birth_place name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
bournemouth , hampshire , england michael e. briant 14 february 1942 michael e. briant
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michael e. briant

michael e. briant -lrb- born in bournemouth , hampshire , england on 14 february 1942 -rrb- is best known as a british television director , but he is also a producer and actor .
when michael was 21 he joined the bbc as an assistant floor manager in the drama department and a year later became a production assistant .
in 1966 he took a directors course and he subsequently directed series such as `` z-cars '' , `` doctor who '' and `` warship '' .
howards way during his time on `` doctor who '' , he directed six serials , including three fondly-remembered adventures `` the sea devils '' , `` the green death '' and his personal favourite `` the robots of death '' , which was also his last involvement with the series .
however , he is most proud of his subsequent direction of the bbc drama series `` secret army '' for which he directed episodes between 1978 and 1979 .
he later directed four of the six episodes of its sequel , `` kessler '' and the thriller series `` blood money '' in which he cast many of the actors from `` secret army '' , before moving to the netherlands to direct television there .
in the 1980s he went onto working directing treasure island , the emmy award winning a tale of two cities , the feature film tangiers , hideaway and many more drama productions .
he currently lives in spain where he indulges his passion for sailing .
he has recently been involved on dvd releases of his doctor who episodes , appearing on various documentaries and commentary tracks .
briant is , perhaps , the series ' most prolific living director .
he has been involved on dvd releases of his doctor who episodes , appearing on various documentaries and commentary tracks and has become a successful author .
his autobiography ` who is michael briant ' has been published by classic press and his ` french canal routes to the mediterranean , the gentle sailing route to the mediterranean , strait sailing to gibraltar and ` living aboard around the world have been published by edwineditions and are available as hard copy or ebooks from www.michaelbriant.com .
