Andrew Grieve

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Andrew Grieve
Born (1939-11-28) 28 November 1939 (age 82)
Occupation Television and film director
Awards Golden Shell
1988 On the Black Hill
Silver FIPA
1999 Hornblower

Andrew Grieve (born 28 November 1939) is a British television and film director. [1] Grieve's credits include Wire in the Blood . On the Black Hill , the screenplay of which he also wrote, won the Golden Shell at the San Sebastian Film Festival in 1988. [2] He has also directed episodes of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Hornblower . [3] [4] His work on Hornblower won him the Silver FIPA at the Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming in 1999. He has since written and directed the BBC drama-documentary Heroes and Villains episode on Hernán Cortés. [5]

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References

  1. "Andrew Grieve". BFI. Archived from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  2. "BFI Screenonline: On The Black Hill (1987)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  3. "BFI Screenonline: Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989-) Credits". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  4. "Andrew Grieve | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
  5. "Heroes and Villains: Cortes (2008) - Andrew Grieve | Cast and Crew | AllMovie" via www.allmovie.com.