Name Colin Teague Role Film director | ||
Nominations British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series Movies Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer, The Last Drop, Shooters, Spivs, English Language (with Subt Similar People Dominic Mafham, Jassa Ahluwalia, Jonjo O'Neill, Julian Morris, Jake Curran | ||
Education Redroofs Theatre School | ||
Colin Teague Interview - Frankenstein's Wedding... Live in Leeds - BBC Three
Colin Teague is a British film and television director. He grew up in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire and studied at Redroofs Theatre School and the London International Film School.
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He is most associated with Doctor Who, being the first person to have directed for the main series and both of its spin-offs, Torchwood and the pilot episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures. Because of a fall he took down some stairs in 2007, he was known on the Doctor Who set as "Tumblin' Teague". In 2009 and 2011, Teague was BAFTA Award-nominated for Being Human. In 2011, he directed Frankenstein's Wedding, broadcast live from Leeds on BBC3, and Shirley, a biopic on the legendary Shirley Bassey which won a Cymru Bafta for Best Single Drama. In 2012, he directed The Town, a three-part drama for ITV. In 2013, he directed The White Queen for BBC/Starz, which gained three Golden Globe Award nominations.