Alastair Reid (b. 1939)

Born:
July 21, 1939

Alastair Reid 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.

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Director:
1969  Baby Love
1971  The Road Builder
1972  Something to Hide
1973  Three's One
1974  South Riding
1975  The Prodigal Daughter
1980  Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
1981  Artemis '81
1989  A View of Harry Clark
1991  Selling Hitler
1992  Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1998  What Rats Won't Do

Opera:
1969  Baby Love
1971  The Road Builder
1972  Something to Hide
1973  Three's One
1974  South Riding
1975  The Prodigal Daughter
1980  Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
1981  Artemis '81
1989  A View of Harry Clark
1991  Selling Hitler
1992  Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1998  What Rats Won't Do
1999  H.E. Double Hockey Sticks

Producer:
1969  Baby Love
1971  The Road Builder
1972  Something to Hide
1973  Three's One
1974  South Riding
1975  The Prodigal Daughter
1979  Big Jim and the Figaro Club
1980  Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
1981  Artemis '81
1989  A View of Harry Clark
1991  Selling Hitler
1992  Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1998  What Rats Won't Do
1999  H.E. Double Hockey Sticks

Screenplay:
1969  Baby Love
1971  The Road Builder
1972  Something to Hide
1973  Three's One
1974  South Riding
1975  The Prodigal Daughter
1976  Shout at the Devil
1979  Big Jim and the Figaro Club
1980  Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
1981  Artemis '81
1989  A View of Harry Clark
1991  Selling Hitler
1992  Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1998  What Rats Won't Do
1999  H.E. Double Hockey Sticks

Writer:
1969  Baby Love
1971  The Road Builder
1972  Something to Hide
1973  Three's One
1974  South Riding
1975  The Prodigal Daughter
1976  Shout at the Devil
1979  Big Jim and the Figaro Club
1980  Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
1981  Artemis '81
1989  A View of Harry Clark
1991  Selling Hitler
1992  Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1998  What Rats Won't Do
1999  H.E. Double Hockey Sticks

Director:
1978  Hazell
1979  Tales of the Unexpected
1987  Inspector Morse
1989  Traffik
1991  Selling Hitler
1993  Tales of the City
1997  Nostromo

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