Biography
Alastair Reid (21 July 1939 β 17 August 2011) was a Scottish television and film director, described by The Guardian on his death as "one of Britain's finest directors of television drama".Reid studied at the Edinburgh College of Art and 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. His work included writing the screenplay of the film Shout at the Devil (1976) and directing the first episode of Inspector Morse in 1987, as well as directing the television series Gangsters (1976β78), the serial Traffik (1989), the television series Selling Hitler (1991), based on the Hitler diaries, the miniseries Tales of the City (1993), and the 1997 TV adaptation of Joseph Conrad's Nostromo.
Filmography
all 21
Director 19
Movies 15
TV Shows 6
Writer 1
H.E. Double Hockey Sticks (1999)
What Rats Won't Do (1998)
Nostromo (1997)
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (1992)
Selling Hitler (1991)
Selling Hitler (1991)
Traffik (1989)
A View of Harry Clark (1989)
Inspector Morse (1987)
Artemis '81 (1981)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1980)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
Hazell (1978)
Shout at the Devil (1976)
The Prodigal Daughter (1975)
South Riding (1974)
Three's One (1973)
Something to Hide (1972)
The Road Builder (1971)
Baby Love (1969)
The Story of a Recluse
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Known ForDirecting
Birthday1939-07-21
Deathday2011-08-17 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceEdinburgh, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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