Daniel Percival (director)

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Daniel Percival is a British BAFTA-winning director and screenwriter of television drama. [1] [2]

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Career

Having originally trained as a film editor Percival started directing documentaries for the BBC in the mid 1990s. One of his earliest successes was a two-part series about depression for Channel 4 in England, New Britain on the Couch, presented by psychologist Oliver James, as well as Ancient Inventions .

Percival concentrated on drama work after 2000. He wrote for Waking the Dead , and co-wrote and directed the political thriller The State Within . The series, a joint production of BBC Films and BBC America, follows Sir Mark Brydon (Jason Isaacs), the British Ambassador to Washington, who is caught in the centre of a political conspiracy threatening to depose Western governments. As such, he must prevent a war, all whilst facing his own personal dilemmas. [3] [4] The series was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards in the categories 'Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television' and 'Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film'. [5] Other work includes Death Comes to Pemberley [6] and Jimmy McGovern's Banished , and several Frank Spotnitz productions, such as Chris Ryan's Strike Back , Crossing Lines, Hunted and Leonardo .

References

  1. ↑ Guardian Staff (9 May 2005). "Bafta TV Craft Awards: full list of winners". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "2005 Television Craft New Director - Fiction | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "The State Within - Episodes". BBC.
  4. ↑ "'Then I'd have to kill you'". 4 June 2023 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "The State within".
  6. ↑ "Jenna Coleman to Star in Death Comes To Pemberley". BBC. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2020.


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