Les Blair
Born: 1941-10-23 in Manchester, England
Known For: Directing
Biography
Born in 1941, Les Blair is a BAFTA winning television, film and theatre director famous for productions that have political or socially aware themes and are often improvised or naturalistic in flavour. He attended Salford Grammer School and, whilst there, acted in plays alongside fellow pupil Mike Leigh. After graduating at Liverpool University, Blair met up with RADA graduate Leigh again and the pair became flatmates and proponents of Improvisational drama in Birmingham. After joining the London Film School they collaborated together on Leigh's first feature film, Bleak Moments. Blair's own work includes the groundbreaking and controversial BBC miniseries Law and Order (1978) and the 1993 film Bad Behaviour.
Filmography
2001
- H3 ... (Director)
1998
- Stand and Deliver ... (Director)
1997
- Amazing Grace ... (Executive Producer)
- Jump the Gun ... (Director)
1995
- Bliss ... (Director)
1993
- Bad Behavior ... (Director)
- Tracey Ullman: A Class Act ... (Director)
- The Merrihill Millionaires ... (Director)
1991
- Filipina Dreamgirls ... (Director)
- Seduction ... (Director)
1990
- News Hounds ... (Director)
1989
- The Accountant ... (Director)
- Leave to Remain ... (Director)
1986
- Honest Decent & True ... (Director)
- London's Burning: The Movie ... (Director)
1985
- Screen Two ... (Writer)
- Number One ... (Director)
1982
- Four in a Million ... (Director)
1981
- Beyond the Pale ... (Director)
- Only a Game ... (Director)
1978
- Law & Order ... (Director)
1976
- Plays for Britain ... (Director)
- Bet Your Life ... (Director)
- Sunshine in Brixton ... (Director)
1975
- Early to Bed ... (Director)
1973
- Blooming Youth ... (Director)
1971
- Bleak Moments ... (Producer)
1970
- Play for Today ... (Director)
1967
- ITV Playhouse ... (Director)