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He went to Charterhouse School as a boy, graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked for some years as an actor, director and stage manager. Charterhouse School (Originally, Suttons Hospital in Charterhouse), usually known simply as Charterhouse, is a famous boys English public school, located in Godalming in the county of Surrey. ... RADAs theatre in London The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in Bloomsbury, London, is generally regarded as the most prestigious drama school in the world. ...

In the 1950s he started in the movie industry as a dubbing assistant and later an assistant director for Tony Richardson. For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... Tony Richardson (June 5, 1928 - November 14, 1991) was a British theatre and film director and producer. ...

He made his first film Summer Holiday (1963) and later One Way Pendulum (1965), before directing the crime thriller Robbery, a fictionalised version of the Great Train Robbery, in 1967. This lead to his first American film, Bullitt, the following year. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... The Great Train Robbery is the name given to a £2. ... Bullitt is a 1968 action crime mystery thriller film starring Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn and Jacqueline Bisset, with Don Gordon, Robert Duvall, Carl Reindel, Felice Orlandi, Vic Tayback, Pat Renella, Paul Genge, Bill Hickman, Norman Fell and Brandy Carroll. ...

He earned an Oscar nomination for Best Director for the movie Breaking Away in 1979, and another for The Dresser, an adaptation of the popular stage play, in 1983. Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Breaking Away is a 1979 film which tells the story of a group of local boys from Bloomington, Indiana who put together a bicycle racing team to compete against teams from Indiana University. ... The Dresser is a 1983 film which tells the story of an aging actors personal assistant, who struggles to keep his charges life together. ...

Films as director

• The Girl in Melanie Klein (2006) (announced)
• A Separate Peace (2004) (TV)
• Don Quixote (2000) (TV)
• Curtain Call (1999)
• The Run of the Country (1995)
• Roommates (1995)
• Year of the Comet (1992)
• An Innocent Man (1989)
• The House on Carroll Street (1988)
• Suspect (1987)
• Eleni (1985)
• The Dresser (1983)
• Krull (1983)
• Eyewitness (1981)
• Breaking Away (1979)
• The Deep (1977)
• Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
• For Pete's Sake (1974)
• The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
• The Hot Rock (1972)
• Murphy's War (1971)
• John and Mary (1969)
• Bullitt (1968)
• Robbery (1967)
• Koroshi (1966) (TV)
• Danger Man (1964) TV Series
• One Way Pendulum (1964)
• Summer Holiday (1963)
• The Saint (1962) TV Series (7 episodes)

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External links

• BFI Screenonline - biography and filmography
• IMDb's profile