Laurence Moody
Encyclopedia
Laurence Moody is an English
television director
who, after reading English at Cambridge University, worked as a trainee at Granada
Television
, at this time directing a number of episodes of their top rated ITV1
soap opera, Coronation Street
.
Subsequently, he has originated and worked such television drama serials as Shoestring, Bergerac
, Boon
, Taggart
, Soldier, Soldier , Chancer
, and (more recently) Bad Girls
and Footballers Wives. Moody is active in making and marketing corporate videos.
and the nephew of the one time head of light entertainment at Yorkshire Television
, Sid Collin. He is married and has three daughters: the actress/producer Clare Lawrence
, musician Laura Moody and film co-ordinator Lottie Lawrence.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
television director
Television director
A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...
who, after reading English at Cambridge University, worked as a trainee at Granada
Granada
Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea...
Television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
, at this time directing a number of episodes of their top rated ITV1
ITV1
ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...
soap opera, Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
.
Subsequently, he has originated and worked such television drama serials as Shoestring, Bergerac
Bergerac (TV series)
Bergerac was a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and screened on BBC1, it starred John Nettles as the title character Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac, a detective in "Le Bureau des Étrangers" Bergerac was a British television show...
, Boon
Boon
-Places:* Boon Township, Warrick County, Indiana, United States of America* Boon Township, Michigan, USA* Boon Lake Township, Minnesota, USA* Boon Lay, Singapore* Boon Tat Street, Singapore* Boon Keng MRT Station, Singapore-People:...
, Taggart
Taggart
Taggart is a Scottish detective television programme, created by Glenn Chandler, who has written many of the episodes, and made by STV Productions for the ITV network...
, Soldier, Soldier , Chancer
Chancer
Chancer is a British television serial produced by Central Television for ITV. It tells the story of a likable conman and rogue at the end of the yuppie eighties...
, and (more recently) Bad Girls
Bad Girls (TV series)
Bad Girls is an award-winning British television drama series that was broadcast on ITV from 1999 to 2006. It is produced by Shed Productions, the company which later produced Footballers' Wives and Waterloo Road...
and Footballers Wives. Moody is active in making and marketing corporate videos.
Family
He is a second cousin removed of the renowned actor, Ron MoodyRon Moody
Ron Moody is an English actor.- Personal life :Moody was born in Tottenham, North London, England, the son of Kate and Bernard Moodnick, a studio executive. His father was of Russian Jewish descent and his mother was a Lithuanian Jew. He is a cousin of director Laurence Moody and actress Clare...
and the nephew of the one time head of light entertainment at Yorkshire Television
Yorkshire Television
Yorkshire Television, now officially known as ITV Yorkshire and sometimes unofficially abbreviated to YTV, is a British television broadcaster and the contractor for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network...
, Sid Collin. He is married and has three daughters: the actress/producer Clare Lawrence
Clare Lawrence
Clare Lawrence Moody is an English television and stage actor and producer. She is the daughter of English television director Laurence Moody...
, musician Laura Moody and film co-ordinator Lottie Lawrence.