Career
Although primarily a When in a c roles in High Treason (1951) and Mandy (1951). Amyes made his directorial début with a British Broadcasting Corporation Sunday Night Theatre version of Shakespeare"s The Merry Wives of Windsor in 1952 and also directed a number of other productions for British Broadcasting Corporation before joining Granada Television in the early 1960s, where he was head of drama from 1963 until 1977. Film credits (as director) include, and the Emeric Pressburger-written.
After 1977, he returned to directing predominantly in television directing (amongst other works) adaptations of The Old Curiosity Shop (1979), Great Expectations (1981) and Jane Eyre (1983) for the British Broadcasting Corporation. Amyes also worked on a number of independent productions, before acting as director on episodes of the The Bill (1990) and Rumpole of the Bailey (1989-1991) for Thames Television.
Amyes died of a stroke in 1992.