Giles Foster

Giles Fosterhas been an English television director since 1975, specialising in television dramas.He has also directed in Australiaand in Germany (2012-2014).He wrote some television dramas in the 1970s.

He is fromBath, Somersetand was educated atMonkton Combe School.

TV directed

Foster was nominated three times forBAFTAawards forSilas Marner(1985),Talking Heads(A Lady of Letters) (1987), and wonBest Single Dramafor his filmHotel du Lac(1986). He also directed the television seriesFour Seasons(2008) which was rewritten to be set in his home town of Bath.

Selected filmography

• The Aerodrome(1983) — based on a novel byRex Warner
• Dutch Girls(1985)
• Silas Marner(1985) — based onSilas MarnerbyGeorge Eliot
• Hotel du Lac(1986) — based onHotel du LacbyAnita Brookner
• Northanger Abbey(1987) — based onNorthanger AbbeybyJane Austen
• Consuming Passions(1988) — based onSecretsbyMichael PalinandTerry Jones
• Tree of Hands(1989) — based onThe Tree of HandsbyRuth Rendell
• Monster Maker(1989) — based on a novel byNicholas Fisk
• The Lilac Bus(1990) — based onThe Lilac BusbyMaeve Binchy
• The Rector's Wife(1994) — based on a novel byJoanna Trollope
• Oliver's Travels(1995) — based on a novel byAlan Plater
• Coming Home(1998) — based on a novel byRosamunde Pilcher
• Relative Strangers(1999)
• The Prince and the Pauper(2000) — based onThe Prince and the PauperbyMark Twain
• Bertie and Elizabeth(2002)
• Summer Solstice(2005) — based on a story byRosamunde Pilcher
• Starting Over(2007) — based on a novel byRobin Pilcher
• Four Seasons(2008) — based on a story byRosamunde Pilcher
• Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love(2010) — based on a story byRosamunde Pilcher
• The Other Wife(2012) — based on a story byRosamunde Pilcher
• Unknown Heart(2014) — based on a story byRosamunde Pilcher

External links

• Giles FosteratIMDb