The son of a Shipley chemist he was initially connected with the stage first with the post war Shipley Young Theatre then with the Bradford Civic Theatre where he came into contact with the Bradford born author J B Priestley who recognising his potential commissioned him to write a TV documentary. from where it was a short step to directing films. His close association with another novelist, John Osborne resulted in him directing Look Back in Ange in 1959 and The Entertainer in 1960 where the location scenes were shot in Morecambe where his parents had made their home in retirement. Following the great success of Tom Jones, particularly in America and his marriage to Vanessa Redgrave having ended he moved there and co wrote the film Dead Cert. The last film he made was The Hotel New Hampshire.
Blue Sky(1994)
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction(1990)
The Phantom of the Opera(1990)
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun(1988)
The Penalty Phase(1986)
The Hotel New Hampshire(1984)
Joseph Andrews(1977)
Dead Cert(1974)
Ned Kelly(1970)
Hamlet(1969)
Girl with Green Eyes(1964)
Tom Jones(1963)
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner(1962)
A Taste of Honey(1961)
BBC Sunday-Night Play(1960)
It Happened Here(1964)
De pelĂcula(1982)as Self - Interviewee
Arena(1975)as Self
Success Story(1974)as Self
Right to Work March(1972)as Contributor
British Film Forever(2007)as Self
Timeshift(2002)as Self
Hollywood U.K. British Cinema in the Sixties(1993)as Self
