Malcolm Craddock, Esq

Career: entered film industry 1962; asst dir to Joseph Losey 1964-66 (Accident, Modesty Blaise); dir: Mr Lewis 1965, The Beach 1967; film dir of TV commercials (Sunday Times awards) 1966-89, founding ptnr and dir Picture Palace Prodns Ltd 1970-; prodr TV drama 1984-: Tandoori Nights (Channel 4) 1985-87, Ping Pong (Venice Int Film Festival) 1986, twenty one short films, 4 Minutes (winner Gold Award for Drama NY 1986), Firing the Bullets, Hunting the Squirrel and Pushed (Channel 4 and ECA) 1989-90, When Love Dies (Channel 4) 1990, The Orchid House (series, Channel 4) 1991, Sharpe's Rifles and Sharpe's Eagle (ITV) 1993, Little Napoleons (Channel 4) 1994, Sharpe's Company, Sharpe's Enemy and Sharpe's Honour (ITV) 1994 (nominated BAFTA Award Best TV Drama Series), Karaoke Love Affair (NHK Tokyo) 1994, Sharpe's Sword, Sharpe's Gold and Sharpe's Battle (ITV) 1995, Sharpe's Regiment, Sharpe's Siege and Sharpe's Mission (ITV) 1996, Sharpe's Revenge, Sharpe's Justice and Sharpe's Waterloo (ITV) 1997, A Life for A Life - The True Story of Stefan Kiszko (ITV) 1998 (winner Royal TV Soc Best Writer and Best Newcomer, nominated BAFTA Award Best Single Drama), Extremely Dangerous (ITV) 1999, Rebel Heart (BBC1) 2001, Frances Tuesday (ITV) 2004, Sharpe's Challenge (ITV) 2006, Sharpe's Peril (ITV) 2008