David Leland

Writing · 1947–2023 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

David Leland (20 April 1947 - 24 December 2023) was a director, screenwriter and actor who came to international fame with his directorial debut Wish You Were Here in 1987.

Known for

8.6

Band of Brothers

2001 · Series · Director

7.6

The Borgias

2011 · Series · Director

5.0

Virgin Territory

2007 · Director

6.5

Wish You Were Here

1987 · Director

8.1

Concert for George

2003 · Director

6.0

The Land Girls

1998 · Director

4.8

The Big Man

1990 · Director

4.4

Checking Out

1988 · Director

10.0

Tales Out of School

1983 · Series · Creator

Directed

7.6

The Borgias

2011 · Series · Director

5.0

Virgin Territory

2007 · Director

8.1

Concert for George

2003 · Director

8.6

Band of Brothers

2001 · Series · Director

6.0

The Land Girls

1998 · Director

4.8

The Big Man

1990 · Director

4.4

Checking Out

1988 · Director

6.5

Wish You Were Here

1987 · Director

Created

10.0

Tales Out of School

1983 · Series · Creator

Acting24

Victoria Wood: Seen on TV

2009

5.5

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades

2000 · Costume Designer

5.1

The White River Kid

1999 · Socrates Storekeeper

5.7

When Saturday Comes

1996 · Priest

6.5

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

1992 · Series · Costume Designer

6.1

Personal Services

1987 · Mr. Pilkington / Danielle

9.0

Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain

1985 · Driver

5.6

The Missionary

1982 · Long Haired Man at Gin Palace

8.0

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

1981 · Series · Majikthise

6.6

Time Bandits

1981 · Puppeteer

8.0

Golden Gordon

1979 · Football Manager

7.0

Target

1977 · Series · Murray

5.0

Gawain and the Green Knight

1973 · Humphrey

5.6

The Love-Girl and the Innocent

1973 · Nemov

6.2

Van der Valk

1972 · Series · Madame Arthur

6.0

The Pied Piper

1972 · Officer

5.5

The Last of the Mohicans

1971 · Series

7.5

One Brief Summer

1971