Bill Bryden


William Campbell Rough Bryden, is a British stage- and film director and screenwriter.

Biography

He has worked as a director at the Royal Court Theatre, the Royal Lyceum Theatre, the National Theatre ; and as a visiting director in Glasgow and New York. In 1990, he directed Leoš Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen, at the Royal Opera House. He has also done work for film and television, as screenwriter, director and executive producer.

Personal life

He married Deborah Morris, a potter, in 1970 and they had two children. The couple divorced in 1988.
In 1988, he met actress Angela Douglas at a dinner party arranged by mutual friend Marsha Hunt. They have lived together in west London since, and were married at City Hall, New York City in February 2009.
National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview with Bill Bryden in 2009 for its Legacy of the English Stage Company collection held by the British Library.

Work

Film director