Directing
Community Rating
5.4
TMDB estimate
Born
October 23, 1941 (age 84)
Born in
Manchester, England
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.
H3
as Director
2001
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Stand and Deliver
as Director, Writer
1998
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Jump the Gun
as Writer, Director
1997
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Amazing Grace
as Executive Producer
1997
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Bliss
as Director, Writer
1995
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The Merrihill Millionaires
as Director
1993
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Bad Behavior
as Director, Writer
1993
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Tracey Ullman: A Class Act
as Director
1993
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Filipina Dreamgirls
as Director
1991
—Seduction
as Director
1991
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News Hounds
as Director, Writer
1990
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The Accountant
as Director
1989
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Leave to Remain
as Director
1989
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London's Burning: The Movie
as Director
1986
—Honest Decent & True
as Director, Writer
1986
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Number One
as Director
1985
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Screen Two
as Writer, Director
1985
—Four in a Million
as Director
1982
—Only a Game
as Director, Writer
1981
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Beyond the Pale
as Story, Director
1981
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