Simon Langton

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Simon Langton born 5 November 1941 in Amersham Buckinghamshire is a television director and producer He is the son of David Langton the actor who played Richard Bellamy in Upstairs Downstairs After he had directed a number of TV drama series and serials during the 1970s his 1982 dramatisation of the John le Carré novel Smileys People was nominated for both a BAFTA award in the UK and an Emmy Award in the USA He later won a BAFTA award for the 1989 series Mother Love starring Diana Rigg He is perhaps best known for directing the adaptation of Pride and Prejudice starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle in 1995 for which he was also nominated for a BAFTA He continues to direct for British TV drama having lately directed a number of episodes of Rosemary and Thyme Description above from the Wikipedia article Simon Langton licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia