David Leland
- Writing
- April 20, 1947 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- December 24, 2023
Biography
David Leland (20 April 1947 - 24 December 2023) was a director, screenwriter and actor who came to international fame with his directorial debut Wish You Were Here in 1987.
Known for
Filmography
- Reel Britannia · Self
- An Accidental Studio · Self
- Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light · Self
- The Borgias · Director, Writer
- Victoria Wood: Seen on TV · Self
- Virgin Territory · Writer, Director
- The 50 Greatest Television Dramas · Self
- Concert for George · Producer, Director
- The Making of 'Band of Brothers' · Self
- Band of Brothers · Director
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades · Costume Designer
- The White River Kid · Socrates Storekeeper, Screenplay
- The Land Girls · Director, Writer
- When Saturday Comes · Priest
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles · Costume Designer
- The Big Man · Director
- Checking Out · Director
- Wish You Were Here · Director, Writer
- Personal Services · Mr. Pilkington / Danielle, Writer
- Mona Lisa · Writer
- Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain · Driver, Writer
- Made in Britain · Screenplay
- R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only · Writer
- Flying Into the Wind · Writer
- Birth of a Nation · Writer
- Tales Out of School · Writer, Creator
- The Missionary · Long Haired Man at Gin Palace
- Psy-Warriors · Writer
- Time Bandits · Puppeteer
- Beloved Enemy · Screenplay
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy · Majikthise
- Golden Gordon · Football Manager
- Target · Murray
- The Love-Girl and the Innocent · Nemov
- Gawain and the Green Knight · Humphrey
- The Pied Piper · Officer
- Van der Valk · Madame Arthur
- One Brief Summer
- The Last of the Mohicans · David Gamut
- Scars of Dracula · First Officer
- Play for Today · Writer
- Julius Caesar · Plebian
- 1917 · Felix, the Cook
- Big Breadwinner Hog · Grange
- Callan
- Sherlock Holmes
- Running Wild · Screenplay