Les Blair

Biography

Born in 1941, Les Blair is a BAFTA winning television, film and theatre director famous for productions that have political or socially aware themes and are often improvised or naturalistic in flavour. He attended Salford Grammer School and, whilst there, acted in plays alongside fellow pupil Mike Leigh. After graduating at Liverpool University, Blair met up with RADA graduate Leigh again and the pair became flatmates and proponents of Improvisational drama in Birmingham. After joining the London Film School they collaborated together on Leigh's first feature film, Bleak Moments. Blair's own work includes the groundbreaking and controversial BBC miniseries Law and Order (1978) and the 1993 film Bad Behaviour.

Directed

1. Play for Today (1970) — Director
2. Bad Behavior (1993) — Director
3. Screen Two (1985) — Director
4. Screen One (1989) — Director
5. London's Burning: The Movie (1986) — Director
6. Filipina Dreamgirls (1991) — Director
7. Number One (1985) — Director
8. Early to Bed (1975) — Director
9. Law & Order (1978) — Director
10. ITV Playhouse (1967) — Director
11. H3 (2001) — Director
12. Jump the Gun (1997) — Director
13. ScreenPlay (1986) — Director
14. Honest Decent & True (1986) — Director
15. Stand and Deliver (1998) — Director
16. Bliss (1995) — Director
17. Leave to Remain (1989) — Director
18. Tracey Ullman: A Class Act (1993) — Director
19. Plays for Britain (1976) — Director
20. 4 Play (1989) — Director
21. Seduction (1991) — Director
22. Four in a Million (1982) — Director
23. The Merrihill Millionaires (1993) — Director
24. Sunshine in Brixton (1976) — Director
25. News Hounds (1990) — Director
26. Blooming Youth (1973) — Director
27. The Accountant (1989) — Director
28. Only a Game (1981) — Director
29. Bet Your Life (1976) — Director
30. Beyond the Pale (1981) — Director
31. Second City Firsts (1973) — Director