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Alvin Rakoff (born February 6, 1927) is a Canadian director of film, television and theatre productions. He has worked with actors including Laurence Olivier, Peter Sellers, Sean Connery, Judi Dench, Rex Harrison, Rod Steiger, Henry Fonda and Ava Gardner.
Alvin Rakoff. Director: Say Hello to Yesterday. Alvin Rakoff has directed more than 100 television, film and stage productions. He is now in his 10th decade. And still active.
- Director, Producer, Writer
- February 6, 1927
- Alvin Rakoff
Alvin Rakoff directed more than 100 television, film and stage productions. He is now in his 10th decade. And still active. The twice Emmy Award winning director gave an unknown extra his first leading role: Sean Connery. He gave drama student Alan Rickman his first professional job.
About. Alvin’s career as a writer, director and producer has spanned decades – starting with the early days of live black and white BBC television drama, working with leading actors in film and television and winning numerous awards in the process.
YearTitle1953Holiday Girl1953Starlight1953Strictly Personal (3 episodes)1953A Place of Execution (6 part seriel)Alvin Rakoff is a multi-award-winning filmmaker of more than 100 television, film, and stage productions. He is now in his 10th decade. And still active. Alvin also gave a drama student called Alan Rickman his first professional job.
- February 6, 1927
‘Hoffman is a film about human relationships between men and women- an intelligent and revealing analysis, sensitively treated, brilliantly delivered in every respect. It is cinema at its artistic pinnacle…Alvin Rakoff superbly unfolds the plot…” Sunday Mercury
6:30pm: Alvin Rakoff: I’m Just The Guy Who Says Action. From TV’s Armchair Theatre, the BBC Shakespeare and Z Cars, to notable theatre and big screen productions, the 94-year-old Emmy-winning director (and longtime Chiswick neighbour of Richard Briers) has seen it all.
