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Alastair Reid(1939-2011)

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Writer
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Alastair Reid was born on 21 July 1939 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He was a director and producer, known for Traffik (1989), Something to Hide (1972) and Baby Love (1969). He died on 17 August 2011 in Stoke St Gregory, Somerset, UK.
BornJuly 21, 1939
DiedAugust 17, 2011(72)
BornJuly 21, 1939
DiedAugust 17, 2011(72)
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  • Won 1 BAFTA Award
    • 1 win total

Known for

Bill Paterson in Traffik (1989)
Traffik
8.4
TV Mini Series
  • Director
Shelley Winters, Peter Finch, Colin Blakely, and Linda Hayden in Something to Hide (1972)
Something to Hide
5.6
  • Director
  • 1972
Diana Dors and Linda Hayden in Baby Love (1969)
Baby Love
5.7
  • Director
  • 1969
Shout at the Devil (1976)
Shout at the Devil
6.1
  • Writer
  • 1976

Credits

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Director

  • Evolution (2002)
    Evolution
    8.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 2002
  • What Rats Won't Do (1998)
    What Rats Won't Do
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1998
  • Nostromo (1996)
    Nostromo
    6.6
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1996–1997
  • Tales of the City (1993)
    Tales of the City
    8.3
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1993
  • Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (1992)
    Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
    6.1
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1992
  • Selling Hitler (1991)
    Selling Hitler
    7.1
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1991
  • Bill Paterson in Traffik (1989)
    Traffik
    8.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1989
  • The Play on One (1988)
    The Play on One
    5.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1989
  • Peter Capaldi in The Story of a Recluse (1987)
    The Story of a Recluse
    8.6
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1987
  • John Thaw and Kevin Whately in Inspector Morse (1987)
    Inspector Morse
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1987
  • The Houseman's Tale (1987)
    The Houseman's Tale
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1987
  • Intrigues
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1985
  • Charles Dance in The Secret Servant (1984)
    The Secret Servant
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1984
  • American Playhouse (1980)
    American Playhouse
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1983
  • Artemis 81 (1981)
    Artemis 81
    5.6
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1981

Producer

  • Turning Year Tales (1979)
    Turning Year Tales
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1979
  • Big Jim and the Figaro Club (1979)
    Big Jim and the Figaro Club
    7.9
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1979
  • Anne Hughes' Diary (1978)
    Anne Hughes' Diary
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1978
  • Great Temples of the World
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1964–1966

Writer

  • The Houseman's Tale (1987)
    The Houseman's Tale
    TV Mini Series
    • writer
    • 1987
  • Shout at the Devil (1976)
    Shout at the Devil
    6.1
    • screenplay
    • 1976
  • Shelley Winters, Peter Finch, Colin Blakely, and Linda Hayden in Something to Hide (1972)
    Something to Hide
    5.6
    • screenplay
    • 1972
  • Diana Dors and Linda Hayden in Baby Love (1969)
    Baby Love
    5.7
    • screenplay by
    • 1969
  • NBC Television Opera Theatre (1949)
    NBC Television Opera Theatre
    6.0
    TV Series
    • libretto
    • 1955

Personal details

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  • Born
    • July 21, 1939
    • Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Died
    • August 17, 2011
    • Stoke St Gregory, Somerset, UK(undisclosed)

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Regarded Alfred Hitchcock as his role model.
  • Quotes
    Only the curious have, if they live, a tale worth telling at all

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