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Robert Knights

Film Director / Television Director | * 1942 (82)
Robert Knights (born 1942 in England) is a British film and television director, perhaps best known for his film The Dawning, about the Irish War of Independence. He has been nominated for three BAFTA TV Awards and he won the Montréal World Film Festival Jury Prize for The Dawning. Also the International Emmy in New York for 'Porterhouse Blue' (Channel 4) starring David Jason (BAFTA Best Actor Award), and Chistopher Gunning (BAFTA Best Music). ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Set in working class Newcastle, the Stott family fight their private battles against the backdrop of the conflict of World War II. Helen Stott, over thirty and with a limp, is resigned to being left o ...

And a Nightingale Sang

Certification unknown

1989 | 2.3/5 | 1h 35min
Drama
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An IRA gunman on the run from the government meets an idealistic young woman and attempts to win her support for his cause. ...

The Dawning

PG

1988 | 2.9/5 | 1h 37min
Drama, Thriller
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Ardently left-wing, or so it seems, Howard Kirk (Antony Sher) subtly extends his power over students and colleagues alike at a redbrick university. ...

The History Man

Certification unknown

1981 | 2.5/5 | 1h per episode
Comedy
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Cambridge, Great Britain, 1980s. When the headmaster of Porterhouse College dies without naming a successor, the government appoints a former graduate whose ideas clash with the extreme conservatism t ...

Porterhouse Blue

TV-MA

1987 | 3.5/5 | 1h per episode
Comedy
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Movies with Robert Knights as Crew(11)

Directing/Director1997 Black Velvet Band
Directing/Director1992 Double Vision
Directing/Director1989 And a Nightingale Sang
Directing/Director1988 The Dawning
Directing/Director1984 The Ebony Tower
Directing/Director1982 A Dedicated Man
Directing/Director1979 The Out of Town Boys
Directing/Director1977 Love on a Gunboat
Directing/Director1977 Catchpenny Twist
Directing/Director1975 The After Dinner Game
Directing/Director1973 The Emergency Channel

TV Shows/Series with Robert Knights as Crew(15)

Directing/Director2000 Waking the Dead
Directing/Director2000 Monarch of the Glen
Directing/Director1995 Dangerfield
Directing/Director1992 A Touch of Frost
Directing/Director1987 Inspector Morse
Directing/Director1987 Porterhouse Blue
Directing/Director1985 Tender Is the Night
Directing/Director1984 The Bill
Directing/Director1981 The History Man
Directing/Director1976 The Glittering Prizes
Directing/Director1975 Rumpole of the Bailey
Directing/Director1972 The Edwardians
Directing/Director1970 Play for Today
Directing/Director1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre
Directing/Director1965 Public Eye

Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: 1942 (current age: 82 years)
Languages: English (EN)
Robert Knights frequently works together with these people:
Herbert Wise (6x, Crew)
Tenniel Evans (6x, Actor)
Julian Glover (5x, Actor)
Bryan Pringle (5x, Actor)
Cheryl Hall (5x, Actress)
Joanna David (5x, Actress)
John Nettleton (5x, Actor)
Jennifer Daniel (5x, Actress)
Tilly Vosburgh (5x, Actress)
Antony Carrick (5x, Actor)
Roger Hammond (4x, Actor)
David Rose (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:284274, Added: 08/10/2018, Last updated: 04/05/2024