A gifted talent who was directing TV's "Coronation Street" (1972) by his early twenties and gained international recognition for his work on the much-praised, 11-part "Brideshead Revisited" (1981), Sturridge has made four assured forays into feature films, including the lyrically sculpted black-and-white segment, "La Forza del Destino" from "Aria" (1986). With a particular affinity for handsomely executed period films and rich literary adaptations, he filmed another Evelyn Waugh novel, "A Handful of Dust" (1988) and the lushly beautiful and brilliantly acted film version of E. M. Forster's first novel, "Where Angels Fear to Tread" (1992).
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June 24, 1951 in London, England, United Kingdom
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Job Titles:
Director, Screenwriter, Actor
Milestones
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1982 Directed A Short Short--The Storyteller for Jim Henson Productions
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1999 Wrote and directed the British TV production Longitude (aired in USA on A&E in 2000)
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2002 Helmed the miniseries Shackleton , starring Kenneth Branagh
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2006 Directed and penned the script Lassie, based on Eric Knight s classic 1938 novel Lassie Come Home
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Directed Runners for Goldcrest
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Directed Soft Targets for the BBC
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Stage work included adaptation and direction of The Seagull and translation of Uncle Vanya
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Television work for Granada includes World in Action , Strangers , Brideshead Revisited , and some episodes of Coronation Street , the longest running show in British TV history