Les Blair
24 movies · 9 TV shows
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Oct 23, 1941 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- Manchester, England
- Also known as
- Leslie Blair
Biography
Born in 1941, Les Blair is a BAFTA winning television, film and theatre director famous for productions that have political or socially aware themes and are often improvised or naturalistic in flavour. He attended Salford Grammer School and, whilst there, acted in plays alongside fellow pupil Mike Leigh. After graduating at Liverpool University, Blair met up with RADA graduate Leigh again and the pair became flatmates and proponents of Improvisational drama in Birmingham. After joining the London Film School they collaborated together on Leigh's first feature film, Bleak Moments. Blair's own work includes the groundbreaking and controversial BBC miniseries Law and Order (1978) and the 1993 film Bad Behaviour.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Les Blair: movies and TV shows
Behind the camera (33)
- 2001 H3
Director
- 1998 Stand and Deliver
Director, Writer
- 1997 Jump the Gun
Director, Writer
- 1997 Amazing Grace
Executive Producer
- 1995 Bliss
Director, Writer
- 1993 The Merrihill Millionaires
Director
- 1993 Bad Behavior
Director, Writer
- 1993 Tracey Ullman: A Class Act
Director
- 1991 Filipina Dreamgirls
Director
- 1991 Seduction
Director
- 1990 News Hounds
Director, Writer
- 1989
- 1989 The Accountant
Director
- 1989
- 1989 Leave to Remain
Director
- 1986 London's Burning: The Movie
Director
- 1986
- 1986 Honest Decent & True
Director, Writer
- 1985 Number One
Director
- 1985
- 1982 Four in a Million
Director
- 1981 Only a Game
Writer, Director
- 1981 Beyond the Pale
Director, Story
- 1978
- 1976 Bet Your Life
Writer, Director
- 1976 Sunshine in Brixton
Director
- 1976
- 1975 Early to Bed
Director
- 1973
- 1973 Blooming Youth
Director, Writer
- 1972 Bleak Moments
Editor, Producer
- 1970
- 1967