Juliet May

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Juliet May is a

British television director. She has directed television shows such as Dalziel and Pascoe, Hope and Glory, New Tricks and Miranda
.

Personal life

Juliet is the daughter of Val May, the theatre director, and his first wife, Penelope (formerly Rish).

Career

May oversaw all eight episodes of

Rory Bremner, Who Else?, and won a BAFTA Children's Award in 1999 for Microsoap produced by Andy Rowley, with whom May has collaborated on a number of productions.[1] She directed all twelve episodes of Steven Moffat's 1997 school-based sitcom Chalk.[2] She then directed Robert Bathurst in My Dad's the Prime Minister, and Dawn French and Catherine Tate in Wild West. She also directed some episodes of series V of Red Dwarf.[3] She found it hard to work with the science fiction elements of the series and left before the series was finished.[4] The remaining episodes were directed by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor.[5] In 2008, she directed the BBC film Dustbin Baby. May then directed the BBC sitcom Miranda, starring Miranda Hart. In 2015, May directed episodes 3, 4 and 6 of British television drama series Ordinary Lies, for BBC One.[6][7][8]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ "Dear Nobody". 1 January 2000. Retrieved 27 January 2017 – via IMDb.
  2. ^ After the Chalk Dust Settled, featurette on Chalk Series 1 DVD, ReplayDVD.co.uk, prod. & dir. Craig Robins
  3. ^ "Mr Flibble Talks To... Juliet May - Features - Red Dwarf - The Official Website". Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Series V Production". www.reddwarf.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2008-01-07.
  5. ^ Grant and Naylor Look Back, Red Dwarf Smegazine, issue 11, January 1993, Fleetway Editions Ltd, issn 0965-5603
  6. ^ Writer: Danny Brocklehurst, Director: Juliet May (31 March 2015). "Episode 3". Ordinary Lies. BBC One. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  7. ^ Writer: Danny Brocklehurst, Director: Juliet May (7 April 2015). "Episode 4". Ordinary Lies. BBC One. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  8. ^ Writer: Danny Brocklehurst, Director: Juliet May (21 April 2015). "Episode 6". Ordinary Lies. BBC One. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

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