Renny Rye

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Renny Rye
Born (1947-12-02) 2 December 1947 (age 77)
Cambridge, England
OccupationTelevision director
Known forTelevision director (Lipstick on Your Collar, Karaoke, Cold Lazarus)
SpouseAnn Lynn (m. 1970)
Children1 daughter, 1 son

Renny Rye (born 2 December 1947) is a British television director known for his work in television drama.

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Life and career

Rye was born in Cambridge. [1] He was a producer for Blue Peter and directed The Box of Delights from the John Masefield novel, which was broadcast in the run-up to Christmas 1984. He is well-known for his novels.[ citation needed ]

Rye may be best known for directing the later work of Dennis Potter, Lipstick on Your Collar (1993) and two linked serials first shown in 1996, Karaoke and Cold Lazarus , two years after Potter died.

Other directing credits include: Midsomer Murders , Vital Signs , Two Thousand Acres of Sky , Silent Witness , Close and True , Oliver Twist , Sunburn , Big Women, Family Money, Kavanagh QC , The Other Side, The Box of Delights , The Paradise Club , TECX, The Gemini Factor, Casualty , The December Rose, Treasure Houses, The Box of Light, Dramarama , Ghost in the Water, Squadron , Her Mother's House, Maggie , A Moment in Time, and Rentaghost . He is also the producer of two credits. [2]

Personal life

He lives in Chalfont Common, Chalfont St Peter in Chiltern District, a short distance down from the National Film and Television School. He married Ann Lynn in 1970 in Kent. The couple has a daughter (born 1974) and a son (born 1977). His granddaughter is actress Lyla Barrett-Rye.

References

  1. ↑ "Renny Rye". BFI. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Rees, Jasper; Cavendish, Dominic (24 April 1996). "Dennis Potter: the end game". The Independent. Retrieved 9 February 2021.


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