Juliet May
Juliet May is a British television director. She has directed television shows such as Dalziel and Pascoe, Hope and Glory, New Tricks and Miranda.
Personal life
[edit]Juliet is the daughter of Val May, the theatre director, and his first wife, Penelope (formerly Rish).
Career
[edit]May oversaw all eight episodes of Heil Honey I'm Home! in 1990, a sitcom featuring Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun for British Satellite Broadcasting in 1990; only the pilot was ever transmitted. In 1995, she was nominated for a BAFTA award for Rory Bremner, Who Else?, and won a BAFTA Children's Award in 1999 for Microsoap produced by Andy Rowley, with whom May has collaborated on a number of productions.[1] She directed all twelve episodes of Steven Moffat's 1997 school-based sitcom Chalk.[2] She then directed Robert Bathurst in My Dad's the Prime Minister, and Dawn French and Catherine Tate in Wild West. She also directed some episodes of series V of Red Dwarf.[3] She found it hard to work with the science fiction elements of the series and left before the series was finished.[4] The remaining episodes were directed by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor.[5] In 2008, she directed the BBC film Dustbin Baby. May then directed the BBC sitcom Miranda, starring Miranda Hart. In 2015, May directed episodes 3, 4 and 6 of British television drama series Ordinary Lies, for BBC One.[6][7][8]
Selected filmography
[edit]- The Treasure Seekers (1996)
References
[edit]- ^ "Dear Nobody". 1 January 2000. Retrieved 27 January 2017 – via IMDb.
- ^ After the Chalk Dust Settled, featurette on Chalk Series 1 DVD, ReplayDVD.co.uk, prod. & dir. Craig Robins
- ^ "Mr Flibble Talks To... Juliet May - Features - Red Dwarf - The Official Website". Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ "Series V Production". www.reddwarf.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2008-01-07.
- ^ Grant and Naylor Look Back, Red Dwarf Smegazine, issue 11, January 1993, Fleetway Editions Ltd, issn 0965-5603
- ^ Writer: Danny Brocklehurst, Director: Juliet May (31 March 2015). "Episode 3". Ordinary Lies. BBC One. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ Writer: Danny Brocklehurst, Director: Juliet May (7 April 2015). "Episode 4". Ordinary Lies. BBC One. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ Writer: Danny Brocklehurst, Director: Juliet May (21 April 2015). "Episode 6". Ordinary Lies. BBC One. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
External links
[edit]- Juliet May at IMDb