Philip Saville
British screenwriter (1930-2016) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 86
Philip Saville was a British director, screenwriter and former actor whose career lasted half a century. The British Film Institute's Screenonline website described Saville as "one of Britain's most prolific and pioneering television and film directors".
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Christopher Plummer Philip directed Oedipus the King (1968)- Arnold Bell Also in Murder at 3am and Bang! You're Dead
Michael Caine Philip directed Hamlet at Elsinore (1964)
Christian Bale Philip directed Metroland (2000)
Donald Sutherland Philip directed Hamlet at Elsinore (1964)
John Cleese Philip directed The Best House in London (1970)
Anjelica Huston Philip directed Family Pictures (1993)
Robbie Coltrane Philip directed The Fruit Machine (1988)
Danny Glover Philip directed Mandela (1987)
Robert Shaw Philip directed Hamlet at Elsinore (1964)
Treat Williams Philip directed Max and Helen (1990)
Henry Ian Cusick Philip directed The Gospel of John (2003)
Louis Jourdan Philip directed Count Dracula (1977)
David Hemmings Philip directed The Best House in London (1970)
Frank Finlay Philip directed Count Dracula (1977)
Richard Wilson Also in Those Glory Glory Days (1983)
Elsa Zylberstein Philip directed Metroland (2000)
Dany Robin Philip directed The Best House in London (1970)- Margaret Nolan Philip directed The Best House in London (1970)
Joanna Pettet Philip directed The Best House in London (1970)
David Puttnam Produced Those Glory Glory Days (1983)
Michael Bates Philip directed The Foxtrot
Michael Denison Also in The Blind Goddess and Contraband Spain
Brian Protheroe Also in Metroland and The Biographer
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His work included 45 contributions to Armchair Theatre (1956-1972) and he won two Best Drama Series BAFTAs for Boys from the Blackstuff (1982) and The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1986).
