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Robert Knights

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Robert Knights (born 1942 in England) is a British film and television director, perhaps best known for his film The Dawning, about the Irish War of Independence.^[1]

He has been nominated for three BAFTA TV Awards and he won the Montréal World Film Festival Jury Prize for The Dawning.^[2][3]

Also the International Emmy in New York for 'Porterhouse Blue' (Channel 4)^[4] starring David Jason (BAFTA Best Actor Award), and Chistopher Gunning (BAFTA Best Music).

• The Glittering Prizes (1976)
• The History Man (1981)
• The Ebony Tower (1984)
• Porterhouse Blue (1987)
• The Dawning (1988)
• Double Vision (1992)
• The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (1997)
• A Touch of Frost (1999–2000)
• Waking the Dead (2001)
• Monarch of the Glen (2002–2004)
• Casualty (2007–2008)
• The Bill (2002–2009)

• Robert KnightsatIMDb

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