Brian Percival is a British

United Kingdom

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 film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

, working mainly in television.

He has directed Pleasureland, North & South

North and South (2004 TV serial)

North & South is a British television drama serial, produced by the BBC and originally broadcast in four episodes on BBC One between November and December 2004. It follows the story of Margaret Hale , a young woman from southern England who has to move to the North after her father decides to leave...

, ShakespeaRe-Told (Much Ado About Nothing), The Ruby in the Smoke and The Old Curiosity Shop.

His nine-minute short About a Girl

About a Girl (film)

About a Girl is a nine-minute short film directed by Brian Percival. In 2001 it won the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film. It also won an award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival for Best British Short, the TCM Classic Shorts Award prize at the London Film Festival, and the Jury Prize at...

 won the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film

BAFTA Award for Best Short Film

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 and several film festival awards in 2001.

Since 2010 he has directed seven episodes of the ITV

ITV

ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...

  British period drama, Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey is a British television period drama series, produced by NBC Universal-owned British media company Carnival Films for the ITV network. The series is set during the late Edwardian era and the First World War on the fictional estate of Downton Abbey in Yorkshire, and features an...

. For his work on the show he won the 2010 BAFTA Craft

British Academy Television Craft Awards

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 award for Best Fiction Director and the 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special.

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