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Piers Haggard Dies: British Director Behind ‘Pennies From Heaven’ And Industry Campaigner Was 83
17.01.2023 - 20:53 / deadline.com
British director Piers Haggard has passed away aged 83.
He died “peacefully on January 11, 2023,” a statement from his agents said.
“He is deeply missed by his family, friends, colleagues, and the industry at large,” the statement continued.
Haggard worked in film, TV, and theater in a career that spanned five decades.
His work included credits on BBC TV shows such as The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971) and Love for Lydia (1977) and films such as Wedding Night and influential folk horror feature The Blood on Satan’s Claw.
His best-known work was the BAFTA-winning 1979 series Pennies from Heaven, which was written by Dennis Potter and starring Bob Hoskins and Cheryl Campbell.
Born in London to parents Morna Gillespie and the actor, poet, and novelist Stephen Haggard, Haggard started his career as an assistant director at the Royal Court in 1960, before moving to television in 1965.
Besides his directing work, he is known for his campaigning work. He was instrumental in helping to create the Directors Guild of Great Britain and Directors and Producers Rights Society, which today form Directors UK.
In 1973, he was one of a small group of directors involved in the formation of the ADP (Association of Directors and Producers), an organization which campaigned for the creative and economic rights of TV directors. In 1982, he established and served as the first chairman of the DGGB (Directors Guild of Great Britain) and has remained active in Directors UK until his passing.
A few years later he helped form and then chaired the Directors and Producers Rights Society (DPRS), for the purpose of collecting payments for directors, as guaranteed for the first time under then-recent European legislation.
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