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Philip Saville (sometimes credited as Philip Savile, born 28 October 1930, London) is a British television direction and screenwriting from the late 1950s. He began his working life as an actor. During the 1960s he directed television plays, such as Harold Pinter's A Night Out (1960) for ABC's Armchair Theatre anthology series, and Madhouse on Castle Street (1963) for the BBC. The later (now lost) production was the first acting appearance of the American folk singer Bob Dylan, whom Saville had flown over to the UK specifically to take part in the play. Other significant programmes on... MORE

Philip Saville (sometimes credited as Philip Savile, born 28 October 1930, London) is a British television direction and screenwriting from the late 1950s. He began his working life as an actor. During the 1960s he directed television plays, such as Harold Pinter's A Night Out (1960) for ABC's Armchair Theatre anthology series, and Madhouse on Castle Street (1963) for the BBC. The later (now lost) production was the first acting appearance of the American folk singer Bob Dylan, whom Saville had flown over to the UK specifically to take part in the play. Other significant programmes on which Saville worked include Out of the Unknown (1965) and the Boys from the Blackstuff (1982) for which Saville received a BAFTA to add to his earlier BAFTA for Hamlet at Elsinore (1964). For the cinema, Saville directed The Fruit Machine (1988, released as Wonderland in the USA), Metroland (1997) and The Gospel of John (2003). Saville has been called one of the UK's top 100 directors of all time. He has a masterclass studio in London specializing in dramatic improvisation. Saville's documentary on Harold Pinter Pinter's Progress (2009) for Sundance international television channels and UK's Sky Arts LESS