Treason (1951). https://web.archive.org/web/20161013080647/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ac4da80. dead. 13 October 2016.
  5. Web site: The Merry Wives of Windsor (1952). https://web.archive.org/web/20200717080000/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b74376fa7. dead. 17 July 2020.
  6. Web site: Julian Amyes. TV.com. TV.com.
  7. Web site: Julian Amyes. TVGuide.com.

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