Kevin Billington
| Kevin Billington | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Kevin Billington and his wife Rachel in 1968 | |
| Born | 12 June 1934 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Queens' College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Film/theatre director |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Rachel Billington (née Pakenham) (m. 1967) |
| Children | 4 |
Kevin Billington (born 12 June 1934) is an English film director, who has worked in the theatre, film and television since the 1960s.
The son of a factory worker,[1] and educated at Bryanston School and Queens' College, Cambridge,[2] early in his career he worked for the BBC as a radio producer in Leeds (1959–60) and then for television in Manchester (1960–61) before working on the early evening Tonight and on documentaries for the BBC and ATV until 1967.[3] Billington's films include The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970), which stars Peter Cook, while his theatre work includes several productions of plays by Harold Pinter, his brother-in-law.
Billington's television work includes Henry VIII (1979) for the BBC Television Shakespeare project, one of the best received productions in the series.[4] The Good Soldier (Granada 1981), based on the novel by Ford Madox Ford and A Time to Dance (BBC 1992), adapted by Melvyn Bragg from his own work of fiction.[5]
He is married to Lady Rachel Billington, having met while they were both working in New York, they married the following year[1] in 1967.[6] The couple have three adult children.
References
- 1 2 Fred Hauptfuhrer "The Literary Longfords Include Lord Porn, Mum and Antonia—Now Make Way for Sister Rachel" People, 13:12, 24 March 1980
- ↑ http://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/page-242
- ↑ "Kevin Billington, Esq Authorised Biography", Debrett's
- ↑ Michael Brooke "Henry VIII On Screen", BFI screenonline
- ↑ Jerry Roberts Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors, Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2009, p.43
- ↑ Mario Conte "God & I: Rachel Billington", Messenger of St Anthony, September 2009
External links
- Kevin Billington at the Internet Movie Database
- Entry in The International Who's Who (2004), p.163