Brian Percival

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Brian Percival is a British film director, working mainly in television. He was born in Liverpool in the United Kingdom and attended New Heys Comprehensive School from 1973 to 1980. He has directed Pleasureland, North & South, ShakespeaRe-Told (Much Ado About Nothing), The Ruby in the Smoke and The Old Curiosity Shop.

His nine-minute short About a Girl won the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film and several film festival awards in 2001.

Since 2010 he has directed seven episodes of the ITV British period drama, Downton Abbey. For his work on the show he won the 2010 BAFTA Craft award for Best Fiction Director and the 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special. In 2012, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for "Episode 7".^[1] He also directed the 2013 film, The Book Thief.

References

↑ "Academy of Television Arts & Sciences". Emmys.com. Retrieved 2013-12-02.

External links

Brian Percival at the Internet Movie Database

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special

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