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'''Dan Zeff''' is a three-time [[BAFTA]] award winning [[director]], who helmed the [[2006]] ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story ''[[Love & Monsters]]''. | |||
'' | ==Prior to ''Doctor Who''== | ||
His directorial career appears to have started in about [[1994]], with an entry to a Channel 4 film competition. This was swiftly followed by an extremely successful period of about 8 years in which he was a dominant force in children's television. His [[1996]] adaptation of the ''[[wikipedia:Coping With|Coping With]]'' book, ''Coping with [[Christmas]]'', won both a BAFTA Children's Award for Best Drama, and a regular BAFTA TV Award for Best (Fictional) Children's Programme. He also won a BAFTA Children's Award for the instructional programme, ''English Express''. | |||
==External | At about the turn of the [[21st century]], he moved to more adult television, typically working in single-camera situation comedies. In [[2001]], he worked on a couple of projects with significant ''Doctor Who'' connections. | ||
First, he worked on ''[[wikipedia:Linda Green|Linda Green]]'', featuring [[Liza Tarbuck]], [[Sean Gallagher]], [[Claire Rushbrook]], [[Bruno Langley]] and [[Daniel Ryan]]. Other ''Doctor Who'' personnel who worked on the series included [[cinematographer]] [[Ernie Vincze]], [[producer]] [[Phil Collinson]], [[executive producer]] [[Jane Tranter]], [[casting director]] [[Andy Pryor]] and [[editor]] [[Liana Del Giudice]]. | |||
Then he helmed a couple of episodes of the second series of ''[[wikipedia:At Home with the Braithwaites|At Home with the Braithwaites]]'', starring [[Peter Davison]], [[Sarah Smart]] and [[Julie Graham]]. Just prior to his involvement with ''Doctor Who'', he directed the whole of the first series of ''[[wikipedia:The Worst Week of My Life|The Worst Week of My Life]]'', which co-starred [[Dean Lennox Kelly]]. | |||
==After ''Doctor Who''== | |||
Around and after his time on ''Love & Monsters'', he was the initial director on ''[[wikipedia:Ideal (sitcom)|Ideal]]'', directing all of series 1 and 2 of that [[wikipedia:Johnny Vegas|Johnny Vegas]] vehicle. | |||
In 2008, his miniseries, ''[[wikipedia:Love in Austen|Love in Austen]]'', was transmitted on [[ITV]]. The series featured a number of ''Doctor Who'' luminaries, including [[Jemima Rooper]], [[Alex Kingston]], [[Florence Hoath]], [[Hugh Bonneville]], [[Gugu Mbatha-Raw]], [[Christina Cole]], [[Lindsay Duncan]], and [[Michelle Duncan]]. Furthermore, it was [[production designer|production designed]] by [[Michael Pickwoad]]. | |||
In 2011, his episodes of ''[[wikipedia:Case Histories (TV series)|Case Histories]]'' aired, starring [[Paterson Joseph]] and [[Tom Goodman-Hill]]. | |||
==External link== | |||
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[[Category:Doctor Who directors|Zeff, Dan]] | [[Category:Doctor Who directors|Zeff, Dan]] | ||
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