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