Background
He is the son of David Langton, the actor who played Richard Bellamy in Upstairs, Downstairs.
He is the son of David Langton, the actor who played Richard Bellamy in Upstairs, Downstairs.
He is perhaps best known for directing the adaptation of Pride and Prejudice starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle in 1995, for which he was also nominated for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts. He continues to direct for British television drama, having lately directed a number of episodes of Rosemary and Thyme and Midsomer Murders.
After he had directed a number of television drama series and serials during the 1970s, his 1982 dramatisation of the John le Carré novel Smiley"s People was nominated for both a British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award in the United Kingdom, and an Emmy Award in the United States. He later won a British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for the 1989 series Mother Love, starring Diana Rigg.
