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

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