- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- February 14, 1942
- Place of Birth
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Michael E. Briant
Michael Edwin Briant (born 14 February 1942) is a retired English television director and author, best known for his work as a director for BBC television drama in the 1970s and 1980s. At the age of 21 Briant 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. Sometimes credited as just Michael Briant, he subsequently directed series such as Z-Cars and Doctor Who, directing Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker in a total of six serials: Colony in Space (1971), The Sea Devils (1972), The Green Death (1973), Death to the Daleks (1974), Revenge of the Cybermen (1975) and The Robots of Death (1977). He went on to direct several episodes from the first season of Blake's 7 in 1978, and Secret Army between 1978 and 1979. He later directed four of the six episodes of its sequel, Kessler, and the thriller …
Filmography
The Direct Route
movieThe Direct Route
2021
tvDoctor Who: Behind the Sofa
2018 · Self
movieThe Sandmine Murders
2012
movieIMC Needs You!
2011
movieThe Tin Men and the Witch
2010
movieHello Sailor!
2008
movieMusical Scales: An Era of Experimentation
2008
tvVrienden voor het Leven
1991 · Director
movieBlake's 7: Duel
1986 · Director
movieBlake's 7: Orac
1986 · Director
Hideaway
tvHideaway
1986 · Director
movieBlake's 7: The Beginning
1985 · Director
tvHowards' Way
1985 · Director
One by One
tvOne by One
1984 · Director
Tangiers
movieTangiers
1982 · Director
tvKessler
1981 · Director
tvA Tale of Two Cities
1980 · Director
Breakaway
tvBreakaway
1980 · Director
tvBlake's 7
1978 · Director
movieTreasure Island
1977 · Director
tvTreasure Island
1977 · Director
tvSecret Army
1977 · Director
movieDoctor Who: The Robots of Death
1977 · Director
tvAngels
1975 · Director
movieDoctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen
1975 · Director
movieDoctor Who: Death to the Daleks
1974 · Director
movieDoctor Who: The Green Death
1973 · Director
tvWarship
1973 · Director
Sutherland's Law
tvSutherland's Law
1973 · Director
movieDoctor Who: The Sea Devils
1972 · Director
movieDoctor Who: Colony in Space
1971 · Director
movieDoctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
1965 · Production Assistant
tvDoctor Who
1963 · Director
tvZ-Cars
1962 · Director
movieTrue as a Turtle
1957 · Paul
tvDixon of Dock Green
1955 · Director