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'''Simon Cellan Jones''' (born January 1963)<ref>[https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/LUi_Jax3PTavZyn5O65MePE68aE/appointments Simon Cellan Jones] January 1963</ref><ref>[[James Cellan Jones|Cellan Jones, James]]. ''[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1900203219 Forsyte and Hindsight: Screen Directing for Pleasure and Profit]''. Kaleidoscope Publishing, 2006. pp. 17–18.</ref> is a [[British (people)|British]] [[television director|television]] and [[film director]].
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'''Simon Cellan Jones''' (born January 1963)<ref>[[James Cellan Jones|Cellan Jones, James]]. ''[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1900203219 Forsyte and Hindsight: Screen Directing for Pleasure and Profit]''. Kaleidoscope Publishing, 2006. pp. 17–18.</ref> is a [[British (people)|British]] [[television director]] and [[film director]].


==Career==
==Career==
Simon Cellan Jones began his career as a production assistant in the mid-1980s, working on series such as ''[[Edge of Darkness]]''. 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 (UK TV series)|Cracker]]'' (1993)<ref name="Cracker - One Day A Lemming Will Fly">{{cite book|title=Jimmy McGovern's Cracker|last1=Dunn|first1=Josephine M|date=2018-03-28|publisher=KDP|year=|isbn=|location=Amazon.com|pages=2–159}}</ref> and ''[[Our Friends in the North]]'' (1996).
Simon Cellan Jones began his career as a production assistant in the mid-1980s, working on series such as ''[[Edge of Darkness]]''. 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 (UK TV series)|Cracker]]'' (1993)<ref name="Cracker - One Day A Lemming Will Fly">{{cite book|title=Jimmy McGovern's Cracker|last1=Dunn|first1=Josephine M|date=2018-03-28|publisher=KDP|location=Amazon.com|pages=2–159}}</ref> and ''[[Our Friends in the North]]'' (1996).


He was nominated as the Best Newcomer at the [[British Academy Film Awards]] for his first feature film ''[[Some Voices (film)|Some Voices]]'' (2000). Other television credits have included [[BBC One]]'s ''[[Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking]]'' (2004) and [[More4]]'s ''[[The Trial of Tony Blair]]'' (2007).
He was nominated as the Best Newcomer at the [[British Academy Film Awards]] for his first feature film ''[[Some Voices (film)|Some Voices]]'' (2000). Other television credits have included [[BBC One]]'s ''[[Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking]]'' (2004) and [[More4]]'s ''[[The Trial of Tony Blair]]'' (2007).


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Simon is the son of fellow director [[James Cellan Jones]], and the half-brother of [[BBC News]] journalist [[Rory Cellan-Jones]].<ref>Cellan Jones, James. ''[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1900203219 Forsyte and Hindsight: Screen Directing for Pleasure and Profit]''. Kaleidoscope Publishing, 2006. pp. 14–15.</ref> Simon married Sarah Jane O'Brien in 1986. Their daughter Kate was born in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thepeerage.com/p16093.htm#i160923|title=Simon Cellan Jones|work=The Peerage|date=21 October 2011}}</ref>
Simon is the son of fellow director [[James Cellan Jones]], and the half-brother of [[BBC News]] journalist [[Rory Cellan-Jones]].<ref>Cellan Jones, James. ''[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1900203219 Forsyte and Hindsight: Screen Directing for Pleasure and Profit]''. Kaleidoscope Publishing, 2006. pp. 14–15.</ref>


He married Sarah Jane O'Brien in 1986; they later divorced. He married Elizabeth Starling Gifford in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVF8-BS44|title=FamilySearch.org|accessdate=13 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVF8-28BB|title=FamilySearch.org|accessdate=13 December 2023}}</ref>
Simon and Sarah divorced in 1993. He married Starling Gifford in 2003. Together they have three children.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}


== Filmography==
== Filmography==
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* ''[[Some Voices (film)|Some Voices]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Some Voices (film)|Some Voices]]'' (2000)
* ''[[The One and Only (2002 film)|The One and Only]]'' (2002)
* ''[[The One and Only (2002 film)|The One and Only]]'' (2002)
* ''[[The Family Plan]]'' (2023)
* ''[[Arthur the King]]'' (2024)


