Kevin Billington
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Kevin Billington | |
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Born | 12 June 1934 |
Died | 13 December 2021 | (aged 87)
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Queens' College, Cambridge |
Occupation | Film/theatre director |
Spouse | |
Children | 4 |
Kevin Billington (12 June 1934 – 13 December 2021) was a British film director, who worked in the theatre, film and television from the 1960s.
Biography
The son of a factory worker,
Billington's television work includes Henry VIII (1979) for the BBC Television Shakespeare project, one of the best received productions in the series.[5] He also directed 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.[6]
He was married to Lady Rachel Billington; having met while they were both working in New York, they married the following year[1] in 1967.[7] The couple had four children and five grandchildren.
Billington died from cancer on 13 December 2021, at the age of 87.[4][8]
Filmography as director
- Whicker; Down Mexico Way (TV documentary, 1963)
- Mary McCarthy's Paris (TV documentary, 1964)
- A Few Castles in Spain (TV documentary, 1966)
- Interlude (1968)
- The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970)
- The Light at the Edge of the World (1971)
- And No One Could Save Her (TV, 1973)
- Voices (1973)
- Henry VIII (TV, 1979)
- The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs (TV, 1981)
- The Good Soldier (TV, 1981)
- Outside Edge (TV, 1982)
- Reflections (1984)
- The Deliberate Death of a Polish Priest (TV, 1986)
- Heartland (TV, 1989)[9]
- A Time to Dance (TV series, 1992)
References
- ^ a b Fred Hauptfuhrer "The Literary Longfords Include Lord Porn, Mum and Antonia—Now Make Way for Sister Rachel" People, 13:12, 24 March 1980
- ^ "Eminent alumni | Queens' College".
- ^ "Kevin Billington, Esq Authorised Biography", Debrett's
- ^ a b "Kevin Billington, director who made his mark with radical documentaries in the 1960s and later with polished BBC adaptations and theatre – obituary". The Telegraph. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Kevin Billington obituary". The Times. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
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External links
- Kevin Billington at IMDb
- Entry in The International Who's Who (2004), p. 163