Name Andy Wilson Role Film director | ||
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Nominations Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Movies Playing God, Death on the Nile, They Do It with Mirrors, Diamonds (US), Tremors 2: Aftershocks Similar People Emma Griffiths Malin, Judy Davis, Mark Haskell Smith, Philip Moon, S S Wilson | ||
Education University of Birmingham | ||
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Andy Wilson (born 1958) is a British film, TV and theatre director.
Contents
- Mafia 3 s andy wilson on the games development process
- Early career
- Film and television directing
- References
Early career
Wilson began his career as a performer with Circus Lumiere. Was one of the directors (with Cindy Oswin, Brian Lipson and Peter Godfrey) of the experimental theatre group Rational Theatre and also a performer with Archaos, the celebrated anarchist French circus troupe.
Wilson studied drama at Birmingham University from 1976 to 1979 and then worked as an actor for three years before joining the London-based Rational Theatre and subsequently establishing the Hidden Grin Theatre.
Film and television directing
Wilson began his transition to film and television by directing numerous music videos, notably for techno duo Underworld. In 1984, he began writing for film with Rococo. Wilson's first opportunity as a director was in 1987 on Channel 4 - Four Minutes with a spot titled "The Job".
In 1989, Wilson directed Bouinax in Love for the French television channel La Sept featuring the Archaos circus troupe. A film with Theatre de Complicite for the newly formed Channel 4 led to a long career in British television, directing among others Cracker, An Evening with Gary Lineker, Gormenghast, Psychos, Spooks, The Forsyte Saga, Hotel Babylon and The Philanthropist for American network NBC. Andy also directed the 1997 film Playing God with David Duchovny and Angelina Jolie. Also appeared as an actor in the Peter Greenaway film The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover.
In 2009 Wilson directed The Man Who Smiled, an episode of the second series of Wallander. He directed the 2012 eight-episode drama Ripper Street which was shown on BBC One and BBC America.