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Simon Langton (born 5 November 1941 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire) is a television director and producer. He is the son of David Langton, the actor who played Richard Bellamy in Upstairs, Downstairs.
After he had directed a number of TV drama series and serials during the 1970s, his 1982 dramatisation of the John le Carré novel Smiley's People was nominated for both a BAFTA award in the UK, and an Emmy Award in the USA. He later won a BAFTA award for the 1989 series Mother Love, starring Diana Rigg.
He is perhaps best known for directing the adaptation of Pride and Prejudice starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle in 1995, for which he was also nominated for a BAFTA.
He continues to direct for British TV drama, having lately directed a number of episodes of Rosemary and Thyme.
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Filmography
all 34
Director 32
TV Shows 24
Movies 10
self 2
The Story of the Costume Drama (2008)
Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes (2001)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999)
Nancherrow (1999)
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone (1997)
Midsomer Murders (1997)
Pride and Prejudice: From Page to Screen (1995)
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
The Cinder Path (1994)
Jeeves and Wooster (1990)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
Laguna Heat (1987)
Casanova (1987)
The Whistle Blower (1986)
Anna Karenina (1985)
The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck (1984)
Afterward (1983)
Smiley's People (1982)
I Remember Nelson (1982)
Thérèse Raquin (1980)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
Rebecca (1979)
Supernatural (1977)
You're On Your Own (1975)
Dial M for Murder (1974)
Dead of Night (1972)
The Befrienders (1972)
Upstairs, Downstairs (1971)
Barlow (1971)
Menace (1970)
Softly, Softly (1966)
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
Public Eye (1965)
Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1941-11-05 (82 years old)
Birth PlaceAmersham, United Kingdom
FatherDavid Langton
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known As사이먼 랭턴
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