Metin Hüseyin is a British

United Kingdom

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 television

Television director

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 and film director

Film director

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Biography

His debut film, Tight Trousers, was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for Best Short Film in 1989, and in 1998 he received an RTS award

Royal Television Society

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 and a British Academy Television Award nomination for Common as Muck and The History of a Foundling; Tom Jones won three BAFTAs. In 2002 film

2002 in film

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 he directed the film Anita and Me

Anita and Me (film)

Anita and Me is a British comedy-drama film released in 2002 based on the book Anita and Me by Meera Syal. It was released during a period of popularity for British Asian films, alongside films like East Is East, and Bend It Like Beckham....

and has also directed episodes of The All New Alexei Sayle Show

The All New Alexei Sayle Show

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, Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

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and Kingdom

Kingdom (TV series)

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, some episodes of BBC's drama Merlin

Merlin (TV series)

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and Shameless

Shameless

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Filmography

Director

Year	Film	Notes
1990	Tight Trousers
1991	Teenage Health Freak Teenage Health Freak Teenage Health Freak is a British teen comedy-drama about the life and travails of a socially awkward teenager as he goes through life. It is best known for featuring the actress Liza Walker and the actor Alex Langdon....	TV series
1994	The All New Alexei Sayle Show The All New Alexei Sayle Show The All New Alexei Sayle Show was a comedy sketch show broadcast on BBC2 television for a total of twelve episodes, over two series in 1994 and 1995...	TV series
1995	Sorry About Last Night	TV movie
1994-1997	Common As Muck Common As Muck Common As Muck was a comedy drama serial made by the BBC about the lives of a crew of binmen; it ran for two series.-Characters:-Series One :...	TV series
1997	The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by the English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. First published on 28 February 1749, Tom Jones is among the earliest English prose works describable as a novel...	TV mini-series
1998	Norman Ormal: A Very Political Turtle	TV movie
2000	It Was an Accident It Was an Accident It Was an Accident is a 2000 British comedy film directed by Metin Hüseyin and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Max Beesley and James Bolam. An ex-convict, trying to go straight, accidentally gets mixed up in a fresh series of crimes.-Cast:...
2001	Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) Randall & Hopkirk is a British television series, produced by Working Title Films for BBC One. It is a remake of the 1960s television series Randall and Hopkirk and stars Vic Reeves as Hopkirk and Bob Mortimer as Randall, Emilia Fox as Jeannie, and Tom Baker as Wyvern.- Background :Two series...	TV series
2002	Anita and Me Anita and Me Anita and Me is Meera Syal's debut novel, and was first published in 1996. It is a semi-autobiographical novel which won the Betty Trask Award....
2004	The Legend of the Tamworth Two	TV movie
2004	A Thing Called Love	TV series
2005	Angell's Hell	TV movie
2005	Rose and Maloney Rose and Maloney Rose and Maloney is a British television crime drama starring Sarah Lancashire and Phil Davis as Rose Linden and Maloney, two investigators working for the fictional Criminal Justice Review Agency. This agency takes on claims of miscarriages of justice, assessing whether there are grounds to...	TV series
2006	Mayo Mayo (TV series) Mayo was a comedy detective drama television series made by the BBC and starring Alistair McGowan, Jessica Oyelowo, Huw Rhys and Loo Brealey. The series is based on a popular series of Gil Mayo mysteries books by Marjorie Eccles. It was filmed on location in and around Leamington Spa. The series...	TV series
2006	Berry's Way	TV movie
2008	The Palace The Palace The Palace is a British drama television series that aired on ITV in 2008. Produced by Company Pictures for the ITV network, it was created by Tom Grieves and follows a fictional British Royal Family in the aftermath of the death of King James III and the succession of his 24-year-old son, Richard...	TV series
2008	The Invisibles	TV series
2007-2009	Kingdom Kingdom (TV series) Kingdom is a British television series produced by Parallel Film and Television Productions for the ITV network. It was created by Simon Wheeler and stars Stephen Fry as Peter Kingdom, a Norfolk solicitor who is coping with family, colleagues, and the strange locals who come to him for legal...	TV series
2009	All the Small Things All the Small Things (TV series) All the Small Things is a British television programme, produced by the BBC and created and developed by Debbie Horsfield. Following the lives and ambitions of a church choir and its members, the programme began airing on 31 March 2009 and ran for six episodes. The programme frequently features...	TV series
2009	Merlin Merlin (TV series) Merlin is a British fantasy-adventure television programme by Julian Jones, Jake Michie, Julian Murphy and Johnny Capps. It began broadcasting on BBC One on 20 September 2008. The show is based on the Arthurian legends of the wizard Merlin and his relationship with Prince Arthur but differs from...	TV series
2011	Borgia Borgia (TV series) Borgia is a historical fiction television series created by Tom Fontana. The series is a French/German production and will recount the Borgia family's rise to power and subsequent domination of the Vatican during the Renaissance.-Production:...	TV series
2010-2011	Shameless Shameless Shameless is a British television drama series set in Manchester on the fictional Chatsworth council estate. Produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, the first seven-episode series aired weekly on Tuesday nights at 10pm from 13 January 2004...	TV series
2011	Lewis	TV series

External links

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