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Simon Langton
Director, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn November 5, 1941 (84 years)
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Simon Langton (born 5 November 1941 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire) is a television director and producer. He is the son of David Langton, the actor who played Richard Bellamy in Upstairs, Downstairs.
After he had directed a number of TV drama series and serials during the 1970s, his 1982 dramatisation of the John le Carré novel Smiley's People was nominated for both a BAFTA award in the UK, and an Emmy Award in the USA. He later won a BAFTA award for the 1989 series Mother Love, starring Diana Rigg.
He is perhaps best known for directing the adaptation of Pride and Prejudice starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle in 1995, for which he was also nominated for a BAFTA.
He continues to direct for British TV drama, having lately directed a number of episodes of Rosemary and Thyme.
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Simon Langton (born 5 November 1941 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire) is a television director and producer. He is the son of David Langton, the actor who played Richard Bellamy in Upstairs, Downstairs.
After he had directed a number of TV drama series and serials during the 1970s, his 1982 dramatisation of the John le Carré novel Smiley's People was nominated for both a BAFTA award in the UK, and an Emmy Award in the USA. He later won a BAFTA award for the 1989 series Mother Love, starring Diana Rigg.
He is perhaps best known for directing the adaptation of Pride and Prejudice starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle in 1995, for which he was also nominated for a BAFTA.
He continues to direct for British TV drama, having lately directed a number of episodes of Rosemary and Thyme.
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Known For
Filmography
| 2005 | Diamond Geezer (TV Series) |
| 2003 | Rosemary & Thyme (TV Series) |
| 2002 | Foyle's War (TV Series) |
| 2000 | |
| 1999 | Nancherrow (TV Series) |
| 1999 | The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV Series) |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders (TV Series) |
| 1994 | Catherine Cookson's The Cinder Path (TV Series) |
| 1990 | Jeeves and Wooster (TV Series) |
| 1989 | Mother Love (TV Series) |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | |
| 1983 | Shades of Darkness (1983) (TV Series) |
| 1982 | Smiley's People (TV Series) |
| 1982 | I Remember Nelson (TV Series) |
| 1980 | Therese Raquin (TV Series) |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) |
| 1979 | Rebecca (1979) (TV Series) |
| 1979 | Danger UXB (TV Series) |
| 1978 | Do You Remember? (TV Series) |
| 1977 | Love For Lydia (TV Series) |
| 1977 | Supernatural (1977) (TV Series) |
| 1976 | The Duchess of Duke Street (TV Series) |
| 1974 | Microbes and Men (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Dead of Night (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Crown Court (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Upstairs, Downstairs (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Barlow at Large (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Paul Temple (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Softly Softly Task Force (TV Series) |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1966 | Softly Softly (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Public Eye (TV Series) |
| 1962 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV Series) |