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Les Blair

Les Blair

Known For Directing
Birthday Oct 23, 1941 (83)
Birthplace Manchester, England
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Nov 15, 2024
Entry Date Apr 25, 2024
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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 L ... eigh. 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.

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Stand and Deliver

Stand and Deliver

1998

Writer

Jump the Gun

Jump the Gun

1997

Writer

Bad Behavior

Bad Behavior

1993

Writer

Only a Game

Only a Game

1981

Writer

Beyond the Pale

Beyond the Pale

1981

Story

Bet Your Life

Bet Your Life

1976

Writer

Blooming Youth

Blooming Youth

1973

Writer

Bleak Moments

Bleak Moments

1971

Editor

H3

H3

2001

Director

Stand and Deliver

Stand and Deliver

1998

Director

Jump the Gun

Jump the Gun

1997

Director

Bad Behavior

Bad Behavior

1993

Director

Seduction

Seduction

1991

Director

Filipina Dreamgirls

Filipina Dreamgirls

1991

Director

Leave to Remain

Leave to Remain

1989

Director

Number One

Number One

1985

Director

Four in a Million

Four in a Million

1982

Director

Only a Game

Only a Game

1981

Director

Beyond the Pale

Beyond the Pale

1981

Director

Sunshine in Brixton

Sunshine in Brixton

1976

Director

Bet Your Life

Bet Your Life

1976

Director

Early to Bed

Early to Bed

1975

Director

Blooming Youth

Blooming Youth

1973

Director

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace

1997

Executive Producer

Bleak Moments

Bleak Moments

1971

Producer

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