Jon Amiel

Jon Amiel

1948-05-20 London, England, UK 21 Credits

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.

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A Look Through His Lens

A Look Through His Lens

2024

as Self

Acting

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

Deliverance Creek

2014

Director, Executive Producer

5.3
Directing Producing

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

Creation

2009

Director, Screenstory

6.4
Directing Writing

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

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007

as Self

Acting

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

The Core

The Core

2003

Director

5.8
Directing

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

Entrapment

1999

Director

6.2
Directing

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

Simply Irresistible

Simply Irresistible

1999

Producer

5.4
Producing

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

The Man Who Knew Too Little

1997

Director

6.4
Directing

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

Copycat

1995

Director

6.5
Directing

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

Sommersby

Sommersby

1993

Director

6.3
Directing

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...

Tune in Tomorrow...

1990

Director

5.3
Directing

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

Queen of Hearts

1989

Director

6.7
Directing

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

The Silent Twins

1986

Director

Directing

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

5.0
Directing

'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

Gates of Gold

1983

Director

Directing

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

Busted

Busted

1983

Director

6.0
Directing

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

Lunch

1982

Director

Directing

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

A Sudden Wrench

A Sudden Wrench

1982

Director

Directing

Christine takes up an unusual line of work and proves she is not just another bored housewife.

Preview

Preview

1982

Director

Directing

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

Beyond the Pale

Beyond the Pale

1981

Story

Writing

"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

Directing

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...