David Wheatley (director)

For the Irish poet, see David Wheatley (poet).

David Wheatley
Born	December 20, 1949(1949-12-20) Sunderland
Died	April 5, 2009(2009-04-05)
Occupation	Film and television director

David Wheatley (20 December 1949 – 5 April 2009) was a British film and television director.^[1]

His Royal College of Art graduation film was on the Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte, after his tutor Gavin Millar showed him a book on the artist. The film was screened as part of the BBC's arts' programmes Omnibus in 1979. From that year, he contributed films to the Omnibus and Arena series,^[2] before branching out into other areas in the mid 1980s.

He directed The Magic Toyshop (1987), a fantasy film based on the Angela Carter novel, which Carter adapted herself, and several social dramas set in the north of England. In the early 1990s he directed a series of Catherine Cookson adaptations for Tyne Tees which gained audiences of 14 million.^[3]

He also directed episodes of Fat Friends and Dalziel and Pascoe.^[4]

He died after a long illness on 5 April 2009, aged 59.

References

1. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/apr/13/obituary-david-wheatley
2. ^ Leslie Megahey "Obituary: David Wheatley", The Guardian, 13 April 2009
3. ^ Lasting Tribute website.
4. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923675/

External links

• David Wheatley on IMDB
• Obituary

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Name	Wheatley, David
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Date of birth	20 December 1949
Place of birth	Sunderland
Date of death	5 April 2009
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