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Philip Saville (28 October 1927 – 22 December 2016) was a British director, screenwriter and former actor whose career lasted half a century. The British Film Institute's Screenonline website described Saville as "one of Britain's most prolific and pioneering television and film directors".
Philip Saville was born on 28 October 1930 in London, England, UK. He was a director and actor, known for Boys from the Blackstuff (1982), The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1986) and The Buccaneers (1995).
- Director, Actor, Producer
- October 28, 1930
- Philip Saville
- December 22, 2016
Veteran British filmmaker Philip Saville directs the religious epic The Gospel of John| a production of the Canadian company Visual Bible International. This three-hour drama attempts to ...
- 183 min
- 1.8M
- Olivier Nedar
Feb 17, 2017 · Philip Saville,who has died aged 86, directed two of the most notable television dramas of the 1980s, Alan Bleasdale’s bleakly compulsive series Boys from the Blackstuff (1982) and The Life...
The film is a word-for-word adaptation of the American Bible Society 's Good News Bible and follows the Gospel of John precisely, without additions to the story from the other Gospels or omissions of the Gospel's complex passages.
Philip Saville was born on October 28, 1930 in London, England, UK. He was a director and actor, known for Boys from the Blackstuff (1982), The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1986) and The Buccaneers (1995). He was married to Nina Zuckerman and Jane Arden.
Philip Saville. Director, Actor, Writer. 28 December 1930 to 22 December 2016. A British director, actor and writer whose breakthrough came with a successful TV production of Harold Pinter’s A Night Out (1960), one of Saville’s 45 contributions to Armchair Theatre (1956-1972).
