Saul Metzstein
Born: 30th December 1970
Episodes Broadcast: 2012-2013
Saul Metzstein was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His father was Isi
Metzstein, a celebrated modernist architect, and for a time the younger
Metzstein was inclined to follow a similar career path. After studying
architecture at Robinson College, Cambridge, however, Metzstein briefly
attended film school in the United States. He then worked as a
production runner on Danny Boyle's 1994 cult classic Shallow
Grave -- starring future Ninth Doctor Christopher Eccleston -- and
the 1995 drama Small Faces, after which he as a location
assistant on Boyle's 1996 trendsetter Trainspotting. In 1997,
Metzstein wrote and directed the short film Santa/Claws. He made
several documentaries before taking the reins of the 2001 comedy Late
Night Shopping, and then 2005's Guy X. Metzstein moved over
to television drama with the 2009 telefilm Micro Men.
Metzstein's first experience with episodic television was the revival of
Upstairs Downstairs in 2010. He was then offered an assignment on
Doctor Who's 2011 season, but he already working as a second unit
director on the science-fiction movie Dredd. However, Metzstein
was able to join Doctor Who for its 2012-13 season, and wound up
making no fewer than five episodes. Amongst them was the 2012 Christmas
special, The Snowmen, and the
season finale, The Name Of The
Doctor, which offered viewers the first glimpse of John Hurt's
War Doctor. Metzstein also directed Pond Life, the five-part
prequel which set the stage for the departure of longtime companions Amy
and Rory, and he performed some additional filming for their farewell
episode, The Angels Take
Manhattan, when original director Nick Hurran was
unavailable.
Now well-established in television, the remainder of the decade saw
Metzstein work on shows including The Musketeers, Ripper
Street, Living The Dream and You, Me And The
Apocalypse. He continued to direct second unit material for movies,
such as Black Sea with Jude Law, Suffragette starring
Carey Mulligan, and the Michael Fassbender mystery The Snowman.
During the Twenties, Metzstein's credits came on programmes like
Brassic and Slow Horses.
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