Michael E. Briant
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Micheal E. Briant (born in Bournemouth, Hampshire, England on 14 February 1942) is best known as a British television director, but he is also a producer and actor.
When Michael was 21 he joined the BBC as an assistant floor manager in the drama department and a year later became a Production Assistant.
In 1966 he took a Directors Course and whilst doing so he directed series such as Z-Cars and Doctor Who.
During his time on Doctor Who, he had directed episodes such as Revenge of the Cybermen, The Robots of Death, and The Sea Devils. He also appeared in both Revenge of the Cybermen and The Sea Devils, though it was only his voice that was heard. His favourite Who was The Robots of Death, however, he is most proud of his susbequent direction of the BBC drama series Secret Army for which he directed episodes between 1978 and 1979. He later directed four of the six episodes of its sequel, Kessler and the thriller series Blood Money in which he cast many of the actors from Secret Army, before moving to the Netherlands to direct television there.
In the 1980s he went onto working directing episodes of the soap opera EastEnders, working with Julia Smith and Tony Holland, whom he had worked with on Z-Cars.
He currently lives in France where he indulges his passion for sailing.
