Ian La Frenais (b. 1937)

Born:
January 7, 1937

Additional information:

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Additional Dialogue:
1974  Percy's Progress

Co-Producer:
1974  Percy's Progress
1991  The Commitments

Director:
1974  Percy's Progress
1979  To Russia... with Elton
1991  The Commitments

Executive Producer:
1974  Percy's Progress
1979  To Russia... with Elton
1991  The Commitments
1998  Still Crazy

Other:
1971  A Severed Head
1974  Percy's Progress
1979  To Russia... with Elton
1991  The Commitments
1998  Still Crazy

Producer:
1971  A Severed Head
1974  Percy's Progress
1979  To Russia... with Elton
1985  Water
1988  Vice Versa
1991  The Commitments
1998  Still Crazy
2017  My Generation

Screenplay:
1967  The Jokers
1968  The Touchables
1969  Hannibal Brooks
1969  Otley
1971  A Severed Head
1971  Catch Me a Spy
1971  Villain
1974  Percy's Progress
1979  The Prisoner of Zenda
1979  To Russia... with Elton
1985  Water
1988  Vice Versa
1991  The Commitments
1998  Still Crazy
2005  Goal!
2006  Flushed Away
2007  Across the Universe
2008  The Bank Job
2011  Killing Bono
2017  My Generation

Story:
1967  The Jokers
1968  The Touchables
1969  Hannibal Brooks
1969  Otley
1971  A Severed Head
1971  Catch Me a Spy
1971  Villain
1974  Percy's Progress
1979  The Prisoner of Zenda
1979  To Russia... with Elton
1985  Water
1988  Vice Versa
1991  The Commitments
1998  Still Crazy
2005  Goal!
2006  Flushed Away
2007  Across the Universe
2008  The Bank Job
2011  Killing Bono
2017  My Generation

Writer:
1967  The Jokers
1968  The Touchables
1969  Hannibal Brooks
1969  Otley
1969  The Virgin Soldiers
1971  A Severed Head
1971  Catch Me a Spy
1971  Villain
1974  Percy's Progress
1975  Porridge: No Way Out
1976  Porridge: The Desperate Hours
1976  The Likely Lads
1979  Porridge
1979  The Prisoner of Zenda
1979  To Russia... with Elton
1983  Sunset Limousine
1985  Water
1988  Vice Versa
1991  The Commitments
1998  Still Crazy
2000  Honest
2005  Archangel
2005  Goal!
2006  Flushed Away
2007  Across the Universe
2008  The Bank Job
2011  Killing Bono
2017  My Generation

Co-Executive Producer:
2013  Spies of Warsaw

Creator:
1974  Porridge
1975  On the Rocks
1978  Going Straight
1986  Lovejoy
1988  Laat maar zitten
1991  Spender
2013  Spies of Warsaw

Producer:
1974  Porridge
1975  On the Rocks
1978  Going Straight
1986  Lovejoy
1988  Laat maar zitten
1991  Spender
1996  Tracey Takes On...
2013  Spies of Warsaw

Script Editor:
1974  Porridge
1975  On the Rocks
1978  Going Straight
1981  Astronauts
1986  Lovejoy
1988  Laat maar zitten
1991  Spender
1996  Tracey Takes On...
2013  Spies of Warsaw

Writer:
1961  Comedy Playhouse
1964  The Likely Lads
1973  Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1974  Porridge
1974  Thick As Thieves
1975  On the Rocks
1978  Going Straight
1981  Astronauts
1983  Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1986  Lovejoy
1988  Laat maar zitten
1990  Freddie and Max
1991  Spender
1996  Tracey Takes On...
2005  Archangel
2005  The Best of Ronnie Barker
2005  The Rotters' Club
2013  Spies of Warsaw

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