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Alastair Reid (other)
Alastair Reid may refer to: * Alastair Reid (poet) (1926–2014), Scottish poet and scholar of South American literature * Alastair Reid (director) Alastair Reid (21 July 1939 – 17 August 2011) was a Scottish television and film director, described by ''The Guardian'' on his death as "one of Britain's finest directors of television drama". Early life and education Born in Edinburgh, R ... (1939–2011), Scottish television and film director * Alastair Reid (RAF officer), Royal Air Force officer and medical doctor {{hndis, Reid, Alastair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alastair Reid (poet)
Alastair Reid (22 March 1926, in Whithorn – 21 September 2014, in Manhattan) was a Scottish poet and a scholar of South American literature. He was known for his lighthearted style of poems and for his translations of South American poets Jorge Luis Borges and Pablo Neruda. Although he was known for translations, his own poems had gained notice during his lifetime. He had lived in Spain, Switzerland, Greece, Morocco, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, the Dominican Republic, and in the United States. During the editorship of William Shawn he wrote for ''The New Yorker'' magazine, but his main income was from teaching. Life Reid was born at Whithorn in Galloway, Scotland, the son of a clergyman. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Navy decoding ciphers. After the war he studied Classics at the University of St Andrews and briefly taught Classics at Sarah Lawrence College, New York. In the mid-1950s he travelled to Mallorca, spending some time working as the secretary of Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alastair Reid (director)
Alastair Reid (21 July 1939 – 17 August 2011) was a Scottish television and film director, described by ''The Guardian'' on his death as "one of Britain's finest directors of television drama". Early life and education Born in Edinburgh, Reid studied at the Edinburgh College of Art and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Career In 1964, Reid directed episodes of ''Emergency-Ward 10'' for Associated Television, ATV and worked regularly in television for over thirty years. His work included writing the screenplay of the film ''Shout at the Devil (film), Shout at the Devil'' (1976) and directing the first episode of ''Inspector Morse (TV series), Inspector Morse'' in 1987, as well as directing the television series ''Gangsters (TV series), Gangsters'' (1976—78), the serial ''Traffik'' (1989), the television series ''Selling Hitler'' (1991), based on the Hitler diaries, the miniseries ''Tales of the City (1993 miniseries), Tales of the City'' (1993), and the 1997 television a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |