Christopher Menaul is a British film

Film director

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, television director

Television director

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 and television writer.
Christopher Menaul left Cambridge with a First in History and quickly established an
illustrious career as a multi award-winning TV and Feature film director. His films have
screened in festivals around the world including Sundance and his TV work includes the
launch of the iconic Prime Suspect, for which he won the BAFTA for Best Drama.
Christopher is known for generating awards recognition for his actors and has worked with
many big names such as Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren

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, Peter Fonda

Peter Fonda

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, Rutger Hauer, Miranda Richardson

Miranda Richardson

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, Julie Delpy

Julie Delpy

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, Tom Wilkinson

Tom Wilkinson

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 and Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes

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.

Films and Television:


Homicide: Life on the Street

Homicide: Life on the Street

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(1984)

Precious Bane

Precious Bane

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Rheims International Television Festival (1988) Best Film
British Royal Television Society (1988) Best Film

Nice Work

Nice Work

Nice Work is a novel by British author David Lodge. It won the Sunday Express Book of the Year award in 1988 and was also shortlisted for the Booker prize. In 1989 it was made into a four-part BBC television series directed by Christopher Menaul and starring Warren Clarke and Haydn Gwynne...

Royal Television Society Awards (1989) Best Drama Serial

Prime Suspect

BAFTA Winner of four (1991) Awards including Best Drama Serial; Best Actress (Helen
Mirren)

Broadcasting Guild Press Awards (1991). Best Drama; Best Actress (Helen
Mirren)

ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY AWARDS (1991) Best Drama Serial; Best Actress (Helen
Mirren); Writer's Award (Lynda La Plante)

A Dangerous Man –TE Lawrence of Arabia

EMMY (1992) International Best Drama

NEW YORK FILM AND TELEVISION FESTIVAL (1993) Grand Award and Gold Medal

Fatherland

Fatherland

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GOLDEN GLOBE (1994) Best Actress Miranda Richardson; nominated for Best Television
Film

Feast of July

Feast of July

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Opened the Montreal Film Festival (1996)

The Passion of Ayn Rand

The Passion of Ayn Rand

The Passion of Ayn Rand is a 1999 film directed by Christopher Menaul. It is based on the book of the same title by Barbara Branden...

EMMY (1999) Best Actress Helen Mirren; Peter Fonda nominated as best supporting actor
GOLDEN GLOBE (1999) Helen Mirren nominated best actress

One Kill (1999)

The Forsyte Saga

The Forsyte Saga

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(2001)

State of Mind

State of Mind

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(2002)

Wall of Silence

Shortlisted for the Prix Italia (2004)

Planespotting

Nominated for The Grierson Award (2005), Best Dramatised Documentary

Secret Smile

Secret Smile

Secret Smile is a drama serial in two parts shown by ITV in December 2005, based on the Nicci French book of the same name, directed by Christopher Menaul and starring David Tennant, Claire Goose and Kate Ashfield.-Overview:...

(2005)

Belonging

Three Golden FIPAS at Biarritz International Festival (2005)

See No Evil: The Moors Murders
BAFTA (2007) Best Drama Serial
BANFF TELEVISION FESTIVAL (2007) Best Mini-series

Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion is a 1995 suspense thriller written by William H. Macy, who also has a small role in the film. The film stars Christopher Reeve as a paralyzed police officer who plots to murder his unfaithful wife and her lover...

(2008)

First Night (2009)

Zen

Zen

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(2010)

Combat Hospital

Combat Hospital

Combat Hospital is a Canadian medical drama television series, filmed in Toronto, that debuted on Global on 21 June 2011. The series was known for a time by the working title The Hot Zone before reverting to its previous title, Combat Hospital....

(2011)

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