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British theatre directors

31 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Anthony NewleyPerson · Music memorabiliaAnthony Newley (24 September 1931 – 14 April 1999) was an English actor, director, comedian, singer, and composer.
Ben CrossPerson · Film memorabiliaHarry Bernard Cross (16 December 1947 – 18 August 2020) was an English actor. He was best known for his portrayal of the British Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in the 1981 film Chariots of…
Charles LaughtonPerson · Film memorabiliaCharles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was an English actor and director.
David HarePerson · Film memorabiliaHe was born in St Leonards.
Dennis PotterPerson · Film memorabiliaDennis Christopher George Potter (17 May 1935 – 7 June 1994) was an English television dramatist, screenwriter and journalist.
Dexter FletcherPerson · Film memorabiliaDexter Fletcher (born 31 January 1966) is an English film director and actor. He has appeared in Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, as well as in television shows such as…
Edward Gordon CraigPhotographer · PhotographyEdward Craig (disambiguation)
Eva Le GalliennePerson · Film memorabiliaEva Le Gallienne (January 11, 1899 – June 3, 1991) was an English-born American stage actress, producer, director, translator, and author.
Gillian LynnePerson · Film memorabiliaDame Gillian Barbara Lynne (née Pyrke; 20 February 1926 – 1 July 2018) was an English ballerina, dancer, choreographer, actress, and theatre-television director, noted for her theatre…
Harley Granville-BarkerPerson · Film memorabiliaHarley Granville-Barker (25 November 1877 – 31 August 1946) was an English actor, director, playwright, manager, critic, and theorist.
Harold PinterPerson · Film memorabiliaHarold Pinter (10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was an English playwright, screenwriter, director and actor.
Ian McDiarmidPerson · Film memorabiliaIan McDiarmid (born 11 August 1944) is a Scottish actor and director of stage and screen. He is best known internationally for portraying Emperor Palpatine in the Star Wars franchise.
John MaddenPerson · Film memorabiliaJohn Philip Madden (born 8 April 1949) is an English director of stage, film, television, and radio.
John WardleyDesigner · Modern designJohn Richard Wardley (born 6 June 1950) is a British developer for theme parks, particularly dark rides and roller coasters.
Jonathan MillerAuthor · BooksSir Jonathan Wolfe Miller CBE (21 July 1934 – 27 November 2019) was an English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, comedian and physician.
Laurence OlivierPerson · Film memorabiliaLaurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director.
Leslie HowardPerson · Film memorabiliaLeslie Howard Steiner (3 April 1893 – 1 June 1943), better known as Leslie Howard, was an English actor, director, producer, and writer.
Michael LonsdaleArtist · PaintingsMichael Edward Lonsdale Crouch (24 May 1931 – 21 September 2020), commonly known as Michael Lonsdale and sometimes as Michel Lonsdale, was a French-British actor and author who appeared in…
Michael RedgravePerson · Film memorabiliaSir Michael Scudamore Redgrave (20 March 1908 – 21 March 1985) was an English actor and filmmaker. Beginning his career in theatre, he first appeared in the West End in 1937.
Neil HardwickPerson · Film memorabiliaRobert Neil Hardwick (born 22 July 1948 in Teversal, Sutton-in-Ashfield, England) is a British-born Finnish theatre and TV director and writer. He was raised in Teversal, near Nottingham.
Noël CowardPerson · Film memorabiliaIllustration — Coward in 1972
Paxton WhiteheadPerson · Film memorabiliaFrancis Edward Paxton Whitehead (17 October 1937 – 16 June 2023) was an English actor and theatre director.
Peter BrookPerson · Film memorabiliaPeter Stephen Paul Brook (21 March 1925 – 2 July 2022) was an English theatre and film director.
Peter GreenawayArtist · PaintingsPeter Greenaway (born 5 April 1942) is a British filmmaker and visual artist.
Phyllida LloydPerson · Film memorabiliaPhyllida Christian Lloyd, (born 17 June 1957) is an English film and theatre director and producer.
Richard WilsonPerson · Film memorabiliaRichard Wilson (born Iain Carmichael Wilson; 9 July 1936) is a Scottish actor, broadcaster, and theatre director.
William FavershamPerson · Film memorabiliaWilliam Faversham (12 February 1868 – 7 April 1940) was an English stage and film actor, manager, and producer.

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