Paul Unwin

Paul Unwin

Theatre credits include: Theory For The Attention Of Mr Einstein (Old Red Lion and Frankfurt); Doolally Days (Leicester Haymarket, Tour, Hampstead New End); This Much Is True – The Killing Of Jean Charles De Menezes, with Sarah Beck (Theatre503); At The Point Of Need (Old Vic) and The Promise.

Paul was the Artistic Director of the Bristol Old Vic. His productions there included In The Ruins (Bristol Old Vic and Royal Court) and The Misanthrope (Bristol Old Vic and National Theatre co-production.)

He worked closely with Arthur Miller on the European premieres of two of his plays: The Man Who Had All The Luck and The Archbishop’s Ceiling (Bristol Old Vic and Young Vic). His other productions included Hamlet, Othello, Uncle Vanya, The Clandestine Marriage, The Life Of Galileo, The Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard, Tartuffe, In Times Like These (by Jeremy Brock) and The Three Musketeers. The community play he created, A Town In The West Country, involved over three hundred Bristolians and was the subject of a South Bank Show on ITV.

As a freelance director, his productions include Uncle Vanya (Gate Theatre Dublin); Loot (the Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester) and The Misanthrope (Cambridge Theatre).

Film credits include: His short Syrup was nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA, won the Cannes Jury Prize and the Amnesty International Award. The American with Matthew Modine and Diana Rigg (BBC Films); Elijah (CTV) won the Gemini and Leo Awards in Canada.

TV directing credits include: The Bill, Eastenders, Bramwell, NCS, Poirot, Miss Marple, Messiah and Casualty.

He co-created ,Breathless, with Peter Grimsdale, directed the first two episodes and wrote the bulk of the series.

He co-created Casualty and Holby City with Jeremy Brock. Casualty is now 37 years old and is the longest-running medical series in the world. To date, the BBC show has won six Royal Television Society awards and six BAFTAs.

Currently, he is working on 58 Seconds with Jeremy Brock and Heroes/ Berlin for German TV.