Saul Metzstein(born 30 December 1970) is aScottishfilm director.He won theBritish Academy Scotland New Talent Awardfor best director in 2002 forLate Night Shopping.[1]
Metzstein is the son ofIsi Metzstein,the renownedmodernistarchitect, and Danielle Kahn. He was raised in Glasgow and studiedarchitectureatRobinson College, Cambridgebefore taking minor production roles onDanny Boyle'sShallow GraveandTrainspottingandGillies MacKinnon'sSmall Faces.[2]He came to prominence with the2001featureLate Night Shopping.[3]He subsequently directed documentaries onJames StewartandGillespie, Kidd & Coiaand an episode ofUpstairs Downstairs,as well as five episodes of theseventh seriesofDoctor Who.[2]
Selected films/TV
edit| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Slow Horses | Director for the third season (six episodes) |
| 2019/20 | Brassic | Director |
| 2017/19 | Living the Dream | Director: "Adults Only", "Gators for Cougars", "True Love Waits", "Steak Out", "Visa Tambien", "The British Method" |
| 2017 | The Snowman | Second UnitDirector |
| 2015 | Suffragette | Second UnitDirector |
| 2015 | You, Me and the Apocalypse | Director: "32 Days to Go", "26 Days to Go", "23 Days to Go", "24 Hours to Go", "The End of the World" |
| 2014 | Ripper Street | Director: "Live Free, Live True", "The Peace of Edmund Reid" |
| 2014 | Black Sea | Second UnitDirector |
| 2014 | Our Zoo | Director |
| 2013/14 | The Musketeers | Director: "Commodities", "The Homecoming" |
| 2012/13 | Doctor Who | Director: "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship","A Town Called Mercy","The Snowmen","The Crimson Horror","The Name of the Doctor" |
| 2012 | Dredd | Second UnitDirector |
| 2009 | Micro Men | starringAlexander ArmstrongandMartin Freeman |
| 2005 | Guy X | starringJason BiggsandNatascha McElhone |
| 2001 | Late Night Shopping | |
| 1996 | Trainspotting | Location Assistant |
References
edit- ^"Accidental stars pick up top talent awards".The Herald.Glasgow, Scotland. 25 November 2002.Retrieved15 January2020.
- ^abCook, Benjamin (February 2013). "Directing Dinosaurs, Cowboys and Snowmen".Doctor Who Magazine#456.Tunbridge Wells, UK:Panini.pp. 20–24.
- ^"The X-Factor".Future Movies.November 2001.
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