Biography
John Summer Gorrie (born 11 August 1932) is an English director and screenwriter. He began his career as an actor, but in early 1963 he completed the BBC's directors' course. His first assignments as a director were for the soap opera Compact and the anthology series Suspense. He directed the Doctor Who serial The Keys of Marinus.He directed episodes of Out of the Unknown, Edward the Seventh (which he also co-wrote), Play for Today, and Tales of the Unexpected. Gorrie also directed John Osborne's adaptation of Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1976) for the Play of the Month series.In 1979, John Gorrie directed two classics: Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (taping dates 16–21 May, first transmitted in the UK on 6 January 1980), and The Tempest (taping dates 23–28 July, first transmitted in the UK on 27 February 1980) in the BBC Television Shakespeare project.
Filmography
all 44
Director 42
Movies 23
TV Shows 21
Writer 1
Private Lives (2019)
Five Go to Smuggler's Top (1995)
Five on a Treasure Island (1995)
Peak Practice (1993)
Cause célèbre (1987)
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)
A Sort of Innocence (1986)
Morgan's Boy (1984)
Sherlock Holmes (1984)
Bewitched (1983)
The Sin Bin (1981)
The Tempest (1980)
Twelfth Night (1980)
The Wings of the Dove (1979)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
The Man with the Power (1978)
Lillie (1978)
Private Lives (1976)
The Love of a Good Woman (1976)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1976)
French Without Tears (1976)
Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)
Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)
Angels (1975)
Edward the Seventh (1975)
Within These Walls (1974)
The General's Day (1972)
Cows (1972)
Michael Regan (1971)
Play for Today (1970)
Macbeth (1970)
Charley's Aunt (1969)
The Merry Widow (1968)
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
Out of the Unknown (1965)
A Knight in Tarnished Armour (1965)
The Wednesday Play (1964)
Thorndyke (1964)
Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus (1964)
Doctor Who (1963)
Compact (1962)
The Avengers (1961)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1932-01-01 (92 years old)
Birth PlaceHastings, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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