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Alastair Reid (director)

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Alastair Reid
Born(1939-07-21)21 July 1939
Edinburgh, Scotland, U,K.
Died17 August 2011(2011-08-17) (aged 72)
Somerset, England, U,K,
Alma materEdinburgh College of Art
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Occupation(s)Director, writer

Alastair Reid (21 July 1939 – 17 August 2011) was a Scottish television and film director, described by The Guardian on his death as "one of Britain's finest directors of television drama".[1]

Early life and education

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Born in Edinburgh, Reid studied at the Edinburgh College of Art in Edinburgh and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol.

Career

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In 1964, he directed episodes of Emergency-Ward 10 for ATV and worked regularly in television for over thirty years. His work included writing the screenplay of the film Shout at the Devil (1976) and directing the first episode of Inspector Morse in 1987, as well as directing the television series Gangsters (1976—78), the serial Traffik (1989), the television series Selling Hitler (1991), based on the Hitler diaries, the miniseries Tales of the City (1993), and the 1997 television adaptation of Joseph Conrad's novel Nostromo.[2][3][1]

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b Ansorge, Peter (9 September 2011). "Alastair Reid Obituary – Director of Telelvision Drama, Including the Ground-Breaking Tales of the City and Traffik". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  2. ^ [dead link‍]Eder, Richard (25 November 1976). "Shout Whispers on Screen". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Gaughan, Gavin (22 September 2011). "Alastair Reid: Director Whose Career Highlights Included 'Traffik' and 'Tales of the City'". The Independent. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
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