Kevin Billington (born 12 June 1934) is an English film director, who
has worked in the theatre, film and television since the 1960s.The son
of a factory worker, and educated at Bryanston School and Queens'
College, Cambridge, early in his career he worked for the BBC as a
radio producer in Leeds (1959â€"60) and then for television in
Manchester (1960â€"61) before working on the early evening Tonight and
on documentaries for the BBC and ATV until 1967. Billington's films
include The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970), which stars Peter
Cook, while his theatre work includes several productions of plays by
Harold Pinter, who was married to his wife’s sister.Billington's
television work includes Henry VIII (1979) for the BBC Television
Shakespeare project, one of the best received productions in the
series. He also directed The Good Soldier (Granada 1981), based on the
novel by Ford Madox Ford, and A Time to Dance (BBC 1992), adapted by
Melvyn Bragg from his own work of fiction.
has worked in the theatre, film and television since the 1960s.The son
of a factory worker, and educated at Bryanston School and Queens'
College, Cambridge, early in his career he worked for the BBC as a
radio producer in Leeds (1959â€"60) and then for television in
Manchester (1960â€"61) before working on the early evening Tonight and
on documentaries for the BBC and ATV until 1967. Billington's films
include The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970), which stars Peter
Cook, while his theatre work includes several productions of plays by
Harold Pinter, who was married to his wife’s sister.Billington's
television work includes Henry VIII (1979) for the BBC Television
Shakespeare project, one of the best received productions in the
series. He also directed The Good Soldier (Granada 1981), based on the
novel by Ford Madox Ford, and A Time to Dance (BBC 1992), adapted by
Melvyn Bragg from his own work of fiction.
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