Alan Bridges

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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 his period-costume 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]

Selected filmography

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  6. Peter Bradshaw "Alan Bridges: a director of genuine if occasionally overlooked brilliance", theguardian.com (film blog), 24 January 2014

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