Andy Wilson (director)

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Andy Wilson is a British film, TV and theatre director.

[edit] Early career

Wilson began his career as a performer with Circus Lumiere. Was one of the directors (with Cindy Oswin, Brian Lipson and Peter Godfrey) of the experimental theatre group Rational Theatre and also a performer with Archaos, the celebrated anarchist French circus troupe.

Wilson studied drama at Birmingham University from 1976 to 1979 and then worked as an actor for three years before joining the London based Rational Theatre and subsequently establishing the Hidden Grin Theatre.^[1]

[edit] Film and television directing

Wilson began his transition to film and television by directing numerous music videos, notably for techno duo Underworld. In 1984 he began writing for film with Rococo^[2]. Wilson's first opportunity as a director was in 1987 on Channel 4 - Four Minutes with a spot titled "The Job".

In 1989 Wilson directed Bouinax in Love for the French television channel La Sept featuring the Archaos circus troupe. A film with Theatre de Complicite for the newly formed Channel Four led to a long career in British television, directing among others Cracker, An Evening with Gary Lineker, Gormenghast, Psychos, Spooks, The Forsyte Saga and Hotel Babylon. Andy also directed the 1997 film Playing God with David Duchovny and Angelina Jolie. Also appeared as an actor in the Peter Greenaway film The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover^[3].