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David Rogerson Wheatley (20 December 1949 – 5 April 2009) was a British
film
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and
television director
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.
His
Royal College of Art
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graduation film was on the Belgian
surrealist
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artist
René Magritte
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, after his tutor
Gavin Millar
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Biography
Millar was born in Clydebank, near Glasgow, the son of Tom Millar and his wife Rita (née Osborne). The family relocated ...
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's arts' programmes ''
Omnibus'' in 1979. From that year, he contributed films to the ''Omnibus'' and ''
Arena
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'' series,
before branching out into other areas in the mid 1980s.
He directed ''
The Magic Toyshop
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Plot summary
The novel starts wit ...
'' (1987), a fantasy film based on the
Angela Carter
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novel, which Carter adapted herself, and several social dramas set in the north of England. In the early 1990s he directed a series of
Catherine Cookson
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adaptations for
Tyne Tees which gained audiences of 14 million. He also directed episodes of ''
Fat Friends
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'' and ''
Dalziel and Pascoe
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Characterisation and style
Dalziel is ...
''.
He died after a long illness on 5 April 2009, aged 59. He was survived by his mother, Ellen, his father, Fred, a son Alexander from his marriage to Melanie Pringle, and a daughter Francesca from his relationship with Camilla Tress.
See also
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''The March'' (1990 film), a film directed by David Wheatley
References
External links
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1949 births
2009 deaths
Alumni of the Royal College of Art
British film directors
English television directors
People from Sunderland