Known for Directing
Died
August 8, 2014
Birthplace
London, England, UK
Filmography
16 films
Ending Up
Ending Up
1989 · 1h 18m
country: United Kingdom
A traditional rural English Christmas, reluctantly spent with the predominantly geriatric family (who all have their quirks and eccentricities) ends in tragedy after a practical joke goes horribly wrong.


The Chain
1984 · 1h 32m
country: United Kingdom
Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on moving day, each one dependent on the other.


Red Monarch
1983 · 1h 41m
country: United Kingdom
British comedy satirising Stalin's inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of rampant abuse of power and poisonous distrust some still manage to keep faith with the Bolshevist creed until the very end. In front of the firing squad a stalwart bolshevist of the first hour exclaims: "Even in the best democracy errors are being made!"


The Crimson Permanent Assurance
1983 · 16m
country: United Kingdom
A group of down-and-out accountants mutiny against their bosses and sail their office building onto the high seas in search of a pirate's life.


The Missionary
1982 · 1h 30m
country: United Kingdom
In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England, where his bishop gives him his new assignment - to minister to London's prostitutes.


Inseminoid
1981 · 1h 31m
country: United Kingdom
A crew of interplanetary archaeologists is threatened when an alien creature impregnates one of their members, causing her to turn homicidal and murder them one by one.


Murphy's Stroke
1980 · 1h 10m
country: United Kingdom
The horse Gay Future is at the centre of an Irish betting syndicate in 1974 which saw trainer Antony Collins present a poor performing horse at his stables. The betting stakes were subsequently raised, before the real horse was entered in the race.


Star Wars
1977 · 2h 1m
country: United States
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.


Hazlitt in Love
1977 · 1h
country: United Kingdom
The story of the love of writer and critic Willlam Hazlitt for the young daughter of his landlady in the 1820s.