Charles Sturridge

Charles Sturridge (born June 24, 1951) is a British television and movie director.

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June 24 - 1951

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Born in London and educated at Stonyhurst College, he directed TV's Coronation Street (1972) by his early twenties and gained international recognition for his work on the much-praised, eleven part television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited (1981). Sturridge has continued to produce notable work for television, including the critically-acclaimed mini-series, Gulliver's Travels (1996), and the BAFTA-winning telepic, Shackleton (2002).

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London - Stonyhurst College - Coronation Street - 1972 - Television - Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited - 1981 - Gulliver's Travels - 1996 - BAFTA - Shackleton - 2002

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Sturridge has made five assured forays into feature films, including the lyrically sculpted black-and-white segment, "La Forza del Destino" from Aria (1986). With a particular affinity for handsomely executed period films and rich literary adaptations, he filmed another Evelyn Waugh novel, A Handful of Dust (1988) and the lushly beautiful and brilliantly acted film version of E. M. Forster's first novel, Where Angels Fear to Tread (1992). He was the director of the critically acclaimed drama A Foreign Field (1993), and most recently, of a film based on the "Cottingley Fairies" controvery, Fairy Tale: A True Story (1997).

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Aria - 1986 - A Handful of Dust - 1988 - E. M. Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread - 1992 - A Foreign Field - 1993 - Cottingley Fairies - 1997

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Sturridge also had a brief acting career, portraying the young Edward VII in some episodes of the ATV serial Edward the Seventh (aka Edward the King) (1975). In later episodes Edward was played by Timothy West. Sturridge has been married to actress Phoebe Nicholls since 1985.

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Edward VII - ATV - Edward the Seventh - 1975 - Timothy West - Phoebe Nicholls - 1985

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