Kevin Billington is an English film director, who has worked in the theatre, film and television since the 1960s.
Background
The son of a factory worker, and educated at Bryanston School and Queens" College, Cambridge, early in his career he worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation as a radio producer in Leeds (1959-1960) and then for television in Manchester (1960-1961) before working on the early evening Tonight and on documentaries for the British Broadcasting Corporation and ATV until 1967.
Education
Bryanston School and Queens’ College Cambridge.
Career
Interlude 1967, The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer 1969, The Light at the Edge of the World 1970, Voices 1974, Reflections 1984; television films: And Number One Can Save Her 1973, Once Upon a Time is Now (documentary) 1978, The Music Will Never Stop (documentary) 1979, Henry VIII 1979, The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs 1980, The Good Soldier 1981, Outside Edge 1982, The Sonnets of William Shakespeare 1984, The Deliberate Death of a Polish Priest 1986, Heartland 1989; plays directed: Find Your Way Home 1970, Maine 1973, The Birthday Party 1974, The Caretaker 1975, Bloody Neighbours 1974, Emigres 1976, The Homecoming 1978, Quartermaine"s Terms 1982, The Deliberate Death of a Polish Priest 1985, The Philanthropist 1986, The Lover, and A Slight Ache (double bill) 1987, The Breadwinner 1989, Veterans Day 1989; Screenwriters’ GuildBillington"s films include The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970), which stars Peter Cook, while his theatre work includes several productions of plays by Harold Pinter, his brother-in-law. Billington"s television work includes Henry VIII (1979) for the British Broadcasting Corporation Television Shakespeare project, one of the best received productions in the series. The Good Soldier (Granada 1981), based on the novel by Ford Madox Ford and A Time to Dance (British Broadcasting Corporation 1992), adapted by Melvyn Bragg from his own work of fiction.