Julian Amyes
Julian Charles Becket Amyes, known as Julian Amyes, was a British film and television director and producer.
Although primarily director and producer, Amyes also had acting roles in High Treason and Mandy.
Amyes made his directorial début with a BBC Sunday [Night Theatre] version of Shakespeare's The [Merry Wives of Windsor] in 1952 and also directed a number of other productions for BBC before joining Granada Television in the early 1960s, where he was head of drama from 1963 until 1977.
Film credits include A Hill in Korea, and the Emeric Pressburger-written Miracle in Soho.
After 1977, he returned to directing predominantly in television directing adaptations of The [Old Curiosity Shop |The Old Curiosity Shop], Great [Expectations |Great Expectations] and Jane Eyre for the BBC. Amyes also worked on a number of independent productions, before acting as director on episodes of The Bill and Rumpole of the Bailey for Thames Television.
He was married to the actress/writer Anne Allan. They had two children; Sebastian a Professor at the University of Edinburgh and Isabelle, an Actress. Julian Amyes died of a stroke in 1992.