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Metin Hüseyin (born in 1959 in London, United Kingdom) is a British television and film director.
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Biography
Hüseyin was born in Hackney, London to a Turkish Cypriot family.[1] His parents, Osman Hüseyin and Andaç Raif, immigrated from Cyprus to the United Kingdom in the 1950's where they married, set up a dry cleaning business and had five children.[1]
His debut film, Tight Trousers, was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for Best Short Film in 1989, and in 1998 he received an RTS award and a British Academy Television Award nomination for Common as Muck and The History of a Foundling; Tom Jones won three BAFTAs. In 2002 film he directed the film Anita and Me and has also directed episodes of The All New Alexei Sayle Show, Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) and Kingdom, some episodes of BBC's drama Merlin and Shameless.
Filmography
Director Year Film Notes 1990 Tight Trousers 1991 Teenage Health Freak TV series 1994 The All New Alexei Sayle Show TV series 1995 Sorry About Last Night TV movie 1994-1997 Common As Muck TV series 1997 The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling TV mini-series 1998 Norman Ormal: A Very Political Turtle TV movie 2000 It Was an Accident 2001 Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) TV series 2002 Anita and Me 2004 The Legend of the Tamworth Two TV movie 2004 A Thing Called Love TV series 2005 Angell's Hell TV movie 2005 Rose and Maloney TV series 2006 Mayo TV series 2006 Berry's Way TV movie 2008 The Palace TV series 2008 The Invisibles TV series 2007-2009 Kingdom TV series 2009 All the Small Things TV series 2009 Merlin TV series 2011 Borgia TV series 2010-2011 Shameless TV series 2011 Lewis TV series Personal life
Hüseyin is married and has two children. He is also related to Oya Talat who is the wife of Mehmet Ali Talat.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Sabah. "'Merlin' Türk yönetmeni kökleriyle buluşturdu". http://www.sabah.com.tr/Yasam/2010/02/15/merlin_turk_yonetmeni_kokleriyle_bulusturdu. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
External links
- Metin Hüseyin at the bbc.co.uk Guide to Comedy
- Metin Hüseyin at the Internet Movie Database
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