Simon Cellan Jones (born January 1963) is a

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and

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Career

Simon Cellan Jones began his career as a production assistant in the mid-1980s, working on series such as ''

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''. By the late 1980s he had worked his way up to become a director, and he gained credits on some of the most acclaimed British television productions of the 1990s. These included episodes of '' Cracker'' (1993) and ''

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'' (1996). He was nominated as the Best Newcomer at the British Academy Film Awards for his first feature film '' Some Voices'' (2000). Other television credits have included

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'' (2004) and

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'' (2007).

Personal life

Simon is the son of fellow director

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, and the half-brother of

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journalist

Rory Cellan-Jones Nicholas Rory Cellan-Jones (born 17 January 1958; "Cellan" pronounced ) is a British journalist and a former BBC News technology correspondent. After working for the BBC for 40 years, he announced in August 2021 he was leaving the corporation ...

. He married Sarah Jane O'Brien in 1986; they later divorced. He married Elizabeth Starling Gifford in 2003.

Filmography

Feature films

* '' Some Voices'' (2000) * '' The One and Only'' (2002) * '' Arthur the King'' (TBA) * '' The Family Plan'' (TBA)

Television

Asst. floor manager on several editions of Howards' Way in 1985. * ''

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'' (1989) (1 episode) * ''Streetwise'' (1989) * ''

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'' (1992) (2 episodes) * '' Cracker'' (1993) (1 episode) * ''The Big One'' (1995) * ''

'' (1996) (episodes 3, 6–9) * ''In Your Dreams'' (1997) * '' Storm Damage'' (2000) * ''

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'' (2003) — won ''

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for Performing Arts'' in 2004 * ''

'' (2004) * '' The Queen's Sister'' (2005) * ''Coup!'' (2006) * ''

'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2008) * ''

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'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2010) * '' Treme'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2010) (episode 10) * '' The Borgias'' (2011) * '' Klondike'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2015) * ''

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'' (2016) *''The Tap'' (2017) *''

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'' – episode, "Abaddon's Gate" (2018) *''

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'' (2015-2018) *'' Years and Years'' (2019) *'' See'' – Season 2 Episode 01, "Brothers and Sisters" (2021)

References

External links

*
Simon Cellan Jones
in ''Contemporary British and Irish Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide'', by Yoram Allon, Del Cullen, Hannah Patterson. Wallflower Press, 2001. p. 53. Living people 1963 births English television directors English film directors Prix Italia winners Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) English people of Welsh descent {{UK-tv-bio-stub