Geoffrey Sax
Born: 17th October 1949 (as Geoffrey Paul Sax)
Episodes Broadcast: 1996
Geoffrey Sax was born in Barnet, London. He started directing in the
late Seventies with comedy shows such as Canned Laughter and
End Of Part One, which included a parody of Doctor Who.
The Eighties saw Sax working on programmes like Spitting Image,
The New Statesman and Bergerac. In the early Nineties, his
credits included Lovejoy before he relocated to Hollywood. Having
established himself on several TV movies, Sax was a natural candidate to
direct Doctor Who (1996), the
British-American co-production which attempted to resurrect the series
after its cancellation in 1989. He also provided the voice of the
Daleks, heard during the telefilm's opening moments. Sax had just
married production assistant Karina Brewin and so it was agreed that she
would join him, uncredited, in working on the project. He had previously
been married to script supervisor Caroline Sax.
Sax subsequently returned to the United Kingdom, where his work after
the turn of the century included episodes of Clocking Off and
Tipping The Velvet. He made his movie debut with the 2005 horror
White Noise starring Michael Keaton. Two more films followed in
quick succession: the family adventure Stormbreaker and
Frankie & Alice, for which star Halle Berry earned a Golden Globe
nomination. Sax refocussed on television during the 2010s, working on
programmes such as Blandings, Agatha Raisin,
Endeavour and Victoria. He also made the telefilm
Christopher And His Kind starring Matt Smith, who was then
playing the Eleventh Doctor. Sax's career continued into the Twenties
with the mini-series Us.
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