Stephen Whittaker
Stephen Whittaker (28 June 1947 – 7 February 2003) was a British actor and director. He worked largely in British film and television, and attended Henley-in-Arden School in Warwickshire before further training as an actor at London's Corona Academy. He began his career aged 17, as a "bad boy" in the film To Sir With Love (1966), and in the classic BBC Doctor Who adventure The Web of Fear, as a soldier battling Yeti in the London Underground.
In 1985, Whittaker took a director's training course and directed a short training film, which he sent to John Schlesinger (who had directed him in Yanks). Schlesinger suggested him to producer Mark Shivas as director for Channel 4's drama trilogy What If It's Raining?, written by Anthony Minghella. This was the beginning of a directing career of prestigious TV and film work. Shortly before Whittaker's death, writer Julian Fellowes spoke of him as "the most exciting director in the industry."
In 2001, he filmed his final project, The Rocket Post, a romantic drama set on a remote Scottish island. The film had severe funding problems and was eventually released in 2006, three years after his death. The credits bear a dedication to his memory. Whittaker died following complications from a routine surgery.
Fotos
Películas (24)
El inventor alemán
2004 · Director
Sons & Lovers
2003 · Director
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001 · Director
A Life for a Life
1998 · Director
Stone, Scissors, Paper
1997 · Director
Stone Cold
1997 · Director
Tangier Cop
1997 · Director
Killing Me Softly
1996 · Director
Closing Numbers
1993 · Director
Love Birds
1988 · Director
The Keep
1983 · S.S. Kommando
Only a Game
1981 · Dave Rawlings
Yanks
1979 · Merchant Seaman
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1978 · Reporter
The Paradise Run
1976 · Terrorist
I Escaped from Devil's Island
1973 · Leper Count
The Roses of Eyam
1973 · Scythe Torre
Runaway, Runaway
1971 · Assistant Director
Bury Me an Angel
1971 · The Killer
Countercrime
1968 · George West
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear
1968 · Craftsman Weams
Up the Junction
1968 · Alf
To Sir, with Love
1967 · Schoolboy
The World in Silence
1966 · Harold
Series (28)
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001 · Director
Grafters
1998 · Director
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996 · Director
Hearts and Minds
1995 · Director
Portrait of a Marriage
1990 · Director
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Director
Eurocops
1988 · Director
Inspector Morse
1987 · Director
What If It's Raining
1986 · Director
Blott on the Landscape
1985 · Orderly
Screen Two
1985 · Director
The Legend of Robin Hood
1975 · Ralph Gammon
Crown Court
1972 · Kevin Wilson Lewis
Scene
1968 · Director
Sat'day While Sunday
1967 · Ossie
Sanctuary
1967 · Peter Lord
Champion House
1967 · The Clerk
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Paratrooper
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Joey
Out of the Unknown
1965 · Harold
I Dream of Jeannie
1965 · Bellboy
Crossroads
1964 · Tony Mortimer
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Davis, Roddy
Bewitched
1964 · Eddy
Doctor Who
1963 · Craftsman Weams
Z-Cars
1962 · Stan Finch
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Marco
ITV Play of the Week
1955 · Belhaven