Known For
Writing
Born
Apr 20, 1947
Died
Dec 24, 2023
Place of Birth
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Credits
47 titles
David Leland
Biography
David Leland (20 April 1947 - 24 December 2023) was a director, screenwriter and actor who came to international fame with his directorial debut Wish You Were Here in 1987.
Known For
Filmography
Reel Britannia
Self
An Accidental Studio
Self
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Self
The Borgias
Director
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
Virgin Territory
Director
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
Concert for George
Producer
Band of Brothers
Director
The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
Self
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Costume Designer
The White River Kid
Socrates Storekeeper
The Land Girls
Director
When Saturday Comes
Priest
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Costume Designer
The Big Man
Director
Checking Out
Director
Wish You Were Here
Director
Personal Services
Mr. Pilkington / Danielle
Mona Lisa
Writer
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
Driver
Made in Britain
Screenplay
R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only
Writer
Flying Into the Wind
Writer
Tales Out of School
Writer
Birth of a Nation
Writer
The Missionary
Long Haired Man at Gin Palace
Psy-Warriors
Writer
Time Bandits
Puppeteer
Beloved Enemy
Screenplay
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Majikthise
Golden Gordon
Football Manager
Target
Murray
The Love-Girl and the Innocent
Nemov
Gawain and the Green Knight
Humphrey
The Pied Piper
Officer
Van der Valk
Madame Arthur
One Brief Summer
The Last of the Mohicans
Scars of Dracula
First Officer
Play for Today
Writer
Julius Caesar
Plebian
1917
Felix, the Cook
Big Breadwinner Hog
Grange
Callan
Sherlock Holmes
Running Wild
Screenplay