won a Student Academy Award in 1987. Unusual Ground Floor Conversion (1987) Blame It on the Bellboy (1992) Brassed Off (1996) Little Voice (1998) Purely Belter (2000) Hope Springs (2003) The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008) References 1954 births Living people English film directors English dramatists and playwrights People from Bridlington Alumni of the Northern Film School Alumni of the National Film and Television School English male dramatists and playwrights