Stephen Whittaker
- Regie
- 28. Juni 1947 · London, England, UK
- 7. Februar 2003
Biografie
Stephen Whittaker (28 June 1947 – 7 February 2003) was a British actor and director. He worked largely in British film and television, and attended Henley-in-Arden School in Warwickshire before further training as an actor at London's Corona Academy. He began his career aged 17, as a "bad boy" in the film To Sir With Love (1966), and in the classic BBC Doctor Who adventure The Web of Fear, as a soldier battling Yeti in the London Underground. In 1985, Whittaker took a director's training course and directed a short training film, which he sent to John Schlesinger (who had directed him in Yanks). Schlesinger suggested him to producer Mark Shivas as director for Channel 4's drama trilogy What If It's Raining?, written by Anthony Minghella. This was the beginning of a directing career of prestigious TV and film work. Shortly before Whittaker's death, writer Julian Fellowes spoke of him as "the most exciting director in the industry." In 2001, he filmed his final project, The Rocket Post, a romantic drama set on a remote Scottish island. The film had severe funding problems and was eventually released in 2006, three years after his death. The credits bear a dedication to his memory. Whittaker died following complications from a routine surgery.
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Filmografie
- The Rocket Post · Regie
- Sons & Lovers · Regie
- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby · Regie
- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby · Regie
- Grafters · Regie
- A Life for a Life · Regie
- Stone, Scissors, Paper · Regie
- Stone Cold · Regie
- Tangier Cop · Regie
- Killing Me Softly · Regie
- Dalziel and Pascoe · Regie
- Hearts and Minds · Regie
- Closing Numbers · Regie
- Portrait of a Marriage · Regie
- Agatha Christie's Poirot · Regie
- Eurocops · Regie
- Love Birds · Regie
- Inspector Morse · Regie
- What If It's Raining · Regie
- Blott on the Landscape · Orderly
- Screen Two · Regie
- Die unheimliche Macht · S.S. Kommando
- Only a Game · Dave Rawlings
- Yanks - Gestern waren wir noch Fremde · Merchant Seaman
- The One and Only Phyllis Dixey · Reporter
- The Paradise Run · Terrorist
- The Legend of Robin Hood · Ralph Gammon
- Meuterei auf der Teufelsinsel · Leper Count
- The Roses of Eyam · Scythe Torre
- Crown Court · Kevin Wilson Lewis
- Runaway, Runaway · Assistant Director
- Bury Me an Angel · The Killer
- Scene · Regie
- Countercrime · George West
- Doctor Who: Das Netz der Angst · Craftsman Weams
- Knotenpunkt London · Alf
- Sat'day While Sunday · Ossie
- Sanctuary · Peter Lord
- Junge Dornen · Schoolboy
- Champion House · The Clerk
- The World in Silence · Harold
- BBC Play of the Month · Paratrooper
- Thirty-Minute Theatre · Joey
- Out of the Unknown · Harold
- Bezaubernde Jeannie · Bellboy
- Crossroads · Tony Mortimer
- The Wednesday Play · Davis, Roddy
- Verliebt in eine Hexe · Eddy
- Doctor Who · Craftsman Weams
- Z-Cars · Stan Finch
- Armchair Theatre · Marco
- ITV Play of the Week · Belhaven