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Jon Amiel (born 20 May 1948) [1] is an English director who has worked in film and television in both the UK and the US. After receiving a BAFTA Award nomination for the BBC series The Singing Detective (1986), he went on to direct films, including Sommersby (1993), Copycat (1995), Entrapment (1999), [2] The Core (2003) and Creation (2009).
- 20 May 1948 (age 75), London, England
- 1977–present
- Film director
Jon Amiel. Director. Producer. Writer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Play trailer 2:15. Creation (2009) 10 Videos. 7 Photos. After studies in English literature, Jon Amiel graduated from Cambridge University and ran the Oxford and Cambridge Shakespeare Company, which often toured the USA.
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Director: Copycat. After studies in English literature, Jon Amiel graduated from Cambridge University and ran the Oxford and Cambridge Shakespeare Company, which often toured the USA. He became the Hampstead Theatre Company's literary manager and began directing there, relocating to the Royal Shakespeare Company.
- May 20, 1948
An acclaimed British TV director, notably of Dennis Potter's surreal musical mystery drama "The Singing Detective" (BBC, 1986-87; PBS 1988), Jon Amiel successfully segued to features, gaining...
Directed by Jon Amiel and produced for the BBC by Kenith Trodd and John Harris, The Singing Detective was, by any measure, an unusual and complex series. Over its six episodes, broadcast in the UK ...
Oct 27, 1995 · Copycat: Directed by Jon Amiel. With Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, Dermot Mulroney, William McNamara. An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.
Jon Amiel is an English film director who has since the early 1980s worked in film and television in both the UK and the US. Known For. The Walking Dead. Once Upon a Time. Entrapment. The Core. American Gods. Carnival Row. Copycat. The Tudors. Directing. Writing. Acting. Creator. Production.