Alan Bridges

Alan Bridges
Born(1927-09-28)28 September 1927
Liverpool, England
Died7 December 2013(2013-12-07) (aged 86)
OccupationFilm director
Years active1961-1991

Alan Bridges (28 September 1927 – 7 December 2013)[1] was an English television and film director.

In 1967 Bridges directed a television adaptation of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations starring Gary Bond as Pip.[2]

He won the Grand Prix at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival for his film The Hireling.[3] His film Out of Season (1975) was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival[4] and film The Shooting Party (1985) was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.[5] For television, Bridges directed several works by David Mercer and Dennis Potter.

Peter Bradshaw on theguardian.com film blog wrote: "Bridges was a brilliant poet and cinematic satirist – in tones both mordant and melancholy – of the English class system of the early 20th century, and a director with a flair for psychology and interior crisis, as evidenced by movies like The Return of the Soldier (1982) and The Shooting Party (1985)."[6]

  1. ^ Bergan, Ronald (29 January 2014). "Alan Bridges] obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Great Expectations (TV Series 1967– ) - IMDb". Retrieved 8 June 2019 – via www.imdb.com.
  3. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Hireling". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 22 August 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  4. ^ "IMDB.com: Awards for Out of Season". imdb.com. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
  5. ^ "14th Moscow International Film Festival (1985)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  6. ^ Peter Bradshaw "Alan Bridges: a director of genuine if occasionally overlooked brilliance", theguardian.com (film blog), 24 January 2014