James Cellan Jones(1931-2019)

Director
Producer
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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 Jennie (1974). He was married to Margot Eavis. He died on 30 August 2019.

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Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys
- 2 wins & 12 nominations total

Known for

Oxbridge Blues (1984)

7.8

TV Series

Director

A Fine Romance (1981)

7.1

TV Series

Director

Lee Remick and Warren Clarke in Jennie (1974)

7.6

TV Mini Series

Director

La famille Adams (1976)

La famille Adams

8.1

TV Mini Series

Director

Credits

Director

Holby City
5.8
TV Series
- Director (as James Cellan-Jones)
- 2001
Married to Malcolm
4.2
- Director
- 2000
The Bill
6.7
TV Series
- Director
- 1989–1999
McLibel!
8.0
TV Mini Series
- Director
- 1997
Inspecteur Wexford
6.8
TV Series
- Director
- 1997
La musique de l'amour: Chouchou
7.2
TV Movie
- Director
- 1995
The Vacillations of Poppy Carew
6.6
TV Movie
- Director
- 1995
Class Act
7.7
TV Series
- Director
- 1994
Harnessing Peacocks
6.4
TV Movie
- Director
- 1993
Brighton Belles
4.8
TV Series
- Director
- 1993
Comedy Playhouse
4.5
TV Series
- Director
- 1993
Rumpole of the Bailey
8.4
TV Series
- Director
- 1992
Maigret
7.7
TV Series
- Director
- 1992
The Gravy Train Goes East
7.1
TV Mini Series
- Director
- 1991
A Perfect Hero
7.8
TV Mini Series
- Director
- 1991

Producer

Additional Crew

Personal details

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
Relatives
- Kate Cellan-Jones(Grandchild)
Other works
Book: "Forsyte and Hindsight: Screen Directing for Pleasure and Profit". Kaleidoscope Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1900203210

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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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