Alan Bridges (28 September 1927 – 7 December 2013)[1] was an English film and television director.
Alan Bridges | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 September 1927 Liverpool, England |
| Died | 7 December 2013 (aged 86) |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1961-1991 |
In 1967 Bridges directed a television adaptation of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations starring Gary Bond as Pip.[2]
He won the Grand Prix at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival for his film The Hireling.[3] His film Out of Season (1975) was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival[4] and film The Shooting Party (1985) was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.[5] For television, Bridges directed several works by David Mercer and Dennis Potter.
Peter Bradshaw on theguardian.com film blog wrote: "Bridges was a brilliant poet and cinematic satirist – in tones both mordant and melancholy – of the English class system of the early 20th century, and a director with a flair for psychology and interior crisis, as evidenced by movies like The Return of the Soldier (1982) and The Shooting Party (1985)."[6]
Selected filmography edit
- Act of Murder (1964)
- Invasion (1965)
- Great Expectations (TV, 1967)
- Les Miserables (TV, 1967)
- Traitor (TV, 1971)
- Follow the Yellow Brick Road (TV, 1972)
- The Hireling (1973)
- Brief Encounter (TV film, 1974)
- Joe's Ark (TV, 1974)
- Out of Season (1975)
- Little Girl in Blue Velvet (1978)
- Rain on the Roof (TV, 1980)
- The Return of the Soldier (1982)
- The Shooting Party (1985)
- The Tale of Pig Robinson (1990)
References edit
- ^ Bergan, Ronald (29 January 2014). "Alan Bridges] obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Great Expectations (TV Series 1967– ) - IMDb". Retrieved 8 June 2019 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Hireling". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 22 August 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ^ "IMDB.com: Awards for Out of Season". imdb.com. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
- ^ "14th Moscow International Film Festival (1985)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ Peter Bradshaw "Alan Bridges: a director of genuine if occasionally overlooked brilliance", theguardian.com (film blog), 24 January 2014
External links edit
- Alan Bridges at IMDb