Alastair Reid (director), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alastair Reid (director)

writer, director

Date of Birth: 21-Jul-1939

Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 17-Aug-2011

Profession: screenwriter, film director

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Alastair Reid (born 21 July 1939 in Edinburgh — died 17 August 2011 in Stoke St Gregory, Somerset) was a British television director whose credits include the TV series Selling Hitler (1991 miniseries) based on a true story of the biggest fraud in publishing history - the Hitler diaries, and Traffik and Tales of the City and Shout at the Devil.Reid studied at Edinburgh College of Art before studying directing at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
In 1964 he directed episodes of Emergency-Ward 10 for ATV and worked regularly in television for over thirty years.
One of his later works was directing the 1997 TV adaptation of Joseph Conrad's Nostromo.