Philip Saville
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Philip Saville belongs to the production side of the business, as a British director responsible for choices the audience only ever sees the result of. Drama keeps recurring across the credit list. At 83 credits, this is a career of some volume. Among all the credits, 'The Gospel of John' reached the widest audience.
Philip Saville
17 Directed
24 Series
Philip Saville belongs to the production side of the business, as a British director responsible for choices the audience only ever sees the result of. Drama keeps recurring across the credit list. At 83 credits, this is a career of some volume. Among all the credits, 'The Gospel of John' reached the widest audience.
Movies
Director
The Gospel of John
2003
Director
The Fruit Machine
1988
Director
Count Dracula
1977
Director
Oedipus the King
1968
Director
The Best House in London
1969
Director
Metroland
1998
Director
Secrets
1971
Director
Fellow Traveller
1989
Director
Shadey
1985
Director
Stop the World: I Want to Get Off
1966
Director
Design for Living
1979
TV Shows
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Armchair Theatre
1956
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Play for Today
1970
Director
My Uncle Silas
2001
Director
Boys from the Blackstuff
1982
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The Buccaneers
1995
Director
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
1986
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First Born
1988
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Count Dracula
1977
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Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
2002
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Playhouse
1974
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Family Pictures
1993
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The Wednesday Play
1964
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Shades of Greene
1975
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The Cloning of Joanna May
1992
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Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
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Out of the Unknown
1965
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BBC Play of the Month
1965
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Churchill's People
1974
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Plays for Britain
1976
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ITV Playhouse
1967
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ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
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Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
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Screen One
1989
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Screen Two
1985
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Return of the Unknown
Full Filmography
The Gospel of John
Director
2003
Film
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
Director · 2 episodes
2002–
TV
My Uncle Silas
Director · 7 episodes
2001–
TV
Metroland
Director
1998
Film
The Buccaneers
Director · 5 episodes
1995–
TV
Family Pictures
Director · 2 episodes
1993–
TV
Angels
Director
1992
Film
The Cloning of Joanna May
Director · 2 episodes
1992–
TV
Fellow Traveller
Director
1989
Film
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Philip Saville still alive?
Philip Saville passed away on December 22, 2016 at age 86.
What are the most famous roles of Philip Saville?
Philip Saville is best known for directing The Gospel of John, Metroland, Count Dracula.
How many movies has Philip Saville directed?
Over a 60-year career (since 1956), Philip Saville has directed or written 17 films and worked on 24 TV shows.
What was Philip Saville's first movie?
The career of Philip Saville began with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1956).
What is Philip Saville's most recent movie or series?
Philip Saville's most recent release is Discovering Hamlet, which premiered on November 1, 2011.
What TV shows has Philip Saville created or directed?
On television, Philip Saville has appeared in The Buccaneers, Boys from the Blackstuff, Play for Today, The Life and Loves of a She-Devil.
Philip Saville
1930-10-28 · London, UK
Philip Saville (sometimes credited as Philip Savile, born 28 October 1930, London) is a British actor who turned to television direction and screenwriting in the late 1950s.
During the 1960s he directed several important television plays, such as Harold Pinter's A Night Out (1960) for ABC's Armchair Theatre anthology series, and the lost Madhouse on Castle Street (1963) for the BBC. The later production became famous as the first acting appearance of the American folk singer Bob Dylan, whom Saville had flown over to the UK specifically to take part in the play.
Other notable programmes on which Saville worked included Out of the Unknown (1965) and the Boys from the Blackstuff (1982) for which Saville received a BAFTA to add to his earlier BAFTA for Hamlet.
In film Saville directed The Fruit Machine (1988, released as Wonderland in the USA), Metroland (1997) and The Gospel of John (2003). Saville has been called one of the UK's top 100 directors of all time.
He is active in film and television as of 2006, and has a masterclass studio in London specializing in dramatic improvisation.
Philip Saville has recently completed a special documentary on Harold Pinter Pinter's Progress for Sundance international television channels and UK's Sky Arts. Saville is currently developing further arts programming with Sundance and British TV company 3DD Productions including Discovering Hamlet now in production.Nina Axelrod, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.