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


* ''[[The Bill]]'' (1989) (1 episode)
* ''[[The Bill]]'' (1989) (1 episode)
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* ''[[Cracker (UK TV series)|Cracker]]'' (1993) (1 episode)
* ''[[Cracker (UK TV series)|Cracker]]'' (1993) (1 episode)
* ''The Big One'' (1995)
* ''The Big One'' (1995)
* ''[[Our Friends in the North]]'' (1996) (episodes 3, 6-9)
* ''[[Our Friends in the North]]'' (1996) (episodes 3, 6–9)
* ''In Your Dreams'' (1997)
* ''In Your Dreams'' (1997)
* ''[[Storm Damage]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Storm Damage]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Eroica (2003 film)|Eroica]]'' (2003) — won ''[[Prix Italia]] for Performing Arts'' in 2004<ref>[http://www.prixitalia.rai.it/2010/pdf/WINNERS_1949-2010.pdf Prix Italia, Winners 1949 - 2010, RAI] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022124024/http://www.prixitalia.rai.it/2010/pdf/WINNERS_1949-2010.pdf |date=2013-10-22 }}</ref>
* ''[[Eroica (2003 film)|Eroica]]'' (2003) — won ''[[Prix Italia]] for Performing Arts'' in 2004<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rai.it/prixitalia/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022124024/http://www.prixitalia.rai.it/2010/pdf/WINNERS_1949-2010.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Prix Italia|archive-date=22 October 2013|website=www.rai.it|language=it}}</ref>
* ''[[Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking]]'' (2004)
* ''[[The Queen's Sister]]'' (2005)
* ''[[The Queen's Sister]]'' (2005)
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* ''[[The Trial of Tony Blair]]'' (2007)
* ''[[The Trial of Tony Blair]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Generation Kill (miniseries)|Generation Kill]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Generation Kill (miniseries)|Generation Kill]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Paradox (UK TV series)|Paradox]]'' (2009)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8063962.stm|title=Outhwaite to star in sci-fi drama|date=22 May 2009|publisher=|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
* ''[[Paradox (UK TV series)|Paradox]]'' (2009)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8063962.stm|title=Outhwaite to star in sci-fi drama|date=22 May 2009|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
* ''[[On Expenses]]'' (2010)
* ''[[On Expenses]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Treme (TV series)|Treme]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Treme (TV series)|Treme]]'' (2010)
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* ''[[Jessica Jones (TV series)|Jessica Jones]]'' (2015)
* ''[[Jessica Jones (TV series)|Jessica Jones]]'' (2015)
* ''[[Shooter (TV series)|Shooter]]'' (2016)
* ''[[Shooter (TV series)|Shooter]]'' (2016)
*''The Tap'' (2017)
*''[[The Expanse (TV series)|The Expanse]]'' – episode, "Abaddon's Gate" (2018)
*''[[Ballers]]'' (2015-2018)
*''[[Years and Years (TV series)|Years and Years]]'' (2019)
*''[[See (TV series)|See]]'' – Season 2 Episode 01, "Brothers and Sisters" (2021)


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0148116}}
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*[https://books.google.com/books?id=OJAcf31BweQC&pg=PA53&dq=%22jones,+simon+cellan%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wqlZT6bSLOHYiQKEu6miCw&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22jones%2C%20simon%20cellan%22&f=false 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.&nbsp;53.
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=OJAcf31BweQC&pg=PA53 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.&nbsp;53.


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Latest revision as of 02:17, 23 March 2024

Simon Cellan Jones (born January 1963)[1][2] is a British television and film director.

Career[edit]

Simon Cellan Jones began his career as a production assistant in the mid-1980s, working on series such as Edge of Darkness. 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)[3] and Our Friends in the North (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 BBC One's Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004) and More4's The Trial of Tony Blair (2007).

Personal life[edit]

Simon is the son of fellow director James Cellan Jones, and the half-brother of BBC News journalist Rory Cellan-Jones.[4]

He married Sarah Jane O'Brien in 1986; they later divorced. He married Elizabeth Starling Gifford in 2003.[5][6]

Filmography[edit]

Feature films[edit]

Television[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Simon Cellan Jones January 1963
  2. ^ Cellan Jones, James. Forsyte and Hindsight: Screen Directing for Pleasure and Profit. Kaleidoscope Publishing, 2006. pp. 17–18.
  3. ^ Dunn, Josephine M (28 March 2018). Jimmy McGovern's Cracker. Amazon.com: KDP. pp. 2–159.
  4. ^ Cellan Jones, James. Forsyte and Hindsight: Screen Directing for Pleasure and Profit. Kaleidoscope Publishing, 2006. pp. 14–15.
  5. ^ "FamilySearch.org". Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  6. ^ "FamilySearch.org". Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Prix Italia" (PDF). www.rai.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 22 October 2013.
  8. ^ "Outhwaite to star in sci-fi drama". 22 May 2009 – via news.bbc.co.uk.

External links[edit]

  • Simon Cellan Jones at IMDb
  • 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.


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