Title: Metroland (novel)
Content:  In 1997 Metroland was made into a film starring Christian Bale and Emily Watson, with a score by Mark Knopfler. The executive producer was Andrew Bandall and the director was Philip Saville.
Title: Metroland (soundtrack)
Content:  Metroland is the seventh soundtrack album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 23 March 1999 by Vertigo Records internationally and Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album contains music composed for the 1997 film Metroland, directed by Philip Saville.
Title: Metroland (film)
Content:  Mark Knopfler wrote the score and produced the Metroland soundtrack, which is supplemented by some additional tracks appropriate to the period depicted in the film. The executive producer Andrew Bendel and director Philip Saville needed three songs from the punk era to be included in the live band scenes played by a fictitious group called The Subverts. Danny de Matos and Del Bartle were asked to write the songs to be included in the film. These three particular songs featured in the film (although not included on the Polygram soundtrack) "Amerikkka We Hate You", "Destroy the Hoi Polloi" and "You Destiny" were also produced by Danny de Matos.
Title: Metroland (film)
Content:  Metroland is a 1997 British comedy-drama film directed by Philip Saville and starring Christian Bale and Emily Watson. Written by Adrian Hodges, based on the 1980 novel Metroland by Julian Barnes, the film is about a man whose tranquil and ordinary life is disrupted by the sudden reappearance of his best friend, which leads him to remember his rebellious youth in Paris, to question some of his life choices, and to re-evaluate his priorities and marriage.
Title: Metroland (film)
Content:  Metroland was filmed on location in Amersham, London, and Uxbridge in England, and in Paris, France. Studio filming was done at Twickenham Film Studios in Middlesex, England.
Title: Metroland (film)
Content: Christian Bale as Chris Lloyd ; Emily Watson as Marion Lloyd ; Lee Ross as Toni Barbarowski ; Elsa Zylberstein as Annick ; John Wood as The Retired Commuter ; Rufus as Henri ; Amanda Ryan as Joanna ; Jonathan Aris as Dave ; Ifan Meredith as Mickey ; Boris Terral as Jacques ; Lucy Speed as Punk Girl ; Bill Thomas as Middle-Aged Commuter ; Bethan Fairbairn as Amy Lloyd ; Daisy Fairbairn as Amy Lloyd 
Title: Metroland (film)
Content:  The screenplay was written by Adrian Hodges, based on the novel Metroland by Julian Barnes. The primary difference between film and the novel is the narrative structure: the book proceeds chronologically from Chris' youth to the early years of his marriage; whereas the film uses flashbacks to his time in Paris. In the book, Chris is a graduate student while in Paris; in the film, he is a photographer. Finally, in the book, Chris' encounter with another woman at a party was not arranged by Toni, nor is there any indication that Toni has made a pass at Chris' wife Marion. Much of the dialogue from the book is preserved in the film.
Title: Metroland (film)
Content:  Metroland explores the tension between the youthful idealism of a hedonistic existence and that of the inevitable middle-class establishment. The film title refers to the London suburbs which are served by the expansive London Underground network, an environment that Chris and Toni had always promised themselves they would escape. The narrative format is largely the flashback, with extended portions showing Chris as a 21-year-old living in Paris.
Title: Metroland (film)
Content:  In his review for Variety magazine, David Rooney called the film "sexy and entertaining" with a "witty script and strong performances". Rooney concluded: "The flashback scheme taking in the Paris period and Chris and Toni's early-'60s schooldays is very structured and straightforward, and the observations about fidelity, commitment and compromise are far from new. But screenwriter Adrian Hodges' clever dialogue and director Saville's unpretentious approach make this a more satisfying experience than its narrow scope would indicate." In his review for Entertainment Weekly, Owen Gleiberman gave the film an A- score, calling it "a no-fuss movie that casts a rich, tranquil spell." Gleiberman concluded, "It's the rare portrait of a happy marriage that is honest about the complex currents of desire, and the drama is beautifully played by Bale, who 
Title: Metroland (soundtrack)
Content:  The instrumental tracks, specifically composed and recorded for the film by Knopfler, effectively help to create the mood and highlight the distinct personalities of the principal characters, with the soundtrack changing the atmosphere as the film flips back and forth between Paris in the early '60s and suburban London in 1977. Parisian flavour is augmented by the music of Françoise Hardy, Django Reinhardt and Quintette du Hot Club de France, with some late-70s classics from The Stranglers, Dire Straits, Hot Chocolate and Elvis Costello that are appropriate for that the period. In the lyrics of "Metroland", the only song he wrote for the movie, Knopfler says "I've danced in the rain and I've been Django", so it 

Question: Who was the director of Metroland?
Answer: Philip Saville.