Biography
Peter Graham Scott (27 October 1923 β 5 August 2007) was an English television and film producer, television director, film director, film editor and screenwriter. He was one of the producers and directors who shaped British television drama in its formative years and his background in film editing and directing helped to move television out of an era of studio-bound productions and towards programmes that owed more to cinema than to the stage. Scott was born in East Sheen, Surrey, but was brought up in Isleworth, Middlesex, where he attended acting classes at the Italia Conti Academy.
As a teenager after the outbreak of the Second World War, he worked in the films division of the British Ministry of Information until he was called up for military service. However, as a newly commissioned Royal Artillery officer, his service was abruptly ended by an accident while training. Once recovered, he went back to filmmaking, and by 1947 was an editor on Brighton Rock, starring a young Richard Attenborough.
In 1950, he married Mimi Martell, and they had two sons (deceased) and two daughters.
In 1984, Scott won the Royal Television Society's Sir Ambrose Fleming Award for Outstanding Contribution to Television. In 1999, he published his memoirs, British Television: An Insider's History.
Scott died in Windlesham, Surrey, on 5 August 2007.
Filmography
all 57
Movies 41
Director 34
TV Shows 16
Producer 13
Writer 2
Three Wishes for Jamie (1987)
The Canterville Ghost (1986)
Arch of Triumph (1985)
The Master of Ballantrae (1984)
Jamaica Inn (1983)
Jamaica Inn (1983)
Into the Labyrinth (1981)
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980)
Kidnapped (1978)
Children of the Stones (1977)
Quiller (1975)
The Onedin Line (1971)
Five Survive (1971)
That's all We Need (1971)
The Ski Wheelers (1971)
Time Flies (1971)
Up for the Cup (1971)
Up the Creek (1971)
Codename (1970)
The Promise (1969)
The Borderers (1968)
Subterfuge (1968)
The Expert (1968)
The Prisoner (1967)
Mister Ten Per Cent (1967)
Redcap (1964)
Father Came Too! (1964)
Bitter Harvest (1963)
The Cracksman (1963)
Captain Clegg (1962)
The Pot Carriers (1962)
Sir Francis Drake (1961)
Tales of Mystery (1961)
The Avengers (1961)
Danger Man (1960)
The Big Day (1960)
Let's Get Married (1960)
Devil's Bait (1959)
The Headless Ghost (1959)
Breakout (1959)
The Big Chance (1957)
Account Rendered (1957)
The Hide-Out (1956)
ITV Play of the Week (1955)
The Genie (1953)
Escape Route (1952)
Sing Along with Me (1952)
Shadow of the Eagle (1950)
Landfall (1949)
The Perfect Woman (1949)
Brighton Rock (1948)
English Criminal Justice (1946)
Cyprus Is an Island (1946)
Fenlands (1946)
The Proud City: A Plan for London (1946)
CEMA (1942)
A Chance to Dance
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1923-10-27
Deathday2007-08-05 (83 years old)
Birth PlaceSurrey, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsPeter Scott
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