Known for
Directing
Born
October 23, 1941 (age 84)
Birthplace
Manchester, England
Born in 1941, Les Blair is a BAFTA winning television, film and theatre director famous for productions that have political or socially aware themes and are often improvised or naturalistic in flavour. He attended Salford Grammer School and, whilst there, acted in plays alongside fellow pupil Mike Leigh. After graduating at Liverpool University, Blair met up with RADA graduate Leigh again and the pair became flatmates and proponents of Improvisational drama in Birmingham. After joining the London Film School they collaborated together on Leigh's first feature film, Bleak Moments. Blair's own work includes the groundbreaking and controversial BBC miniseries Law and Order (1978) and the 1993 f...
2001
Director
1998
Director, Writer
1997
Director, Writer
1997
Executive Producer
1995
Director, Writer
1993
Director
1993
Director, Writer
1993
Director
1991
Director
1991
Director
1990
Director, Writer
1989
1989
Director
1989
1989
Director
1986
Director
1986
1986
Director, Writer
1985
Director
1985
1982
Director
1981
Director, Writer
1981
Director, Story
1978
1976
Director, Writer