Michael E. Briant

Michael E. Briant (born in Bournemouth, Hampshire, England on 14 February 1942) is best known as a British television director, but he is also a producer and actor.

When Michael was 21 he joined the BBC as an assistant floor manager in the drama department and a year later became a Production Assistant.

In 1966 he took a Directors Course and he subsequently directed series such as Z-Cars, Doctor Who and Warship.

During his time on Doctor Who, he directed six serials, including three fondly-rembered adventures The Sea Devils, The Green Death and his personal favourite The Robots of Death, which was also his last involvement with the series. However, he is most proud of his subsequent direction of the BBC drama series Secret Army for which he directed episodes between 1978 and 1979. He later directed four of the six episodes of its sequel, Kessler and the thriller series Blood Money in which he cast many of the actors from Secret Army, before moving to the Netherlands to direct television there.

In the 1980s he went onto working directing episodes of the soap opera EastEnders, working with Julia Smith and Tony Holland, whom he had worked with on Z-Cars.

He currently lives in France where he indulges his passion for sailing. He has recently been involved on DVD releases of his Dr Who episodes, appearing on various documentaries and commentary tracks.

Selected filmography

• Tangiers (1982)

External links

• Michael E. Briant at the Internet Movie Database
• Michael Briant's official site

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