Acting credits
13
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Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Paul Seed
Directing
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Movies: 31Series: 20Crew credits: 38
TMDB ID: 87103
IMDb ID: nm0781477
Known for: Directing
Born: September 18, 1947
Age: 78
Place of birth: Bideford, Devon UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1963 - 2024
Years active: 62
Average TMDB rating: 7.61
Wikidata: Q7153513
Other jobs
Director (38)
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paul Seed (born 18 September 1947) is a British television director and former actor. Born in Bideford in Devon, he began his career as an actor, appearing in numerous television series, including Z Cars, Softly Softly: Task Force, Survivors, Doctor Who, Secret Army, Coronation Street, Crown Court and Tales of the Unexpected. In the late 1970s, Seed chose to pursue a career in TV drama directing and completed the BBC Directors' course, following which he directed numerous TV plays, series and serials during the 1980s. He is perhaps best known for directing the BBC's smash-hit 1990 mini-series House of Cards and its sequel To Play the King, adapted by Andrew Davies from Michael Dobbs' novels and famously starring Ian Richardson as Francis Urquhart. He continued to direct for television drama series throughout the 1990s including A Touch of Frost and Playing the Field, and in 2002 directed all six episodes of the revival of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. In recent years, he has directed episodes of New Tricks, Northern Lights and Lark Rise to Candleford, and in 2010 directed the BBC adaptation of Just William.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Paul Seed.
Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams
as Self
2024 Movie
2.5
Clash of the Santas
Director
2008 Movie
3.5
A Risk Worth Taking
Director
2008 Movie
A Matter of Time
2007 Movie
The Ribos File
2007 Movie
7.3
The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering
Director
2006 Movie
8.0
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
Director
2005 Movie
Roman Road
Director
2004 Movie
5.1
Christmas Lights
Director
2004 Movie
7.3
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Director
2004 Movie
7.3
The Booze Cruise
Director
2003 Movie
Strange Relations
Director
2001 Movie
5.3
Dirty Tricks
Director
2000 Movie
8.0
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Director
2000 Movie
5.3
A Rather English Marriage
Director
1998 Movie
3.8
The Affair
Director
1995 Movie
5.2
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Director
1992 Movie
Ex
Director
1991 Movie
The Picnic
Director
1989 Movie
Inappropriate Behaviour
Director
1987 Movie
Fighting Back
Director
1986 Movie
Long Term Memory
Director
1985 Movie
Wynne and Penkovsky
Director
1985 Movie
A Coming to Terms for Billy
Director
1984 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Paul Seed.
7.2
Blandings
Director • 6 eps
2013 Series
6.7
Just William
Director • 4 eps
2010 Series
8.4
Lark Rise to Candleford
Director • 1 eps
2008 Series
8.2
Doc Martin
Director • 2 eps
2004 Series
7.4
New Tricks
Director • 2 eps
2004 Series
6.7
The Booze Cruise
Director • 1 eps
2003 Series
5.9
Heat of the Sun
Director • 1 eps
1998 Series
7.8
To Play the King
Director • 4 eps
1993 Series
7.5
A Touch of Frost
Director • 1 eps
1992 Series
8.1
House of Cards
Director • 4 eps
1990 Series
6.0
Capital City
Director • 3 eps
1989 Series
6.8
Screen Two
Director • 1 eps
1985 Series
7.9
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Director • 6 eps
1983 Series
6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
as Director of Commercial • 1 eps
1979 Series
7.5
Secret Army
as Dominique • 1 eps
1977 Series
8.0
Survivors
as Grant • 1 eps
1975 Series
7.0
Playhouse
as TV Director • 1 eps
1974 Series
6.3
Play for Today
Director • 3 eps
1970 Series
6.0
Doomwatch
as Michael Pratt • 1 eps
1970 Series
7.9
Doctor Who
as Graff Vynda-K • 4 eps
1963 Series