Les Blair
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 23, 1941 (age 85)
- Birthplace
- Manchester, England
Biography
Born in 1941, Les Blair is a BAFTA winning television, film and theatre director famous for productions that have political or socially aware themes and are often improvised or naturalistic in flavour. He attended Salford Grammer School and, whilst there, acted in plays alongside fellow pupil Mike Leigh. After graduating at Liverpool University, Blair met up with RADA graduate Leigh again and the pair became flatmates and proponents of Improvisational drama in Birmingham. After joining the London Film School they collaborated together on Leigh's first feature film, Bleak Moments. Blair's own work includes the groundbreaking and controversial BBC miniseries Law and Order (1978) and the 1993 film Bad Behaviour.
Known For
Filmography
H3
Movie · Director
Stand and Deliver
Movie · Director
Jump the Gun
Movie · Director
Bliss
Movie · Director
Bad Behavior
Movie · Director
The Merrihill Millionaires
Movie · Director
Tracey Ullman: A Class Act
Movie · Director
Seduction
Movie · Director
Filipina Dreamgirls
Movie · Director
News Hounds
Movie · Director
The Accountant
Movie · Director
Leave to Remain
Movie · Director
Screen One
TV · Director · 3 eps
4 Play
TV · Director · 1 ep
London's Burning: The Movie
Movie · Director
Honest Decent & True
Movie · Director
ScreenPlay
TV · Director · 1 ep
Number One
Movie · Director
Screen Two
TV · Director · 2 eps
Four in a Million
Movie · Director
Only a Game
Movie · Director
Beyond the Pale
Movie · Director
Law & Order
TV · Director · 4 eps
Sunshine in Brixton
Movie · Director
Bet Your Life
Movie · Director
Plays for Britain
TV · Director · 1 ep
Early to Bed
Movie · Director
Blooming Youth
Movie · Director
Second City Firsts
TV · Director · 3 eps
Play for Today
TV · Director · 3 eps
ITV Playhouse
TV · Director · 1 ep