Simon Cellan Jones


Simon Cellan Jones is a British television and film director.
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Career

Simon Cellan Jones began his career as a production assistant in the mid-1980s, working on series such as Edge of Darkness. By the late 1980s he had worked his way up to become a director, and he gained credits on some of the most acclaimed British television productions of the 1990s. These included episodes of Cracker and Our Friends in the North.
He was nominated as the Best Newcomer at the British Academy Film Awards for his first feature film Some Voices. Other television credits have included BBC One's Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking and More4's The Trial of Tony Blair.

Personal life

Simon is the son of fellow director James Cellan Jones, and the half-brother of BBC News journalist Rory Cellan-Jones.
He married Sarah Jane O'Brien in 1986; they later divorced. He married Elizabeth Starling Gifford in 2003.

Filmography

Feature films

Some Voices The One and Only The Family Plan Arthur the King

Television

Asst. floor manager on several editions of Howards' Way in 1985.The Bill Streetwise Medics Cracker Rik Mayall Presents – episode, "The Big One" Our Friends in the North In Your Dreams Storm Damage Eroica — won Prix Italia for Performing Arts in 2004Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking The Queen's Sister Coup! The Trial of Tony Blair Generation Kill Paradox On Expenses Treme Boardwalk Empire The Borgias Klondike Jessica Jones Shooter