Simon Langton
- Directing
- November 5, 1941 · Amersham, England, UK
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Simon Langton (born 5 November 1941 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire) is a television director and producer. He is the son of David Langton, the actor who played Richard Bellamy in Upstairs, Downstairs. After he had directed a number of TV drama series and serials during the 1970s, his 1982 dramatisation of the John le Carré novel Smiley's People was nominated for both a BAFTA award in the UK, and an Emmy Award in the USA. He later won a BAFTA award for the 1989 series Mother Love, starring Diana Rigg. He is perhaps best known for directing the adaptation of Pride and Prejudice starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle in 1995, for which he was also nominated for a BAFTA. He continues to direct for British TV drama, having lately directed a number of episodes of Rosemary and Thyme. Description above from the Wikipedia article Simon Langton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
Filmography
- Rough Diamond · Director
- Rosemary & Thyme · Director
- Foyle's War · Director
- Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes · Director
- Nancherrow · Director
- The Scarlet Pimpernel · Director
- Nancherrow · Director
- Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone · Director
- Midsomer Murders · Director
- Pride and Prejudice: From Page to Screen · Self
- Pride and Prejudice · Director, Series Director
- The Cinder Path · Director
- Headhunters · Director
- The Good Guys · Director
- Jeeves and Wooster · Director
- Mother Love · Director
- Agatha Christie's Poirot · Director
- Laguna Heat · Director
- Casanova · Director
- The Whistle Blower · Director
- Anna Karenina · Director, Producer
- The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck · Director
- Afterward · Director
- Shades of Darkness · Director
- Smiley's People · Director
- I Remember Nelson · Director
- The Gate of Eden: Part Three - Peter · Director
- The Gate of Eden: Part Two - Sue · Director
- The Gate of Eden: Part One - Mr. Falconer · Director
- Therese Raquin · Director
- The Beast · Director
- Tales of the Unexpected · Director
- Rebecca · Director
- Danger UXB · Director
- Do You Remember? · Director
- Love for Lydia · Director
- Supernatural · Director
- The Duchess of Duke Street · Director
- You're On Your Own · Director
- Intimate Strangers · Director
- Microbes and Men · Director
- Seven Faces of Woman · Director
- Dial M for Murder · Director
- The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd · Director
- The Pearcross Girls · Director
- Dead of Night · Director
- Crown Court · Director
- No Exit · Director
- The Man Outside · Director
- The Befrienders · Director
- Upstairs, Downstairs · Director
- Barlow · Director
- Menace · Director
- Paul Temple · Director
- ITV Playhouse · Director
- Softly, Softly · Director
- Thirty-Minute Theatre · Director
- Public Eye · Director
- Dr. Finlay's Casebook · Director