Dream Team Director Profiles: Alan Dossor

 

Alan Dossor directed 7 episodes of DT in Seasons 5 and 6.

 

Dossor was the Artistic Director of Liverpool's Everyman Theatre from 1970-75, with a vision of commissioning plays that reflected every day local stories and people in the region. Prominently, his production of "John, Paul, George, Ringo... and Bert" by Willy Russell was transferred to the West End in 1974. Following his departure, his TV and film career in directing, producing and writing began.

 

In TV directing, his credits included "Softly Softly: Task Force" (2 episodes, 1976), "Don't Forget to Write!" (4 eps, 1977), Play for Today (2 eps, 1978 & 1981), "Goodnight and God Bless" (which he also produced) and "Johnny Jarvis" (both 6 episodes, 1983), "Connie" (5 eps, 1985), "Between the Lines" (8 eps, 1992-94), "No Bananas" (4 eps, 1996) and "Where the Heart Is" (2 eps, 2000).

 

In movies, he directed the Emmy nominated "Star Quality" (1985), the BAFTA nominated "First and Last" (1989) which he also produced, "The Missing Postman" (1997) and "Bessie and the Bell" (2001).

 

Alan's producing credits also included the true crime TV movies "A Is for Acid" (2002) and "The Brides in the Bath" (2003). He wrote, produced and directed movie "Fair Game" in 1994.

 

 

 

Dream Team episodes directed by Alan Dossor

 

 

 

5.1 (#229) Passports Out  Sunday 16th September 2001

5.6 (#234) A Moment Of Madness  Sunday 21st October 2001

5.25 (#253) Oh Danny Boy  Sunday 17th March 2002

5.30 (#258) Sex, Lies And Videotape  Sunday 21st April 2002

6.1 (#261) It Could Be You  Sunday 6th October 2002

6.21 (#281) Dead Man Walking  Sunday 2nd March 2003

6.26 (#286) Stand by Your Man  Sunday 6th April 2003

 

 

 

Internet Movie Database profile