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Jon Amiel (born 20 May 1948) is an English director who has worked in film and television in both the UK and the US. After receiving a BAFTA Award nomination for the BBC series The Singing Detective (1986), he went on to direct films, including Sommersby (1993), Copycat (1995), Entrapment (1999), The Core (2003) and Creation (2009).




Biography


Amiel was born in London, to parents who grew up in the East End of London. Amiel's grandparents were immigrants Isaac and Mary Amiel – Polish and Russian Jews. He attended William Ellis School in Highgate, before studying English literature at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, graduating in 1969. It was while at Cambridge that he became involved with local theatre, and after college he went on to direct for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
After having worked as a story editor for the BBC, he directed the documentary The Silent Twins, and was chosen to direct the Dennis Potter serial The Singing Detective, for which he was BAFTA nominated. He made his feature film debut in 1989 with Queen of Hearts.
One of his most notable films is 1993's romantic drama Sommersby, starring Jodie Foster and Richard Gere. The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing $140 million worldwide.




Filmography






= Film

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Director

Queen of Hearts (1989)
Tune in Tomorrow (1990)
Sommersby (1993)
Copycat (1995)
The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
Entrapment (1999)
The Core (2003)
Creation (2009)
Producer

Simply Irresistible (1999)




= Television

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TV movies

Dear Janet Rosenberg, Dear Mister Kooning (1977)
Busted (1983)
Romance/Romance (1983)
The Last Evensong (1985)
Deliverance Creek (2014) (Also executive producer)
TV series




Awards


1987 BAFTA (British Academy Television Award) Nominee for Best Drama Series: The Singing Detective (1986)
1989 Montréal World Film Festival *Winner* of Montréal First Film Prize: Queen of Hearts
1990 Paris Film Festival *Winner* of Grand Prix: Queen of Hearts
1990 Deauville Film Festival *Winner* of Critics Award and Audience Award: Tune in Tomorrow
1996 Audience Award *Winner* at the Cognac Festival du Film Policier: Copycat




References






External links


Jon Amiel at IMDb

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