Paul Seed

Paul Seed

  • Birthday: 1947-09-18
  • Place of birth: Bideford, Devon UK

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paul Seed (born 18 September 1947) is a British television director and former actor. Born in Bideford in Devon, he began his career as an actor, appearing in numerous television series, including Z Cars, Softly Softly: Task Force, Survivors, Doctor Who, Secret Army, Coronation Street, Crown Court and Tales of the Unexpected. In the late 1970s, Seed chose to pursue a career in TV drama directing and completed the BBC Directors' course, following which he directed numerous TV plays, series and serials during the 1980s. He is perhaps best known for directing the BBC's smash-hit 1990 mini-series House of Cards and its sequel To Play the King, adapted by Andrew Davies from Michael Dobbs' novels and famously starring Ian Richardson as Francis Urquhart. He continued to direct for television drama series throughout the 1990s including A Touch of Frost and Playing the Field, and in 2002 directed all six episodes of the revival of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. In recent years, he has directed episodes of New Tricks, Northern Lights and Lark Rise to Candleford, and in 2010 directed the BBC adaptation of Just William. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Seed, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Filmography

Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation

1978

As Graff Vynda-K

The Human Factor

1979

As Shop Assistant

Production

Dirty Tricks

2000

As Director

A Rather English Marriage

1998

As Director

Christmas Lights

2004

As Director

The Affair

1995

As Director

The Booze Cruise

2003

As Director

Roman Road

2004

As Director

Fighting Back

1986

As Director

Across the Water

1983

As Director

A Risk Worth Taking

2008

As Director

Too Late to Talk to Billy

1982

As Director

My Beautiful Son

2001

As Director

Inappropriate Behaviour

1987

As Director

Ex

1991

As Director

The Picnic

1989

As Director

Wynne and Penkovsky

1985

As Director

Clash of the Santas

2008

As Director

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