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David Leland

Writing · 1947–2023 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Biography

David Leland (20 April 1947 - 24 December 2023) was a director, screenwriter and actor who came to international fame with his directorial debut Wish You Were Here in 1987.

Known for

Filmography

2022Reel BritanniaSelf
2019An Accidental StudioSelf
2016Alan Clarke: Out of His Own LightSelf
2011The BorgiasDirector
2009Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
2007Virgin TerritoryWriter
2007The 50 Greatest Television DramasSelf
2003Concert for GeorgeProducer
2001The Making of 'Band of Brothers'Self
2001Band of BrothersDirector
2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage EscapadesCostume Designer
1999The White River KidSocrates Storekeeper
1998The Land GirlsDirector
1996When Saturday ComesPriest
1992The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesCostume Designer
1990The Big ManDirector
1988Checking OutDirector
1987Wish You Were HereDirector
1987Personal ServicesMr. Pilkington / Danielle
1986Mona LisaWriter
1985Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help BritainDriver
1983Made in BritainScreenplay
1983R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name OnlyWriter
1983Flying Into the WindWriter
1983Birth of a NationWriter
1983Tales Out of SchoolWriter
1982The MissionaryLong Haired Man at Gin Palace
1981Psy-WarriorsWriter
1981Time BanditsPuppeteer
1981Beloved EnemyScreenplay
1981The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyMajikthise
1979Golden GordonFootball Manager
1977TargetMurray
1973The Love-Girl and the InnocentNemov
1973Gawain and the Green KnightHumphrey
1972The Pied PiperOfficer
1972Van der ValkMadame Arthur
1971One Brief Summer
1971The Last of the Mohicans
1970Scars of DraculaFirst Officer
1970Play for TodayWriter
1970Julius CaesarPlebian
19701917Felix, the Cook
1969Big Breadwinner HogGrange
1967Callan
1964Sherlock Holmes
—Running WildScreenplay

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