David Leland

David Leland

Nascimento : 1947-04-20, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

História

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   David Leland (born 20 April 1947 in Cambridge, England) is a director, screenwriter and actor who came to international fame with his directorial debut Wish You Were Here in 1987. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Leland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

David Leland

Filmes

An Accidental Studio
Himself
Charts the early years of HandMade Films seen through the eyes of the filmmakers, key personnel, and the man who started it all: former Beatle George Harrison.
Território Virgem
Writer
No século XIV, Pampinea é a filha única de uma abastada e respeitada família que, devido à praga, está em ruínas. Gerbino ameaça confiscar sua casa em pagamento às dívidas de seu pai - e depois se oferece para casar-se com ela como alternativa a sua iminente ruína financeira. Pampinea, então, parte em retiro em um convento à espera de seu casamento. Porém, por trás de um véu de freira - e depois de um beijo secreto - ela se apaixona por Lorenzo, que trabalha nos jardins do convento. Lorenzo também se apaixona, mas não sabe quem lhe deu aquele beijo precioso.
Território Virgem
Director
No século XIV, Pampinea é a filha única de uma abastada e respeitada família que, devido à praga, está em ruínas. Gerbino ameaça confiscar sua casa em pagamento às dívidas de seu pai - e depois se oferece para casar-se com ela como alternativa a sua iminente ruína financeira. Pampinea, então, parte em retiro em um convento à espera de seu casamento. Porém, por trás de um véu de freira - e depois de um beijo secreto - ela se apaixona por Lorenzo, que trabalha nos jardins do convento. Lorenzo também se apaixona, mas não sabe quem lhe deu aquele beijo precioso.
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas presents a long overdue assessment of the rich heritage television drama has to offer. Channel 4 invited over 200 of Britain's top television drama professionals – writers, directors, producers and commissioners – to take part in an exclusive poll to discover what they consider the finest dramas ever produced.
Concert for George
Director
Em 29 de novembro de 2002, um ano após sua morte, um concerto de homenagem a George Harrison foi realizado no Royal Albert Hall. Amigos e familiares se reuniram para tocar suas músicas, e era uma lista impressionante, embora previsível: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Tom Petty e Eric Clapton, que também atuou como diretor musical, ocupou o centro do palco, mas o filho de George Dhani Harrison também estava lá, assim como a filha de Ravi Shankar, Anoushka, o antigo rock & roll britânico Joe Brown e Gary Brooker. Ao contrário de muitos lineups de estrelas, todos tinham uma conexão pessoal próxima com George.
Concert for George
Producer
Em 29 de novembro de 2002, um ano após sua morte, um concerto de homenagem a George Harrison foi realizado no Royal Albert Hall. Amigos e familiares se reuniram para tocar suas músicas, e era uma lista impressionante, embora previsível: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Tom Petty e Eric Clapton, que também atuou como diretor musical, ocupou o centro do palco, mas o filho de George Dhani Harrison também estava lá, assim como a filha de Ravi Shankar, Anoushka, o antigo rock & roll britânico Joe Brown e Gary Brooker. Ao contrário de muitos lineups de estrelas, todos tinham uma conexão pessoal próxima com George.
Prenda-me se Puder!
Socrates Storekeeper
‎Dois vigaristas estão viajando pelo sul americano quando são mantidos reféns por um serial killer, que está fugindo das autoridades.‎
Prenda-me se Puder!
Screenplay
‎Dois vigaristas estão viajando pelo sul americano quando são mantidos reféns por um serial killer, que está fugindo das autoridades.‎
No Campo das Paixões
Writer
Na Inglaterra, durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, três jovens mulheres, de classes sociais distintas, são chamadas para trabalhar duro nos campos de uma fazenda e desenvolvem grande amizade.
No Campo das Paixões
Director
Na Inglaterra, durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, três jovens mulheres, de classes sociais distintas, são chamadas para trabalhar duro nos campos de uma fazenda e desenvolvem grande amizade.
When Saturday Comes
Priest
Jimmy Muir comes from a typical gritty, northern town where there are only two options: working down the pit or in a factory. But Jimmy has other ideas - he dreams of becoming a professional footballer. Confronted by a bitter and unsupportive father, hard drinking friends and a lifetime of bad habits...has Jimmy the will to achieve his ultimate goal?
Luta Decisiva
Director
An unemployed Scottish miner is forced into bare-knuckle boxing to make ends meet.
Marcando em Cima
Director
When his best friend dies of a heart attack, Ray Macklin becomes a man obsessed with his own mortality. Convinced that all his aches and pains are an indication of his imminent death, Ray's life turns into a slapstick farce of health-crazed anxiety and hypochondria.
Wish You Were Here
Writer
In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father.
Wish You Were Here
Director
In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father.
Personal Services
Mr. Pilkington / Danielle
