Career
Richard Laxton started his career with the short film I Bet lieutenant Will Rain in 1992. Initially he mainly worked for television production, and was nominated for British Academy Film Awards for several of his television episodes. In 2006 he made his first feature film Life and Lyrics.
His next feature films were Grow Your Own in 2007, An Englishman in New York in 2009 and Effie Gray in 2012.
His last production for television were the twelve episodes of the series Him & Her in 2011. In 2013 he realised a biographical film entitled Effie Gray.