born october british film television director english australian background began making short films teenager professional short broadcast channel_4 directed plays television commercials graduating directed episodes cold feet 2000s directed major bbc costume dramas love cold climate selected helm revival itv prime suspect series starring feature film debut british drama starring directing historical drama elizabeth continued working hbo television film seven serial life american president returned features fact based film english football manager played following year saw release historical drama king speech starring met critical acclaim film featured star cast led work nominated prime suspect won elizabeth nominated bafta craft award best director king speech won multiple awards including best director wins directors guild america academy_awards best director nomination bafta early life born london england son meredith jean meredith australian author academic richard english media businessman educated initial interest drama triggered english drama teacher actor produced annual school play age read book entitled film television decided wanted director year researched filmmaking publications camera aged film entitled camera uncle given said run thirty seconds maximum shot length thirty seconds afford feet reversal film cost pounds send weeks processed silent movies sound expensive complicated slowed frame rate camera little film stock classified short dog kept running away owner comedy filmed location film bomber jacket came runner bbc younger filmmakers competition short starred brother boy discovers bomber jacket photograph hidden learns grandfather died world war short films entitled countryside depicts nuclear holocaust finished school aged wrote script professional short film entitled spent years raising capital short advertisement directors financial dominance late 1980s noticed director invested short provided equipment needed years financing production completed wrote produced directed edited sold channel_4 broadcast channel frame strand screening 35th london film festival limited theatrical release taking gap year finance read english oxford joined directed view bridge trial paid directing work earning corporate christmas video directed television advertisements including sega featuring right said fred continues direct advertisements alongside television film projects joined commercial production company signed career bbc itv productions graduating oxford directed television commercials intending break film industry way introduced father television producer gave television directing work robinson directed episodes short lived soap opera episodes children bbc television series grove year episodes bbc soap opera directed episodes hour long specials represented soap won episode learns daughter affair fiancé jackson episode marked beginning week episodes lead departure soap robinson hired direct key episodes storyline worked hour days learned direct speed influenced early career cinematic style american series homicide life street tried work style episodes scene featuring involved crane shot believes infamous production crew directed episodes comedy drama television series cold feet marked bigger budget productions initially concern unsuitable director series given background drama directed costume dramas bbc love cold climate based novels pursuit love love cold climate writer producer researched period details production interviewing nancy sister directed adapted novel filming ran weeks august locations england scotland malta said production thing like tale conventional costume drama far complex looks aspects love loss religion guardian said costume dramas brought intelligence television conservative form returned year direct revival prime suspect entitled witness serial prime suspect instalment star quit initially declined direct production believed series tired head drama introduced persuaded job promising serial way serial broadcast itv network november direction received praise new statesman proved outstanding director imposing bleak hyper realism search killer hospital rows chairs playing eyewitness optical visual metaphors serial broadcast pbs united_states received nominations primetime emmy award outstanding directing miniseries movie dramatic special work prime suspect film debut hbo works debut feature film director drama red dust stars film widely seen attributed media coverage torture iraq war started making watch movie wonderful sense country horrible people time film came revelations americans british film lot uncomfortable audiences designed target learned sadly theatrical audience run films openly issue led premiere film united_kingdom came bbc making eligible nominated best single drama category ceremony asked direct serial elizabeth starring serial won emmy award outstanding directing miniseries movie dramatic special january commenced filming hbo television film film failed efforts lord played secure release prison murderer played met writer production film broadcast channel_4 october called accomplished television dramas praised writer director morgan director seamless narrative obsession philanthropist incarcerated existed lovers significantly original television footage painted stark picture nation press supposed embodiment evil continued successes led ranked number directors category broadcast magazine annual hot following year nominated best director elizabeth led directly selected direct epic miniseries hbo working biographical film publisher washington_post asked helm programme miniseries starring based adams biography wholly american production surprised learn american revolutionary war documented period film television actress told generation musical known depiction era worked miniseries total months principal photography lasted days locations united_states france england hungary controlled million budget boston_globe complimented style direction episodes join die independence director lets actors shine elizabeth child killer drama kind immediate point view shots adams farm example classroom mode end episode showcases directorial strength bold choice long congress finally decides break britain visual announcement resolution carries scene remains perfectly silent long moment terror responsibility hangs heavily room victorious soundtrack surely chased away received nominations including outstanding direction nomination won highest number nominee single year nominated directors guild america award outstanding directorial achievement beginning observer film independent feature films wake wins brought offers studios direct spy comic book films declined november signed direct damned united reuniting film adaptation novel damned fictional version turbulent days english football manager spent manager originally developed play quit project unable translate book film received copy script shooting hungary noticed similarity flawed brilliant adams flawed brilliant joining project later morgan script draft pre production engaged meticulous research particularly locations football grounds era cast assistant chairman editing decided tone film lighter order attract audiences real people depicted film damned united released work film king speech began year explained stage play mother australian invited fringe theatre reading london australian community play relationship king george sixth australian speech came said got read play read brilliant cast spent weeks actors reading script principal photography took place location november january editing continued consult rush sending cuts film listening feedback completed final cut film end august presented days later film festival film won toronto international film festival won directors guild america award outstanding directorial achievement motion pictures february presented lost bafta award best direction david comparing films variety wrote film damned united didn register awards king speech personal project anglo australian reflects culture clash heart movie pays beautifully crafted crowd pleasing drama studio films following success king speech awards season joined person board governors invited join directors branch ranked number times british film power march met preparation directing film adaptation autobiography freedom left project offered chance direct declined instead signed direct heard discussing different project screenwriter seen musical watched performance london west end adapted musical film starred film required actors sing dance auditioned producers composers role hugely contested said like half dozen biggest female movie stars planet wanted play role filming started february investigated filming feature performed camera tests deciding film traditional methods stated slightly worry people physically struggle certain type demanding watching normal movie unlike musical films features actors singing live camera backing vocals told los_angeles_times thought slightly strange saw musical films actors sang recordings actors wore wireless set sing accompanying piano music believed method allowed actors emotional control songs annie plays singing dreamed dream needs tenth second thought sings emotion sings line actors performed songs style likened immersed film released north_america december received academy_award nominations including fifth feature film danish girl released late loosely tells story people undergo sex surgery wife stars received academy_award nominations critics generally positive film directing style uses camera styles dna storytelling way reuse develop filming styles successive productions identifies research key process directing period dramas order scenes authentic director photography researched look late 1960s early 1970s football photography books influenced cinematographer worked advised techniques smith worked cold feet love cold climate prime suspect red dust uses uncommon framing techniques emphasise story wanted imply american independence unlikely revolutionary war rough camera style hand held wide lenses close actors lots movement cameras shooting settled master point view lots dutch horizon lines frame thrown america set scenes contrasted scenes set france traditional filming techniques employed evoke feel entrenched values similarly began experiment wide angle lenses putting actors extreme edges frame influenced unusual framing social photography 1970s decided adopt framing style scouting locations style king speech particularly scene meet consulting room framed extreme left picture leaving shot dominated rough wall frequently technique tendency use variety focal length camera lenses resulting picture damned united lens notably scene stays inside derby leeds match operated camera scene king speech typically lenses camera close actors faces said use method consulting room scene served suggest tension meeting filmography filmography awards feature films 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