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Complete Filmography
The Mystery of Men
1999
Director
Four middle-aged men concoct a scheme which involves them insuring their lives, so that if one of them dies the others inherit a tidy sum. Suddenly fa...
Imogen's Face
1998
Director
The beautiful Imogen has just given birth to twins, and asks her sister Amanda to cover for her while she spends time with her lover.
King Leek
1997
Idea
A comic tale of competitive leek growing in the north of England, where the stakes are high and the tactics are dirty. Vegetable mad Malcolm has just ...
The Girl
1996
Director
Adaptation of Catherine Cookson's novel. In mid-19th century Yorkshire, Hannah Boyle is left with the family of Matthew Thornton, the man her dying mo...
Nobody's Children
1994
Director
An American couple's battle through bureaucracy to adopt a Romanian child.
Hostages
1992
Director
True account of the six men held hostage by religious extremists in Beirut during the Reagan-Bush era.
Prince
1991
Director
Story of how a family is affected very greatly by their Alsation dog Prince
Journey to Knock
1991
Director
Journey to Knock humourously follows three disabled men on their pilgrimage from the North of England to Knock shrine in Co. Mayo.
The March
1990
Director
A group of several thousand Africans migrate westward across northern Africa and sail across the Strait of Gibraltar to Europe. Their message is: "We ...
The Fifteen Streets
1989
as Gilbert Culbert
In northern England around 1900, the worker John O'Brien lives near poverty in a small house in the worker's district. He falls in love with Mary, the...
The Fifteen Streets
1989
Director
In northern England around 1900, the worker John O'Brien lives near poverty in a small house in the worker's district. He falls in love with Mary, the...
Starlings
1988
Director
Starlings are the charlatans of the bird world; they change their tune to match their company. In this comedy, Gary Wilson is the changeling; he loses...
The Magic Toyshop
1987
Director
After her parents are killed, a young girl is sent to London to live with her uncle and his family. Her uncle, who is a toymaker, secretly has the pow...
Land
1987
Director
The Amazonian jungle, Brazil, 1987. Ruthless landowners are evicting peasants from their land. The peasants look to the priest for help, and are cont...
Brick Is Beautiful
1986
Director
Steve thinks there is a fortune in reclaimed bricks. But how will his ambition affect his girlfriend, Maureen, and his mates, Brad, Dez and Snapper?
Profile of a Writer: Borges
1983
Director
This documentary examines Borges' extraordinary life and work, using dramatizations of his most memorable stories and rare interview footage with the ...