Nigel Cole

Biography

Nigel Cole (born 1959) is a British film and television director. Cole began his career in the 1980s, directing current affairs shows and documentaries for Central Independent Television. Into the 1990s, Cole co-wrote the play Sod with Arthur Smith, which he also directed and presented at the Pleasance during the 1993 Edinburgh Festival. Cole has also directed episodes of Peak Practice and Cold Feet for television, and Saving Grace, Calendar Girls and A Lot Like Love for cinema. His latest film, Made in Dagenham, is due for release in 2010. Saving Grace won the World Cinema Audience Award at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival and gained him a nomination for Best Director at that years' British Independent Film Awards. Cole lives with the actress Kate Isitt, with whom he has a daughter, Matilda (born 2002), and a son, Dashiel (born 2009). In honor of his grandfather's Italian heritage, McGraw was honored by the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) in 2004, receiving the NIAF Special Achievement Award in Music during the Foundation's 29th Anniversary Gala.

Directed

1. A Lot Like Love (2005) — Director
2. Saving Grace (2000) — Director
3. Calendar Girls (2003) — Director
4. Made in Dagenham (2010) — Director
5. Doc Martin (2004) — Director
6. $5 a Day (2008) — Director
7. The Wedding Video (2012) — Director
8. Cold Feet (1998) — Director
9. Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped (2024) — Director
10. Do Not Disturb (2016) — Director
11. Bruce Springsteen: In His Own Words (2017) — Director
12. Peak Practice (1993) — Director
13. All in Good Time (2012) — Director
14. In the Wild: Dolphins With Robin Williams (1994) — Director
15. Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run (2017) — Director
16. Roy Orbison: Love Hurts (2017) — Director
17. Johnny Cash: The Man in Black in Britain (2020) — Director
18. Wild Horses of Mongolia with Julia Roberts (2000) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Farewell Doc Martin (2022) — Self