Sarah Pia Anderson (born 1952) is an English born television and theatre director, and Professor of Cinema and Digital Media at

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Her career in the theatre included work for the National Theatre: ''

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Royal Shakespeare Company The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs over 1,000 staff and produces around 20 productions a year. The RSC plays regularly in London, St ...

: ''Mary and Lizzie'' and the

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''. Her early television work included ''Prime Suspect 4: Inner Circles'' (1995), starring

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. She has worked mainly in the United States since the mid-1990s, directing episodes of '' Dark Angel'', ''

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Dead Like Me ''Dead Like Me'' is an American comedy-drama television series starring Ellen Muth and Mandy Patinkin as grim reapers who reside and work in Seattle, Washington. Filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, the show was created by Bryan Fuller for ...

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Veronica Mars ''Veronica Mars'' is an American teen noir mystery drama television series created by screenwriter Rob Thomas. The series is set in the fictional town of Neptune, California, and stars Kristen Bell as the eponymous character. The series prem ...

'' and other series. In 2011, she directed the opening episodes of ''

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'' produced by RED Production Company for ITV1.

Television directing credits

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'' (TV series) *'' The L Word: Generation Q'' (TV series) *'' Truth Be Told'' (miniseries) *'' Good Girls'' (TV series) *''

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Big Love ''Big Love'' is an American drama television series that aired on HBO from March 12, 2006 to March 20, 2011. It stars Bill Paxton as the patriarch of a fundamentalist Mormon family in contemporary Utah that practices polygamy, with Jeanne Tripp ...

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Ugly Betty ''Ugly Betty'' is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which was originally broadcast on ABC. It premiered on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian t ...

'' (TV series) *'' Huff'' (TV series) *''

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Return of the Kane "Return of the Kane" is the sixth episode of the first season of the American mystery television series ''Veronica Mars''. The episode's teleplay was written by Phil Klemmer, with story by series creator Rob Thomas and was directed by Sarah Pia ...

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'' (TV series) *'' Ed'' (TV series) *'' Ally McBeal'' (TV series) *'' Dark Angel'' (TV series) *''

The Division ''The Division'' is an American police procedural drama television series created by Deborah Joy LeVine starring Bonnie Bedelia. The series focuses on a team of female detectives and police officers in the San Francisco Police Department. The ...

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'' (TV series) *'' Profiler'' (TV series) *'' ER'' (TV series) *'' Prime Suspect 4: Inner Circles'' (1995) (TV film) *''

Doctor Finlay ''Doctor Finlay'' is a British television series based on A. J. Cronin's stories about the fictional medical hero, Dr. Finlay. It was first broadcast on 5 March 1993 on ITV. It is a follow-up to ''Dr. Finlay's Casebook'', the successful BBC ...

'' (TV series) *'' Alleyn Mysteries'' (TV series) *'' Pity in History'' (1985) (TV film) *'' A Woman Calling'' (1984) (TV film)

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