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James Cellan Jones(1931-2019)

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Additional Crew
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James Cellan Jones was born on 13 July 1931 in Swansea, Wales, UK. He was a director and producer, known for Oxbridge Blues (1984), A Fine Romance (1981) and The Adams Chronicles (1976). He was married to Margot Eavis. He died on 30 August 2019.
BornJuly 13, 1931
DiedAugust 30, 2019(88)
BornJuly 13, 1931
DiedAugust 30, 2019(88)
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  • Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys
    • 2 wins & 12 nominations total

Known for

Oxbridge Blues (1984)
Oxbridge Blues
7.9
TV Series
  • Director
A Fine Romance (1981)
A Fine Romance
7.1
TV Series
  • Director
The Adams Chronicles (1976)
The Adams Chronicles
8.1
TV Mini Series
  • Director
Lee Remick and Warren Clarke in Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1974)
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
7.7
TV Mini Series
  • Director

Credits

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Director

  • Guy Henry in Holby City (1999)
    Holby City
    5.8
    TV Series
    • Director (as James Cellan-Jones)
    • 2001
  • Mark Addy in Married 2 Malcolm (2000)
    Married 2 Malcolm
    4.2
    • Director
    • 2000
  • Colin Blumenau, Nula Conwell, Peter Ellis, Trudie Goodwin, Jon Iles, Gary Olsen, Eric Richard, John Salthouse, Tony Scannell, Jeff Stewart, Mark Wingett, and Delia Swan in The Bill (1984)
    The Bill
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1989–1999
  • McLibel! (1997)
    McLibel!
    8.1
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1997
  • George Baker, Keith Barron, John Castle, and Amanda Redman in Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)
    Ruth Rendell Mysteries
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1997
  • The Music of Love: Claude Debussy's Passions (1995)
    The Music of Love: Claude Debussy's Passions
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1995
  • The Vacillations of Poppy Carew (1995)
    The Vacillations of Poppy Carew
    6.5
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1995
  • Joanna Lumley in Class Act (1994)
    Class Act
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1994
  • Harnessing Peacocks (1993)
    Harnessing Peacocks
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1993
  • Brighton Belles (1993)
    Brighton Belles
    4.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1993
  • Comedy Playhouse (1993)
    Comedy Playhouse
    5.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1993
  • Rumpole of the Bailey (1978)
    Rumpole of the Bailey
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1992
  • Maigret (1992)
    Maigret
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1992
  • Francesca Annis, Ian Richardson, and Christoph Waltz in The Gravy Train Goes East (1991)
    The Gravy Train Goes East
    7.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1991
  • A Perfect Hero (1991)
    A Perfect Hero
    7.8
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1991

Producer

  • A Perfect Hero (1991)
    A Perfect Hero
    7.8
    TV Mini Series
    • producer
    • 1991
  • Oxbridge Blues (1984)
    Oxbridge Blues
    7.9
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1984
  • A Fine Romance (1981)
    A Fine Romance
    7.1
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1981–1982
  • BBC2 Play of the Week (1977)
    BBC2 Play of the Week
    7.5
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1978
  • BBC Play of the Month (1965)
    BBC Play of the Month
    6.8
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1978
  • The Adams Chronicles (1976)
    The Adams Chronicles
    8.1
    TV Mini Series
    • producer
    • 1976

Additional Crew

  • 1st Annual Directors Guild of Great Britain DGGB Awards (2004)
    1st Annual Directors Guild of Great Britain DGGB Awards
    7.2
    Video
    • awards committee
    • 2004
  • Jane Merrow and Bill Travers in Lorna Doone (1963)
    Lorna Doone
    8.2
    TV Mini Series
    • production assistant
    • 1963

Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • BFI_
    • France's national library catalogue
  • Alternative name
    • James Cellan-Jones
  • Born
    • July 13, 1931
    • Swansea, Wales, UK
  • Died
    • August 30, 2019
  • Spouse
    • Margot Eavis1959 - 2015 (her death, 3 children)
  • Children
      Rory Cellan-Jones
  • Relatives
    • Kate Cellan-Jones(Grandchild)
  • Other works
    Book: "Forsyte and Hindsight: Screen Directing for Pleasure and Profit". Kaleidoscope Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1900203210

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    He has one son: the BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones, with Sylvia Rich; and three children: Lavinia Cellan Jones, the director Simon Cellan Jones, and Deiniol Cellan Jones who died in 2013, with his wife Margot Eavis.
  • Quotes
    All my family were doctors. I was born in Wales, and I was supposed to go into medicine. I weak-mindedly allowed myself to be led into reading science and got a natural sciences degree at Cambridge. With great relief, I gave it all up and started work as a call boy at the BBC.

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