Sean Mathias
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sean Gerard Mathias (born 14 March 1956) is a British theatre director, film director, writer and actor. Mathias was born in Swansea, south Wales. He is known for directing the film, Bent, and for directing highly acclaimed theatre productions in London, New York, Cape Town, Los Angeles and Sydney. He has also had a notable professional and personal partnership with the actor, Sir Ian McKellen, since the late 1970s. He was named one of the 101 most influential gay and lesbian people in Britain by the Independent on Sunday in 2006. Description above from the Wikipedia article licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For & Full Filmography7 Titles
Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes • as Dafydd
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.
Movie - 1977, 2h 15m • as Irish Guards Lieutenant
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.
Movie - 1987, 2h 15m • as Gerald Portman
A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the homefront gears up for war. They are busy swapping partners, doing drugs, and attending lavish parties and horse races. She begins a torrid affair with one of the bon vivants, and her husband finds out and confronts them. The husband and wife decide to break up peacefully, but the bon vivant is murdered and all the evidence points to the husband.
Movie - 1982, 2h 15m • as Dispatcher
During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney in society. Percy falls for and marries the beautiful actress Marguerite St. Just, but she is involved with Chauvelin and Robespierre, and Percy's marriage to her may endanger the Pimpernel's plans to save the little Dauphin
Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes • as Lloyd
How Green Was My Valley is a six-part television miniseries adapted by Elaine Morgan, based on Richard Llewellyn's eponymous 1939 novel. The serial is produced by the BBC and 20th Century Fox Television for BBC Two—the latter's involvement is due to their ownership of the rights to the novel and its subsequent Oscar-winning 1941 film. Huw Morgan, the academically inclined youngest son in a proud family of Welsh coal miners, witnesses the tumultuous events of his young life during a period of rapid social change. At the dawn of the 20th-century, a miners' strike divides the Morgans: the sons demand improvements, and the father doesn't want to rock the boat.
Movie - 2009, 2h 15m • as Self
8 part series behind the scenes at the famous Theatre Royal, Haymarket, with a focus on a production Waiting for Godot featuring Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Ronald Pickup and Simon Callow. Also covers the early stages of Breakfast at Tiffany's starring Anna Friel and Joseph Cross.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • as Self
This unique and cheeky documentary explores Britain and what makes our country great from our traditions to our self-deprecating sense of humour.