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Leslie "Les" Blair (born 23 October 1941,
Manchester ,
England ) is a
BAFTA winning
television ,
film and
theatre director .
He was educated at
Salford Grammar School , where he was a friend of
Mike Leigh , later producing Leigh's first feature film,
Bleak Moments (1971).
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Gaining notoriety for his controversial
mini-series
Law And Order (shown in 1978 on
BBC2 ), Blair has gone on to direct films characterised by their political and social awareness.
Blair graduated from and currently teaches at
London Film School . In 2019, he was made Honorary Associate of
London Film School .
Filmography
Blooming Youth (BBC
Play for Today , 1973) (TV)
Bet Your Life (BBC
Play for Today , 1976) (TV)
Law And Order (1978) (TV)
Only A Game (1981) (TV)
Four in a Million (1982) (TV)
The Nation's Health (1983) (TV)
Number One (1985)
Honest Decent And True (1986) (TV)
London's Burning : The Movie (1986) (TV)
Leave To Remain (1988) (TV)
The Accountant (1989)
News Hounds (1990) (TV)
Filipina Dreamgirls (1991)
Tracey Ullman: A Class Act (1992) (TV)
Bad Behaviour (1993)
Merrihill Millionaires (1993) (TV)
Bliss (1995) (TV)
Jump the Gun (1997)
Stand And Deliver (1998) (TV)
H3 (2001)
References
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Michael Coveney , The World According to Mike Leigh (London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1996), pp. 7, 45
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