Charles Sturridge Biography (1951-)
Born June 24, 1951, in London, England; son of Jerome Sturridge and Alyson Bowman Vaughan (maiden name, Burke); married Phoebe Nichols (an actress), July6, 1985; children: two sons, one daughter. Addresses: Contact: Peter Fraser Dunlop, Ltd., 503 The Chambers, Chelsea Harbour, London SW10 0XF, England, and Drury House, 34-43 Russell St., London WC2B 5HA, England.
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Director, actor, producer, writer
- Birth Details
- June 24, 1951
- London, United Kingdom
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Television Director
- Miniseries
- (With Michael Lindsay-Hogg) Brideshead Revisited, Granada Television, then PBS, 1981
- Gulliver's Travels, NBC, 1996
- Longitude, Arts and Entertainment, 2000
- Shackleton, Arts and Entertainment and Channel 4, 2002
- Television Executive Producer
- Movies
- Shackleton: Breaking the Ice, 2001
- Television Director
- Specials
- Soft Targets (also known as Play for Today: Soft Targets),BBC, 1982
- A Foreign Field (also known as We Shall Meet Again), BBC, 1993
- Ohio Impromptu, PBS, 2000
- Episodic
- Strangers, Granada Television, 1978
- "A Story Short," The Jim Henson Hour (also known as Jim Henson's The Storyteller), NBC, 1988
- Also directed episodes of Coronation Street, Granada Television; Crown Court; Spoils of War.
- Other
- World in Action Special: The Council, 1976
- Also directed World in Action: The Accident; The Very Public Death of Enrico Sidoli; and The Road to Amsterdam.
- Television Appearances
- Miniseries
- Bertie (Young Edward), Edward VII (also known as Edward the King, Edward the Seventh, and The Royal Victorians), ATV, 1975
- Film Director
- Runners, Hanstall, 1983
- "La forza del destino" (some sources cite "La virgine degli angeli"), Aria, RVP-Virgin Vision, 1987
- A Handful of Dust, New Line Cinema, 1988
- (With Tim Sullivan and Derek Granger) Where Angels Fear to Tread,Fine Line, 1991
- Buffalo Soldiers, 1994
- FairyTale: A True Story (also known as Fairy Tale and Illumination), Paramount, 1997
- Film Appearances
- Markland, If ... , Paramount, 1968
- Stage Director
- Hard Times, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, England, 1974
- The Seagull, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, then Queen's Theatre, London, 1985
- Tolomeo, Broomhill Opera, 1998
- Stage Appearances
- Rosencrantz, Hamlet, Oxford Playhouse, Fortune Theatre, London, and Hunter College Playhouse, New York City, 1970
- WRITINGS
- Screenplays
- "La forza del destino" (some sources cite "La virgine degli angeli"), Aria, RVP-Virgin Vision, 1987
- A Handful of Dust, New Line Cinema, 1988
- (With Tim Sullivan and Derek Granger) Where Angels Fear to Tread (based on a novel by E. M. Forster), Fine Line, 1992
- Buffalo Soldiers, 1994
- (Uncredited) FairyTale: A True Story (also known as Fairy Tale and Illumination), Paramount, 1997
- Stage Plays
- (Translator with Tania Alexander) The Seagull, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, then Queen's Theatre, London, 1985
- Also cowrote Hard Times, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, England; translator (with Tania Alexander) of Uncle Vanya.
- Television Miniseries
- (Uncredited) Brideshead Revisited, Granada Television, then PBS, 1981
- Longitude, Arts and Entertainment, 2000
- Shackleton, Arts and Entertainment and Channel 4, 2002
- Television Episodes
- Troubles, LWT, 1981