Les Blair

Born in 1941, Les Blair is a BAFTA winning television, film and theatre director famous for productions that have political or socially aware themes and are often improvised or naturalistic in flavour. He attended Salford Grammer School and, whilst there, acted in plays alongside fellow pupil Mike Leigh. After graduating at Liverpool University, Blair met up with RADA graduate Leigh again and the pair became flatmates and proponents of Improvisational drama in Birmingham. After joining the London Film School they collaborated together on Leigh's first feature film, Bleak Moments. Blair's own work includes the groundbreaking and controversial BBC miniseries Law and Order (1978) and the 1993 film Bad Behaviour.

Crew

Seduction

Director

Bleak Moments

Editor, Producer

Bad Behavior

Director, Writer

H3

Director

Four in a Million

Director

Jump the Gun

Director, Writer

The Merrihill Millionaires

Director

London's Burning: The Movie

Director

Filipina Dreamgirls

Director

Number One

Director

Sunshine in Brixton

Director

News Hounds

Director, Writer

Honest Decent & True

Director, Writer

Stand and Deliver

Director, Writer

Blooming Youth

Director, Writer

The Accountant

Director

Bliss

Director, Writer

Early to Bed

Director

Amazing Grace

Executive Producer

Only a Game

Writer, Director

Leave to Remain

Director

Bet Your Life

Writer, Director

Beyond the Pale

Director, Story

Tracey Ullman: A Class Act

Director