Biography
Jon Amiel is an English film director who has since the early 1980s worked in film and television in both the UK and the US.
Known For
Complete Filmography

A Look Through His Lens
2024
as Self
Oscar-winning cinematographer Philippe Rousselot offers a master class in image making, with insightful examples from his work on Diva, Hope and Glory...

Deliverance Creek
2014
Director, Executive Producer
At the end of the Civil War, Belle Gatlin Barlowe, a widowed mother of three, faces uncertainty as she attempts to defend her family's land by any mea...

Creation
2009
Director, Screenstory
A psychological, heart-wrenching love story that provides a unique and inside look at Charles Darwin. Torn between faith and science, he struggles to ...

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Self
Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas ...

The Core
2003
Director
Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapid...

Entrapment
1999
Director
Two thieves, who travel in elegant circles, try to outsmart each other and, in the process, end up falling in love.

Simply Irresistible
1999
Producer
After her mother's death, mediocre chef Amanda Shelton is having trouble attracting customers to her family's restaurant. While shopping for ingredien...

The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997
Director
An American gets a ticket for an audience participation game in London, then gets involved in a case of mistaken identity. As an international plot un...

Copycat
1995
Director
An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.

Sommersby
1993
Director
Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By al...

Tune in Tomorrow...
1990
Director
Martin works at the local radio station, which just hired a new scriptwriter with a reputation for great drama, Pedro Carmichael. Martin’s aunt Julia,...

Queen of Hearts
1989
Director
Eddie Luca is the youngest son in a family of Italian immigrants who has moved to London. Beginning from nowhere, they open a cafe in an Italian neigh...

The Silent Twins
1986
Director
Twins June and Jennifer Gibbons speak only to each other in a language of their own creation. As young teens, they commit a violent crime. After 14 ye...
The Last Evensong
1985
Director
'The old order changeth, giving way to new....' But not if Brigadier Pryce Jones and Miss Marshall have anything to do with it.

Gates of Gold
1983
Director
Play by Maurice Leitch set in Country Antrim. Two evangelists are touring the area, stirring up religious fervour in the quiet Presbyterian backwaters...

Busted
1983
Director
A ringing phone after midnight can be a disturbing experience but until Simon, a successful barrister, hears from Macy, his friend from university day...

Lunch
1982
Director
Two women meet for lunch every two weeks to swap news. But this week is different

A Sudden Wrench
1982
Director
Christine takes up an unusual line of work and proves she is not just another bored housewife.

Preview
1982
Director
Four television critics gather in a Wardour Street preview theatre to see a documentary and get the surprise of their lives.

Beyond the Pale
1981
Story
"The British Brothers leave Hackney at 4:30 today and will march with bands and banners through the Jewish quarters of Whitechapel and Bethnal Green."...
The Angel Makers
N/A
Director
During World War I, a group of women who are left behind in an English farming community become romantically involved with several German prisoners of...