Les Blair
Encyclopedia
Leslie "Les" Blair is an English
television
, film
and theatre director.
Gaining notoriety for his controversial mini-series Law And Order
(shown in 1978 on BBC2), Blair has gone on to direct films characterised by their political and social awareness.
Blair currently teaches at the London Film School
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
television
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...
, film
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and theatre director.
Gaining notoriety for his controversial mini-series Law And Order
Law and Order (UK Miniseries)
Law & Order is a series of four television plays written by G. F. Newman and directed by Les Blair...
(shown in 1978 on BBC2), Blair has gone on to direct films characterised by their political and social awareness.
Blair currently teaches at the London Film School
London Film School
The London Film School is a private film school in London and is situated in a converted brewery in Covent Garden, London, close to a hub of the UK film industry based in Soho. The LFS was founded in 1956 by Bob Dunbar as The London School of Film Technique...
.
Filmography
- Blooming Youth (BBC Play for TodayPlay for TodayPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted...
, 1973)(TV) - Bet Your Life (BBC Play for TodayPlay for TodayPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted...
, 1976)(TV) - Law And OrderLaw and Order (UK Miniseries)Law & Order is a series of four television plays written by G. F. Newman and directed by Les Blair...
(1978)(TV) - Only A Game (1981)(TV)
- The Nation's Health (1983) (TV)
- Number One (1985)
- Honest Decent And True (1986)(TV)
- London's BurningLondon's BurningLondon's Burning was a British television drama programme produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network that focused on the lives of members of the London Fire Brigade, principally those of the Blue Watch at a fictional fire station called Blackwall.It was broadcast between 1986 and...
: The Movie (1986)(TV) - Leave To Remain (1988)(TV)
- The Accountant (1989)
- News Hounds (1990)(TV)
- Filipina Dreamgirls (1991)
- Tracey Ullman: A Class Act (1992)(TV)
- Bad Behaviour (1993)
- Merrihill Millionaires (1993)(TV)
- Bliss (1995)(TV)
- Jump The Gun (1997)
- Stand And Deliver (1998)(TV)
- H3H3 (film)H3 was a film released in 2001 about the 1981 Irish hunger strike, events leading up to it, and subsequent developments in the prisoners' struggle for Prisoner of War status...
(2001)