The story of the rise of a madame of a suburban brothel catering to older men, inspired by the real experiences of Cynthia Payne. The story follows Christine Painter as the down-at-heel waitress who, with the help of prostitute Shirley and cross-dressing Wing Commander Morten, seeks to up her earnings by turning her suburban home into a brothel. Before long she and her girls are chaining up judges, spanking Generals and attending to the needs of Honourable Members. Christine sees herself as providing a vital service to these harmless pervs and when finally the house is busted and the case comes to court, it's fair to say that the presiding judge isn't unfamiliar with her work.
Personal Services
Writer
The story of the rise of a madame of a suburban brothel catering to older men, inspired by the real experiences of Cynthia Payne. The story follows Christine Painter as the down-at-heel waitress who, with the help of prostitute Shirley and cross-dressing Wing Commander Morten, seeks to up her earnings by turning her suburban home into a brothel. Before long she and her girls are chaining up judges, spanking Generals and attending to the needs of Honourable Members. Christine sees herself as providing a vital service to these harmless pervs and when finally the house is busted and the case comes to court, it's fair to say that the presiding judge isn't unfamiliar with her work.
Mona Lisa
Screenplay
George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date. Reduced to working as a minder/driver for high class call girl Simone, he has to agree when she asks him to find a young colleague from her King's Cross days. That's when George's troubles just start.
R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only
Writer
An isolated, overweight girl with a penchant for shoplifting, gets pushed from pillar to post as the authorities struggle to know what to do with her.
Flying Into the Wind
Writer
The Wyatts wish to educate their children at home, but the education authorities have other ideas. Moving between 1969 and 1980, we see how this affects the various individuals and attitudes.
Birth of a Nation
Writer
A new teacher at a highly problematic comprehensive school feels that corporal punishment may just be inflaming the problems, and so begins to campaign against it.
O Padre Apaixonado
Long Haired Man at Gin Palace
In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England, where his bishop gives him his new assignment - to minister to London's prostitutes.
Made in Britain
Screenplay
Trevor é um jovem skinhead de 16 anos, violento e sem nenhum respeito a qualquer autoridade. Investe o seu tempo roubando carros e em atos de vandalismo, e esperando sentado em centros de detenção enquanto aguarda o seu futuro destino. Enquanto todos tentam ajudar Trevor a se adaptar às normas da sociedade, ele responde com desprezo e discursos cheios de ódio.
Psy-Warriors
Writer
Soldiers are captured and interrogated by terrorists: but is it real or only a sadistic form of psychological training exercise?
Os Bandidos do Tempo
Puppeteer
Seis anões, perseguidos por um certo Ser Supremo, escoltam um adolescente inglês através do tempo. Usando um mapa, eles viajam no tempo ao mesmo tempo em que fogem dos perigos. Ótimo roteiro, repleto de idéias originais e engraçadas, com direção brilhante de Terry Gilliam e o humor típico do grupo Monty Python.
Beloved Enemy
Screenplay
A cool hard study of 'the art of the deal' on a global scale. Sir Peter, the chillingly affable chief exec of big British multi-national UKM, learns that the Soviet Union's chief scientists are in London with government credit to spend. He's keen to flog them a tyre-production plant. based in the Ukraine, which will unshackle UKM from bothersome unions at home. But at the negotiating table, it fast becomes apparent that the Soviets are more interested in the laser technology UKM employs to vulcanise their tyres; and Peter starts to foresee a new future in military aerospace for his ever fiexible firm.
The Love-Girl and the Innocent
Nemov
A BBC television adaptation of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's novel. The prisoner Nemov is an honest man serving a term of 10 years for violations of Article 58. Nemov falls in love with Lyuba, who is having sex with the camp doctor Mereshchun, in exchange for better food and living conditions.
Gawain and the Green Knight
Humphrey
The medieval legend of a supernatural knight who challenges the king's men to kill him.
A Lenda da Flauta Mágica
Officer
1934, quando a Morte Preta atinge o norte da Alemanha. Um boticário local, judeu, procura um tratamento para a praga e os sacerdotes o acusam de bruxaria. E um flautista mágico ajuda uma aldeia a se livrar da peste de ratos.
O Conde Drácula
First Officer
O Conde Drácula, o mais cruel vampiro da história, renasce das cinzas, para atormentar os moradores de um pequeno vilarejo da Inglaterra. Um jovem fugitivo da polícia esconde-se no castelo da vampiro sem saber o que o espera. O povo revoltado invade o castelo e tenta destruir o antro de perversão do monstro. Porém, o Príncipe das Trevas está de volta mais terrível do que nunca e dará início a um ritual sádico e perverso em busca de vingança.
One Brief Summer
The story deals with the situation of a mature man, his mistress, his daughter and a young girl who comes into their lives.
1917
Felix, the Cook
A British short film about World War I, directed by Stephen Weeks and starring Timothy Bateson, David Leland, and Geoffrey Davies.
Running Wild
Screenplay
A forensic psychologist is enlisted to delve into the circumstances surrounding the brutal murder of thirty-two adults in an exclusive gated community in the desert outside Los Angeles and the disappearance of their children.